Now and Then - Brewster Smith Live Interview

Original air date May 24, 2025 | Time 59:00

Brewster Smith is a vibrant musician and is releasing two new singles in 2025 "Thorns" and "Expanding Universe". He explains the creative process and his collaboration with a long time friend as they record mix and master. He has a strong vision of song structure, the build up of interest and variety as the song progresses. You can hear it in the intricate production on these newest recordings. Brewster is also producing other musicians including Lucas Maehara Rotman's recent release "We", the first single from his upcoming EP "Lost and Found". We listen to all this music on today's program.

You might already know Brewster Smith as the owner and visionary, along with his wife Molly, behind Rafter's Tavern in Callicoon for the past six years before selling it to a new owner. The musical community they fostered continues to grow and inspires me to be more creative myself.

Lucas Maehara Rotman and Brewster Smith are both performing at Arts Nest, Lake Huntington, NY on Sat May 24 7-9pm. Get more information here:

WJFF Radio Catskill – Tim Bruno’s Interview with Kathy Geary & Scott Palermo – May 16, 2025 on Radio CHATKSKILL.

Kathy Geary, Host of Now & Then on Radio Catskill, Public Radio for the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania

Now and Then - Live Music with Scott Palermo, Spook Handy, Pat Wictor for the Sing It Loud Concert

Original air date May 15, 2025 | Time 59:00

Sunday, May 18, 2025 Sing It Loud - Songs of Protest.

Music brings people together. This concert of songs of protest gives voice to our differences, even as we seek a “more perfect” union. It is a celebration of free speech through song. The event features residents and artists from the Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreation Area and Narrowsburg, NY.

Singer songwriters from a small rural community in upstate NY and surrounding areas will be performing SING IT LOUD, a live concert featuring songs of protest intended to inspire people locally and nationally to do the same on street corners, in clubs and concert halls, online and everywhere music can be heard.

The concert will be presented Sunday, May 18, 2025 from 1-3pm before a live audience in Delaware Hall in The Narrowsburg Union at 7 Erie Avenue, Narrowsburg, NY 12764. Admission will be free, but contributions will be gladly accepted. The event will be streamed live on Facebook.

The program will feature classic and original protest songs performed by a wide variety of musicians including Lucas Maehara Rotman, Richard Traviss, Poison Love, Doug Rogers, Kathy Geary, Spook Handy, Pat Wictor and Scott Palermo. The concert will feature a sing-along with the audience.

Says Kathy Geary who is host of “Now and Then” on WJFF Radio Catskill and also a prominent member of the music scene in the region, “The music of protest has a long history in the United States of America, and its songs are a testament to defining moments in the history of this nation.”

WJFF Radio Catskill – Tim Bruno’s Interview with Kathy Geary & Scott Palermo – May 16, 2025 on Radio CHATKSKILL.

Kathy Geary, Host of Now & Then on Radio Catskill, Public Radio for the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania

Now and Then - Live Music with Richard Traviss and Julian Giaimo

Original air date April 5, 2025 | Time 59:00

The Spring Fund Drive at Radio Catskill is underway and we offer up a day of live music in the studio.

Richard Traviss is a prolific songwriter with a infectious attitude when he performs. Sarcastic and affectionate all at once, he can run circles around you until you have to give it up! Enjoy his humor and the emotional rollercoaster of his music.

Julian Giaimo is multi-talented and focused on his career as a producer and songwriter. He holds a Masters degree from the Berklee School of Music (big time) in Music Production and is currently pursuing his second degree from Berklee in songwriting. He's deliberately vulnerable, charismatic and his songs are well crafted. He can deliver a performance on guitar, bass or drums and centers his life around his music.

Videography by John Quick. Kathy Geary, Host of Now & Then on Radio Catskill, Public Radio for the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania

Now and Then - Faith Kelly's "Halfway Decent", Caswyn Moon, Eamon Lebow

Original air date March 29, 2025 | Time 59:00

Faith Kelly is releasing her third album "Halfway Decent" on April 1 and we get a sneak peek and some of the songs - Halfway Decent, Time Bandits, Whiplash and Just Another Day. Faith is accompanied by Eamon Lebow on guitar, Greg Castro on bass, Ton DelPlano on cajun, Simon Efrein on drums and Caswyn Moon on whistling and guitar. Faith also plays the Moog Synth and guitar.

Faith Kelly performs with Caswyn Moon, A Couple of Wanderers, as they tour across the United States for their 9th tour since meeting in 2019. We hear Caswyn's songs "Cobain Retreat" and "Wu Wei Wu".

Eamon Lebow has released "Night Slope - a Soundtrack", an insturmental recording featuring Eamon on guiar, bass, lap steel, percussion and synth. He self produced and engineered the recording of atmospheric music. He is influenced by Brian Eno and John Fahey.

Kathy Geary, Host of Now & Then on Radio Catskill, Public Radio for the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania