Gathering Through Music: the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival

On this episode of So That Reminds Me, Kristen Neville, executive director of Blues to Green, joins hosts Dennis Hackett and Lauren LeBel to give us the inside scoop on the 12th annual Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival, happening July 11 and 12.Kristen shares how the festival brings together people from all walks of life through an incredible lineup of jazz, blues, Afro-Caribbean, funk, and global roots music. Hear all about this year’s headliners — including Endea Owens and the Cookout, El Laberinto del Coco, and Merging Roots — and what makes this event such a powerful celebration of music, culture, and community.