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Legendary bassist George Porter Jr. talks with WRFA’s Anthony Merchant all about his bass playing, going back out on the road with George Porter Jr. & the Runnin Pardners, what George looks for in a good drummer, the NOLA music scene during the early days of The Meters, what equipment George has played over the […] […]

Tina Toole of the Pennsylvania section of the 4,800 mile, eight state long North Country Trail talks with WRFA’s Anthony Merchant about the amazing parts of the NCT that run through PA’s Allegheny National Forest and NY’s Allegany State Park. They also get into this years NCT100, NCTPA50 and FLT60, finding your love for nature, […] […]

On this months Arts on Fire Live we had an amazing performance from the Fredonia Guitar Quartet. FGQ is an ensemble from Fredonia University and are directed by Dr. James Piorkowski. Beyond performing the quartet also talked with WFRA’s Anthony Merchant in between songs to discuss the group and how they all individually discovered their […] […]

Jamestown artist and creator Bill Thomas joins WRFA’s Anthony Merchant in studio to discuss the return of Third Thursday to downtown Jamestown after taking a hiatus in 2019. The two discuss the work that goes into putting on the show, local music and local scenes, the importance of support from your community, continuing to add […] […]

Katie Henry talked with WRFA’s Anthony Merchant about recording her sophomore record earlier this year, seeing the world through touring, performing in Jamestown at the end of May, why 2022 is her year of firsts and much much more katiehenrymusic.com/ www.instagram.com/katiehenrymusic/ www.facebook.com/katiehenrymusic twitter.com/katiehenrymusic www.wrfalp.com/ […]

NOTE: Hyprov at the Reg Lenna has been postponed as of Wednesday, June 1, 2022. A make up date will be announced at a future time. Improv legend Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and Master Hypnotist Asad Mecci join WRFA’s Anthony Merchant to discuss their Hyprov show that they’ll be bringing to the […] […]

On Friday May 6, WRFA-LP presented another installment of its Arts on Fire LIVE series with a special performance by Dennis Drew. Dennis’s performance was recorded live inside the Reg Lenna Media Arts Studio on April 7, 2022. WATCH VIDEO Dennis Drew is a native of Jamestown, NY (by way of Buffalo) and is a […] […]

WRFA’s Anthony Merchant was joined in studio by Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts to talk upcoming events at the Reg, the return of live performances, why the theater experience is unmatched, bracing for tons of summer events in Chautauqua County and much more reglenna.com/ […]

WRFA’s Anthony Merchant went to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute to see and discuss the new Art of the Field Guide exhibit with RTPI’s Maria Ferguson and David Niles. The group talked about the artwork on display, what goes into putting together an exhibit, all the summer events coming to RTPI and more The Art […] […]

WRFA’s Anthony Merchant joined Jamestown Community College musical director Neil Flory in the music department of JCC to discuss the renovations to the department, new facilities, ensemble performances for the end of semester, what to look for at JCC this May and much more https://www.sunyjcc.edu/events https://www.sunyjcc.edu/faculty-staff-directory/neil-flory […]