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Essex gains a musical haven, complete with vintage guitars

By Tim Rowland

Pawn 22 is a musical sanctuary hiding in plain sight

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A string instrument sitting inside the open door of a cabin

A ‘classic’ summer camp experience

By Arietta Hallock

Adirondack music camps celebrate legacy and progress

Ralph Lane, multi-instrumentalist and luthier from Crown Point, playing a 1959 Kay Barney Kessel, named after the American jazz guitarist, at 22 Pawn in Essex.

Ralph Lane: A guitar legend in the Eastern Adirondacks

By Tim Rowland

A musical journey that begins with playing along to early 1960s country songs

A man in a plaid shirt and two women pose together.

Keeseville community-based radio reignites the old-time ‘gift of gab’

By Tim Rowland

Ausable Valley Grange Hall launches WAVG_LP, a hyperlocal talk and music station

An overhead shot of an old amusement park with a ferris wheel and merry-go-round.

Caroga Arts Collective breathes life into former amusement park

By Tom French

Dozens of concerts and programs every summer

music instrument repair workshop

Giving the gift of music

By Jamie Organski

Professor forms nonprofit to help repair and distribute instruments to Adirondack school districts

Folksinger Writes Song About Adirondack Tank Cars

By Phil Brown

Folksinger Dan Berggren composes a song about the tank cars stored on Adirondack railroad tracks.

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