Apr 13, 2009 — For today's Heard Up North, producer and photojournalist Sarah Minor takes us to a little paved park on the Raquette River in Potsdam.  Go to full article

Mar 06, 2009 — The Crane School of Music's Latin Ensemble will fill Hosmer Concert Hall in Potsdam with the spicy sounds of salsa tonight. The 21 student musicians include voice, piano, guitar, brass, woodwinds and percussion. Latin jazz rhythms are hard to resist, especially for drummers. Today's "Heard Up North" is a quick Bongo lesson.  Go to full article

Dec 31, 2008 — One of the hottest New Year's Eve tickets in the North Country is tonight's show at the Higher Ground Ballroom in Burlington. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals is an up and coming blues band developing a national following. They have a couple regional connections. They're graduates of St. Lawrence University. And the band records at the legendary Charles Eller studios in Charlotte, Vermont. Artists from all over the world have laid down tracks there, from bluesman Eric Bibb and jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano, to Malian guitarist Habib Koite and Zimbabwean singer, Chiwoniso. David Sommerstein stopped by last summer as Eller was working his audio alchemy on some recordings by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. He produced this Heard Up North.  Go to full article

Nov 10, 2008 — As we push deeper into November, snow is creeping back into the forecast. Just after last month's big dump of snow, Brian Mann and his wife Susan Waters snuck out for a quick backwoods ski near Saranac Lake. For today's Heard Up North, Brian sent this audio postcard from an autumn outing in the Adirondacks.  Go to full article

Nov 04, 2008 — There were clear skies, cool temperatures...and a woodpile. A perfect combination for our Heard Up North.  Go to full article

Jul 14, 2008 — Our Heard Up North today is actually a musical postcard, sent from members of the Smith-Rice extended family. They get together every few years to form the "Lake Ozonia Skillet Lickers." Band personnel changes as family reunions swell and shrink. This time... Ross, Dylan and Shane Rice, Carl Radens and Everett Smith, with back-up vocals by the Adirondack girls: Jamiane Bell, Amelia Rice, Katie Montgomery, and Monica Ramos. This year, Martha Foley loaned them one of our news recording kits.  Go to full article

Jun 13, 2008 — Canadian tourists continue to flex their strong dollar in the US. Almost 40 cyclists from north of the border are also flexing their calf muscles this week in the North Country. On today's Heard Up North, we hear from a couple members of the Cross Canada Cycle Touring Society who are spreading the word about great riding and great people here in the North Country.  Go to full article

Jan 11, 2008 — The Ice Storm of '98 inspired creativity in many people. Songs, stories and photographs document what people endured ten years ago this week. MaryLee Ballou lives in Potsdam and is an avid scrapbook artist. She filled one of her books with images and words that week. Her poetic remembrance is today's Heard Up North.  Go to full article

Jan 02, 2008 — Brian Mann got a signal on his cell phone while skiing atop Avalanche Pass and is today's Heard Up North.  Go to full article

Nov 09, 2007 — Yesterday you probably heard NCPR a little differently, or not at all. We're putting up a brand new antenna tower, so we had to lower the power on the old one while the ironworkers did their work. It's fascinating and a little scaryto watch. A winch lifts 20-foot tower pieces into the air and ironworkers bolt them on top. Then they climb up another 20 feet and do it again. The new tower is 320 feet tall. The conversation is pretty good, too. David Sommerstein hung around with the winch operator for today's Heard Up North.  Go to full article