Local music is our focus this morning. Tune in for a round up of COVID-19 policies at local music venues, and new songs from Rodney Alan Greenblat, Jaded Azurities, and Rambutan. And hear about the Friends of Chamber Music Troy NY announce their new concert season and the start of their interactive discussion "Performance in Context" with the current season's musicians, The Escher String Quartet. Jennifer Laursen talks with WOOC's Andrea Cunliffe about Chamber Music its history and its future in an experimental technological journey. The "Performance in Context" interactive discussion begins with the Escher String Quartet on Sept 9th and their concert performance Sept 12 at SUNY Albany's spacious Page Hall auditorium. See www.friendsofchambermusic.org for details.

The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Julia Joern produced the "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" interview segment each week. The "WGXC Congressional Report" also airs here. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are broadcast live here.