Kathy Geary, soprano

Now and Then - New Releases from Lucas Maehara Rotman, Faith Kelly, Kali Seastrand, Jesse Welles

Original air date March 8, 2025 | Time 59:00

New Releases

Lucas Maehara Rotman a new single, "We", from Lost & Found to be released this Fall 2025. "Is this what we've become?"

Faith Kelly's "Half Way Decent" releases on April 1, 2025. We hear the single "Time Bandits" with Amon Lebow on lead guitar.

Kali Seastrand has just released "Reminds Me to Forget" in Feb 2025. We hear the title track and more featuring Kali's dulcimer playing and lovely voice.

Jesse Welles continues to release politically and socially relevant content every week. After a Space X launch that failed with debris falling into the Gulf of Mexico (that's right, Mexico) he wrote "SpaceXplosion". After a couple weeks of tariff threats and deportation news he released "I Ain't Got None of My Friends Left" - "The river's deep, the river's wide, and there ain't no way to cross it but to swim or sink and die. The way it long, the path is mean. I ain't got none of my friends left, they all vanished in the stream."

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

Now and Then - Moving Forward, Come Together in the Middle

Original air date Jan 25, 2025 | Time 59:00

We need to meet in the middle!

The Beatles - Come Together - Remastered 2009, Abbey Road (Remastered)
Stealers Wheel Stuck In The Middle With You Joe Egan, Gerry Rafferty, Reservoir Dogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Bob Dylan Live in Darien NY 2024, All Along the Watchtower
Stevie Nicks - The Lighthouse, Warner Records Label
Simon & Garfunkel Live, Citizen of the Planet from Old Friends
David Crosby - By The Light Of Common Day, Becca Stevens
Becca Stevens - So Many Angels from Maple to Paper GroundUP Music
Jesse Welles - News from Hells Welles

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

Now and Then - Inauguration - David Crosby, Bob Dylan, Jesse Welles

Original air date Jan 18, 2025 | Time 59:00

There's terrible dead air for over a minute at the top of the show...I was freaking out! It's a live broadcast and I lost access to the computer, but pulled it together.

Today is the anniversary of David Crosby's passing in 2023 and his music is as relevant as the day he wrote it. In recognition of the upcoming inauguration on Monday, we listen to "Capitol" with his description of the halls of power "They run the whole damn place from here..." and then his heart wrenching song about immigrants "Look in Their Eyes".

When Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 he was required to write an essay. He did and I read some of it. In March 2020 (remember that?) he released his longest song, "Murder Most Foul", with a long description of the assassination of JFK. But it's about how art can be cathartic in times of crisis.

Music is so powerful, it can shape a whole culture. Singer songwriters capture the events of the times and are like journalists without having to go through the filters of mainstream media. It's like having a one-on-one conversation with thousands of people at once. Not too many musicians have that position. Where is our young Neil Young? Where is our new Bob Dylan? Popular music is in steep decline as independent artists get wider access to public platforms. But it's slow and kinda painful, hard to make a living off of streaming. But I adore Jesse Welles as our newest Court Jester, taking up the mantle of sarcasm and lyricism with a heavy dose of guitar chops.

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

Now and Then - Christmas is Coming! Paul Simon, Beach Boys, Beatles, Dylan, Ringo Starr, Sting, Jacob Collier, Coldplay, Tom Petty

Original air date Dec 21, 2024 | Time 58:00

Christmas songs to life your spirit and bring a smile!

Artist	Song	Release
Paul Simon	Getting Ready for Christmas Day	So Beautiful or So What
Ringo Starr	Winter Wonderland	20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Ringo Starr
Coldplay	Christmas Lights	Christmas Lights - Single
The Beach Boys	Our Prayer	Smile Sessions
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Christmas All Over Again	Playback
Bob Dylan	Silver Bells	Christmas In The Heart
Sting	Soul Cake	If On a Winter's Night
Fotheringay	Winter Winds	fotheringay
Jacob Collier	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
James Taylor	In the Bleak Midwinter	James Taylor at Christmas
James Taylor	SnowTime	Before This World
The Beatles	Christmas Time is Here Again	The Beatles Fourth Christmas Record