Now and Then LIVE - Sullivan County Annual Music Festival! Kali Seastrand, Caswyn Moon, Faith Kelly

Original air May 27, 2023 | Time 58:00

The Second Annual Sullivan County Music Festival is June 4, 2023 from Noon to 8pm. I'm thrilled to have Kali Seastrand, Caswyn Moon and Faith Kelly in the studio for live performances in anticipation of this popular event. The Festival is at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Center in Hurleyville NY.

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Now and Then - Joni Mitchell Receives the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

Original air January 14, 2023 | Time 58:00

Wikipedia - Mitchell produced or co-produced most of her albums and designed most of her own album covers, describing herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance".[14] A critic of the music industry, she quit touring and released her 17th and last album of original songs in 2007. She would give occasional interviews and make appearances to speak on various causes over the next two decades, though the rupture of a brain aneurysm in 2015 led to a long period of recovery and therapy. A series of retrospective compilations were released over the time period, culminating in the Joni Mitchell Archives, a project to publish much of Joni's unreleased material from her long career. She returned to public appearances in 2021, accepting several awards in person, including a Kennedy Center Honor in 2021. She performed live for the first time in 9 years, with an unannounced appearance at the June 2022 Newport Folk Festival, and is scheduled to perform a headline show on June 10, 2023.

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Now and Then - Catkskills Music Scene - Electric Chords, Bobby Wood, Caswyn Moon, Faith Kelly, Julian Giaimo, DMac Burns, Cloud Cover and more

Original air March 4, 2023 | Time 58:00

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We hear selections from the recent Catskill Music Scene Compilation Volume 1.

Thank you for listening to the Catskill Music Compilation Volume 1! Our music scene is a force to be reckoned with and we want to spread the word about whats happening out here in the Catskills! Reminder that everyone here is a bookable working artist and would appreciate your listens, views, likes and possible show bookings. The artists listed below are organized in no particular order. Enjoy! Organized by Faith Kelly, mastered by Greg Castro

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Now and Then AT HOME - Bob Dylan's book "The Philosophy of Modern Song"

Original air March 25, 2023 | Time 58:00

Bob Dylan's New Book "The Philosophy of Modern Song" contains 66 essays about 66 songwriters and their music. Many of them are from the formative years of Rock, Blues and R&B from the 1950's, a list of which I'm only familiar with a few.

We start the program with Dylan's Crossing the Rubicon from 2020's album Rough and Rowdy Ways. Then we hear Little Walter's" version of Key to the Highway by Big Bill Broonzy and George Sugar, released on Checker Records in 1958. He's the only harmonica player ever inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. You can tell how the young Dylan was strongly influenced by Little Walter when you hear the songs back to back. Then I read his essay.

He writes about Edwin Starr's version of WAR, released on Gordy Records in 1970. It's a revelation to read his assessment of this attempt to monetize the burgeoning peace movement. Dylan's earliest songs were social commentary and dealt with political issues. But much of his later work is about relationships and emotions. However in his essay on WAR he doesn't hold back with his assessments, brilliant and passionate. We hear Dylan's Masters of War and I read his essay.

The program finishes with two songs from Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways, "I Contain Multitudes" and "Goodbye Jimmie Reed".

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