This week and next, I’m sharing recordings from the 2020 South Haven Jazz Festival, in South Haven, Michigan. Most of the performances were virtual, on account of the pandemic. We start…
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Chenango Sessions Ep. 78: Shannon Heaton & Keith Murphy
This week, we step back in time to a pre-pandemic concert at Binghamton’s Cranberry Coffeehouse. Shannon Heaton, from Boston, is one of the world’s finest Irish flutists, a composer, and…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 77: Chris Merkley
Coming to us this week from Cortland, New York, is the singer-songwriter Chris Merkley of the bands Merkley & Morgan, Digger Jones, and the Crooners. Chris has been hosting live…
Piano Rescue: 1907 Kimball upright
This free 1907 Kimball upright piano looks beautiful, and has an unusually rich and deep tone. It has a few broken action parts which I will need to repair or…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 76: Rough & Tumble | Folias Duo
Mallory Graham and Scott Taylor of the Rough and Tumble record a few of the songs from their brand new album for us from their home. The album is called…
Piano Rescue: 1957 Baldwin Acrosonic spinet
* NO LONGER AVAILABLE * This free 1957 Baldwin Acrosonic spinet wants to be played and appreciated again. The action and keys are in great condition, it sounds good, and…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 73: B Sides
I have been digging through the vaults this week to find a bunch of recordings that have never made it to the radio. It’s a variety of live tracks I’ve…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 72: Corn Potato Duo
This week on the Chenango Sessions, we hear an encore performance from Lindsay McCaw and Aaron Jonah Lewis of the Corn Potato String Band, from Detroit, Michigan. I recorded Lindsay…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 71: Jez Lowe
The great British songwriter Jez Lowe released his first album in 1980, and has been touring and performing throughout the world ever since. Besides his solo career, Jez is known…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 70: Tony Lucca
My guest this week on the Chenango Sessions is a fellow Michigan native, Tony Lucca, whose path as a singer-songwriter has been unusual, to say the least. Tony started in…