Having access to instruments and making music has been a big part of our lives.

And today on The Fabulous 413 we’ll talk to a Berkshire-based organization that has created not just an ensemble program that creates social change through music, but is creating and supporting families all over western Mass.  We’ll introduce you to the President and CEO of 18 Degrees Family Services Stephanie Steed who will tell us all about their Kids 4 Harmony program which removes the barriers to opportunities in music and beyond, and about celebrating their work and that of other care-taking organizations at an event at Westfield State University on Sept 17th. . 

For Live Music Friday, we bring to the studio the man who created both an 11-string archguitar and the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra: Peter Blanchette. His partnership with Irish singer Éilís Kennedy is the basis for a concert at Bombyx in Florence next weekend and we'll geek out over his instrument, her beautiful voice, and the way their collaboration has blossomed over the course of their 20yr friendship. 

And have you ever tried wines from the Canary Islands? Neither have we. But that’s just what we’ll do as the Tina Turner Memorial Wine Thunderdome returns to State Street Fruit Store Deli Wines and Spirits in Northampton