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Your guide to Solid Sound on the River this weekend!

It’s Solid Sound Festival weekend! We’ll be broadcasting pop-up performances from our booth at the festival, and airing Saturday night’s…

If you could ask Wilco one question…

…what would it be? Click here to email Monte your question; maybe he’ll ask it during Breakfast with Wilco Friday…

Win tix to see Amos Lee

Amos Lee is coming to Northampton’s Academy of Music on October 28. Wanna go? Enter here for your chance to…

Save 30, 40 even 50% in our Spring Mixer Sale!

Our ShopSave30 store gets you great deals…all the time! Starting Tuesday at noon you can get even GREATER deals. Some…

Never miss another beer event again with the new Valley Beer Trail App!

Download the Valley Beer Trail app (available for both Android and iOS) right now and get all the events from…

Five O’Clocktails: The Bergamonte Belmonte

With Jim from Hope & Olive and Magpie Woodfired Pizzeria, Greenfield. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/5ot-monte-bergamonte-may-25-2017

Save 30% on GREAT FESTIVALS!

Love music festivals? Save 30% on tickets to the region’s best festivals! Clearwater Festival, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival and Roots…

Win Laura Marling or Modest Mouse tix Thursday and Friday

Monte’s back from break on Thursday morning and he’ll be giving away tickets to see Laura Marling at Sunday at…

Best New Song of the Week Wednesdays around 5:30

Every Wednesday around 5:30 Joan Holliday and rock critic Eric Danton (Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Paste, Salon) talk about his Best…

Michael Sokol talks with the Blind Boys of Alabama about gospel music and politics

Michael Sokol talks with Rickey McKinney from the Blind Boys of Alabama about the power of gospel music. https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/michael-sokol-talks-with-the-blind-boys-of-alabama-about-gospel-music-and-politics

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