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…
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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…
Piano Rescue: Baldwin Acrosonic spinet
* NO LONGER AVAILABLE * Baldwin made the best spinets you’ll find anywhere, in my opinion. They sound good, and last a long time. This one needs a new home…
Piano Rescue: 1907 Mehlin & Sons “Style J” 5′ upright
* NO LONGER AVAILABLE * This free piano comes with caveats, but it’s too unusual and beautiful for me not to post. The pin block is deteriorating; it still has…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 69: Tim Eriksen | Shook Twins | Jonathan Pinkey
Our first set of recordings this week is from Tim Eriksen, who set up a microphone for us on the front porch of his home in Amherst, Massachusetts. Tim is…
Piano Rescue: Early 1900s Beckwith Empire Revival style upright
* NO LONGER AVAILABLE * This beautiful early 1900’s oak Empire Revival style Beckwith upright is looking for a new home. Its current owners got it a few years ago,…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 68: Holler Fest
Every year in late August, I head to a small organic farm in the Irish Hills of Southeastern Michigan for their annual Holler Fest. I’ve been going since its inception…
Chenango Sessions Ep. 67: Corner House
This week on the Chenango Sessions, we revisit an 8 July 2019 performance by the Boston-based quartet, Corner House. The band was traveling from Rochester to Lancaster, and stopped through…
Piano Rescue: Early 1900s Prescott upright
* NO LONGER AVAILABLE * Prescott Piano Co. upright, built between 1905-1910 (as far as I can tell). Its current owner is moving on August 14. It’s in a walkout…