Norman Seldin’s sixty-plus year career in the music business as a musician, singer, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, producer, promoter, manager, music director and record label owner has taken him from the Mississippi Delta to the White House. But it begins - and all comes back to - Red Bank, NJ. Redbankgreen editor Brian Donohue interviews him on the eve of Red Bank’s third annual Porchfest.

Itzel Hernandez's story is both commonplace and extraordinary in Red Bank. Brought here from Mexico by her parents at age 10 she describes how she managed to find success with insane amounts of hard work and the help of key institutions and individuals. Now, she's a a leader in the efforts to help those who have come after her in Red Bank's Latino immigrant community.