August 8, 2025: The Freshgrass is surreal with the sound of musics

It feels only right considering how much music we’ve filled this week with, that we go out with More music. So we’ll revisit the celebrations of our compatriots in community radio arms for Live Music Friday. Kalliope Jones began as a group of IMA students, but has grown a lot over the past decade and they’ll visit the studios before you can catch them at the Valley Free Radio Birthday PartyAnd out in North Adams a new way to see and engage with music has just arrived. The Freshgrass Institute is a new endeavor providing workshops, residency programs, fellowships, and commissions to support artists. We’ll meet its director Sue KillamWe’ll also hear from one of the folx who’s not only playing at the Freshgrass Institute this weekend, but who’ll be one of the folx taking stage in a few weeks at Northampton’s Transformance 35: Friend of the show, and fellow Kate Bush enthusiast Ciara Fragale. And just around the corner at Mass MoCA, an innovative creator with a unique approach to comedy will perform. We’ll talk to Julio Torres about his inspirations, and more before the laughter begins at his stand up this evening.