December 3, 2024: The Sound of Giving Tuesday

We're exploring the gift of generosity today. It's in the well loved libretto and words re-imagined through a more American Lens. Electric Root's show "The Sound of (Black) Music" which takes the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical and gives it a pan-diasporic glow up, and it's latest tour brings the ensemble to Amherst on Dec. 8th, so we meet with Electric Root founder Jono Gasparro, musical director Charenee Wade, and conductor and vocalist C. Anthony Bryant to hear about their inspirations, aspirations, and opposition the show has engendered. We also hang out with Justin Cohen, aka Studebaker Hawk, and dig through his proverbial crates as we hear more about the Northampton Record Fair, and the copious amounts of Vinyl that will soon descend upon Union Station this weekend for all those looking for golden sounds in a surprisingly popular medium. And Oh yeah, it's Giving Tuesday. A day evolved to offset the capitalism you fever dreamed on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But what it really means is that many causes you support are asking for that support today, and that includes us too!.