The NERFA Podcast

The NERFA Podcast presents Wisdom of the Elders, a new monthly series where our host, Sonny Ochs, along with co-host, Ron Olesko, invite distinguished members of the Folk community to share stories, advice and the occasional song! This series will be a mix of conversations that were recorded starting at the 2010 NERFA Conference as well as new discussions that are exclusive to our podcast.

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On the Griddle's host, Biff Kennedy, chooses a radio-ready tune submitted from the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA.org) community to play for top Folk DJ’s and radio promoters, without their knowledge of the title, artist, or album, to get their honest & uncensored feedback. In this week’s episode we play Belle-Skinner's "Big City Blues"

This episodes' AMAZING DJ's: Mary-Sue Twohy (SiriusXM) Erik Balkey (Hudson Harding Music) Marilyn Rea Beyer (WFMT) Ron Olesko (Folk Music Notebook).

The NERFA Podcast presents Wisdom of the Elders, a new monthly series where our host, Sonny Ochs, along with co-host, Ron Olesko, invite distinguished members of the Folk community to share stories, advice and the occasional song! This series will be a mix of conversations that were recorded starting at the 2010 Nerfa Conference as well as new discussions that are exclusive to our podcast.

This week’s episode features:

This was recorded live at Folk Alliance International in 2015. Subscribe to hear more!

The NERFA Podcast presents On The Griddle, a new series where our host, Biff Kennedy, chooses a radio-ready tune submitted from the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA.org) community to play for top Folk DJ’s and radio promoters, without their knowledge of the title, artist, or album, to get their honest & uncensored feedback.   In this week’s episode we play Abigail Dowd’s “Diamond” from her album Beautiful Day that she is currently touring. American Songwriter magazine has described the album as “A friendly reminder that life’s blessings are happening in the here and now.” Subscribe to hear more!

This episodes AMAZING DJ's!

Join Reggie Harris, John Flynn, and Crys Matthews in a panel moderated by Dan Gottfried as they discuss in intimate detail their work in using the power of music to promote social justice. If you are a music professional whose vision for your work is to make a difference, this panel will inspire and inform you.  

Find us at http://nerfa.org  

Join Scott Moore, Shannon Curtis, Leah Bokenkamp, and Mike Rozinskyas as they discuss the ins-and-outs of hosting and playing house concerts! In this exciting panel, we'll hear the steps they take behind the scenes to create successful house shows including best practices, equipment usage, how donations are collected, and more!

Scott Moore: http://www.mooremusic.org/

Shannon Curtis: https://shannoncurtis.net/

Leah Bokenkamp & Mike Rozinskyas: https://sites.google.com/view/homegro...

Meghan Cary: https://meghancary.com/ 

Find Shannon Curtis' house concert book, No Booker, No Bouncer, No Bartender here: https://shannoncurtis.limitedrun.com/...