On Tuesday October 8th over 100 River listeners hopped on the new Amtrak Valley Flyer rail service from Greenfield to New Haven Connecticut. But we renamed it the #LakeStreetLoveTrain for the day because one of our favorite bands with local roots, Lake Street Dive, said they would do a free lunchtime concert for us if we would do something about our carbon footprint and ride the rails to come see them in Connecticut. Hear hightlights from the train and from the lobby of College Street Music Hall, where they gave an electrifying performance for us that was completely unelectrified.

Hear Lake Street’s live performance here:

https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/lake-street-dive-live-from-college-street-music-halls-lobby

Hear NY Times best-selling author from Mo Willems have the most delightful conversation with a 7-year-old fan of trains and his books. Some kids say girls can’t like trains. We don’t like what some kids say.

https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/the-lake-street-love-train-mo-willems-and-7-year-old-elena

Matt Lorenz, aka The Suitcase Junket, was our first choice to bring his brand of one man band to play on a moving train from Northampton to New Haven. Hear Suitcase Junket performing live on the Lake Street Love Train

https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/suitcase-junket-live-from-the-lake-street-love-train

Hear Mo and Suitcase chatting about music on the train.

https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/mo-willems-the-suitcase-junket-chit-chat-on-the-choo-choo-the-lake-street-love-train

And hear the Northampton Radio Group’s Frank Pepe’s Pizza review

https://soundcloud.com/939theriver-1/frank-pepes-pizza-review-the-lake-street-love-train