Canton, NY, Jan 27, 2010 — Flutist and piper Chris Norman and violinist David Greenberg performed music from Scotland and Cape Breton live on The Eight O'Clock Hour while visiting St. Lawrence Univeristy for a 3-day residency.  Go to full article

Dec 16, 2009 — Adirondack singer-songwriter Jamie Savage celebrates the release of his third cd, Back to Nature, at TAUNY in Canton tonight (7 o'clock). His newest album is an acoustic celebration of the beauty, culture and natural history of the Adirondacks. He joined Todd Moe in the studio this morning for music and conversation.  Go to full article

Nov 20, 2009 — Singer/songwriter Scott Shipley is out with a new cd, Meaning What Exactly, and will celebrate its release at a benefit concert Saturday night (7:30) at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton. The concert's proceeds will go to Hospice of Northern New York. Scott and bandmate John Richey joined Todd Moe in the NCPR studio for music and conversation.  Go to full article

Massena, NY, Oct 08, 2009 — An Akwesasne Mohawk singer picked up a top award at the annual Native American Music Awards ceremony in Niagara Falls last weekend. Martha Foley has more.  Go to full article

Oct 01, 2009 — Lovers of old-time, traditional American music should find their way to Indian Lake or Saratoga Springs this weekend as the Kossoy Sisters join Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi for two concerts. Tom and Neil play regularly in the area, but the Kossoy Sisters will be here for the first time. Joel Hurd has a preview.  Go to full article

Aug 20, 2009 — The Gibson brothers will be playing a concert Friday night at the Indian Lake Theatre to celebrate the 10th anniversary of NCPR's Adirondack Bureau. This North Country group is finding itself more and more in-demand across the country, and has a brand new release, Ring the Bell, on Compass Records. A couple of weeks ago, Barb Heller talked with Eric Gibson and began by asking him about the song Iron and Diamonds, which was just nominated for an international Bluegrass Music Association song of the year award.  Go to full article

Paul Smiths, NY, May 15, 2009 — We celebrated the seasons, life and the outdoors with folksinger Celia Evans this morning during the The Eight O'Clock Hour. She's passionate about her day job, as an ecology professor and music. Celia's song-writing is heavily influenced by the natural world. She believes the Adirondacks is the landscape in which she belongs. Celia Evans joined Todd Moe in the studio for music and conversation.  Go to full article

Mar 26, 2009 — String Fever host Barb Heller chats with Pat Donohue, the lead guitarist in Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, from the A Prairie Home Companion radio show. Pat is traveling to Saranac Lake on Sunday for an appearance at BluSeed Studios at 7 pm on April 5.  Go to full article

Mar 10, 2008 — Legendary folksinger and activist Pete Seeger talks with Second Sunday Classics host Paul Connett about his student and fellow banjo-picker Bill Crowfoot, the genesis of the sloop Clearwater, some big thoughts on thinking small, and on Seeger's role as the puppeteer of a labor-organizing cow in a North Country milk strike nearly 70 years ago.  Go to full article

Dec 10, 2007 — A Morristown 16-year-old is a finalist in a national contest of singer/songwriters. Macy VanArnam was one of 64 young performers chosen from 700 entries to Country Music Television's "Music City Madness" competition. In online voting over the past two months, Macy's beaten them all, except one, another teenaged girl in Utah. The final vote will be tallied tomorrow. The winner goes to Nashville to play on a CMT show and in front of music executives in hopes of scoring a record contract. As Jonathan Brown reports, Macy's trying to keep her newfound fame in perspective.  Go to full article