Interview

Union City, NJ's Allison Strong brings her brand of folk music to the WEXT studios.

We went to NERFA 2025 (the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance) conference. We got to meet up with numerous folks in the folk community, including Rachael Sage whose new album, "Canopy" had just come out. Rachael and Trina played us a couple songs live in the room, and Rachael discussed the new album with me.

We know Carolyn Shapiro for her amazing banjo playing, her songs and wonderful voice. But her day job has been very stressful of late. She works at Comfort Food Community in Greenwich. They're out on the front lines of the current issue of food insecurity, helping people in Washington county to stay as well-fed as possible.

Dave Maswick & Joel Brown give us a very special album filled with their interpretations of The Beatles on "Cover Soul." Their Beatle Caffe show (both early and late) is sold out, but you can still watch on Caffe Lena TV.

Kendra is releasing her new EP today (11/5)! "Music for Smoking Weed With Your Bra Off" is the name of the EP, and it is how she describes her music.

Daniel Nunnelee stopped by to play and talk about his new album, "June, Baby." He may not be a household name, but he should be. I know that his legion of followers feel the same way.

TrueSongs brings together the community. Agencies doing good work are asked to provide someone they serve who has a great story to tell. Caffe Lena partners those folks with amazing musician storytellers. Saturday, November 16 at the Spa Little Theatre.

October 18th, Zakir Hussain and Rahul Sharma bring their Tour in Remembrance of Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Laura Stevenson is working on completing album number 7, and is about to head off to an internship, but on the way, she will play at Stone Ridge Orchard in Stone Ridge, NY as part of the line-up for the Meadowlark Festival.

Meta Dia of Meta & the Cornerstones and I chatted about his passion - peace, love and harmony. And a lot more! We also talked a little about the concert and movie experience, Reggae Sunset at Music Haven on August 30.