Arts on Fire

Musician Eric Lindquist talked all about his new album Between the Earth and Sky and his upbringing in Chautauqua County with AOF host Anthony Merchant https://ericlindquist.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/ericbass711

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna joins AOF host Anthony Merchant this week to talk about events at the Reg this fall https://reglenna.com

Local musician, podcaster and WRFA programming coordinator Gavin Paterniti stopped into the studio to discuss upcoming shows with his band Backlog, Gavin's history with Arts on Fire, starting a podcast called Words and Sentences About Things and Stuff with AOF host Anthony Merchant and much more https://www.facebook.com/BacklogBand https://words-and-sentences-about-things-and-stuff.simplecast.com...

Artist Kaycee Colburn and AOF host Anthony Merchant chat from Kaycee's KayCo Studio all about her new Haunted Spaces exhibit, what its been like running KayCo so far, the 2024 Jamestown Creepy Crawl and much more https://kayco.art/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant, in collaboration with CCS-TV's Patrick Smeraldo and Connor Johnson, interviewed comedy legend Lewis Black at the National Comedy Center before Black's Jamestown performance at the Reg Lenna as part of his final Goodbye Yeller Brick Road Tour Special thanks to Justin Gould for the video work! Full Video Interview: https://youtu.be/PVjCbODvhW4?si=Jhdzg5dO_Xgt1BTd...

WRFA founder and 10,000 Maniacs co-founder Dennis Drew joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of 107.9 WRFA and for an in-depth look back through the history of the station and what it took to the WRFA up and running https://maniacs.com/

Sukanya Burman and Daryl Simons of Sukanya Burman Dance made their AOF return to talk about the inaugural Jamestown Dance Festival and what has went into putting it all together https://www.sukanyaburman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sukanyaburmandance/

Buffalo duo Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell stopped by the WRFA studios before their Mayville Bluegrass Festival appearance to talk with AOF host Anthony Merchant for an interview along with an in-studio performance https://sstb2.bandcamp.com https://sallyanndra.com https://www.instagram.com/tylerbagwell https://www.instagram.com/sallyanndra

Miki Girts joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the 2024 Whirly Bird Festival going on in downtown Jamestown August 30 & 31st https://whirlybirdfest.com

The cast and crew of the upcoming Lucille Ball Little Theatre production of Rock of Ages joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss rehearsals and what to expect from these performances https://www.lbltj.com

Two returning AOF guests Leslie Calimeri and Joseph Grice join host Anthony Merchant for the first time together for an interview about the 2024 NSAA Art Trail Hub Crawl and the 2024 Jamestown ArtScape https://nsaachautauqua.org/art-trail https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://www.chautauquaartgallery.com/

Len Barry of the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts joins AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss the summer/fall at the Reg as well as their newly renovated seats https://reglenna.com/

Artist Kaycee Colburn returns to the WRFA studios to chat with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about her current works, this years Psychic Faire, Nightscapes Horror Festival, whats next for KayCo and much more https://kayco.art/ https://www.nightscapestudios.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/crystal-ballroom/crystal-ballroom-psychic-faire/323176880866620/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant talks with Steve O'Hearn, the artistic director of the Pittsburgh based group Squonk, all about Squonk's upcoming performances at Chautauqua Institution for it's 150th anniversary and much more https://squonk.org https://www.instagram.com/squonk_official https://www.chq.org

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant made his return to Roger Tory Peterson Institute to see and discuss the new exhibit Art That Matters to the Planet: Clarity with RTPI's Maria Ferguson and David Niles https://rtpi.org/

GA-20 guitarist Matt Stubbs talked with AOF host Anthony Merchant all about what the band has been up to in 2024, the beginnings of GA-20, the bands performance at Struthers Library Theatre in Warren to kick off their Roots Rising series and much more https://ga20band.com/ https://ga-20.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ga20band https://www.strutherslibrarytheatre.org/

Comedian, musician and writer Dave Hill joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss his start in comedy and Dave's upcoming Jamestown performance for this years Lucille Ball Comedy Fest https://www.davehillonline.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mrdavehill https://tickets.comedycenter.org/Info.aspx? EventID=38

Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer & Tyler Bagwell talked with AOF host Anthony Merchant about their new album Irish Songs & Tunes as well as their upcoming Chautauqua performances including this years Mayville Bluegrass Festival https://sallyanndra.com https://www.instagram.com/sallyanndra https://www.instagram.com/tylerbagwell https://sstb2.bandcamp.com/ Mayville Bluegrass Festival tix -https://ww...

Jamestown area artists Joseph Grice and Joseph Rice joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to discuss their duo art exhibit Imposter Syndrome at Pearl City Clay House, their art origins, getting mistaken for one another, painting with a crowd and much more https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://www.joericeart.com/ https://pearlcityclayhouse.org/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant was interviewed by writer and fiber artist Miles Hilton for a story for paper The Villager to discuss topics such as hosting Arts on Fire, the Power Chord Hour Podcast, starting out in radio, Merchant's role at WRFA and much more www.youtube.com/@powerchordhour www.instagram.com/the_feral_needle/ www.theferalneedle.com/ thevillagerny.com/

Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant was interviewed by writer and fiber artist Miles Hilton for a story for paper The Villager to discuss topics such as hosting Arts on Fire, the Power Chord Hour Podcast, starting out in radio, Merchant's role at WRFA and much more https://www.youtube.com/@powerchordhour https://www.instagram.com/the_feral_needle/ https://www.theferalneedle.com/ https://thevillager...

Local artist and musician Joseph Grice once again joined AOF host Anthony Merchant for a discussion all about Joe's latest works and exhibits https://www.josephgrice.art/ https://rtpi.org/events/painting-birds-with-watercolor-taught-by-joseph-grice/ https://www.instagram.com/Joseph_Grice_Art/

Rock band The Hallow Society (Sean Lander, Scott Slade, Frank Phillips, Philip Starkweather) returned to the WRFA studios to talk with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant and play a few songs https://x.com/HallowSociety https://www.facebook.com/TheHALLOWSociety

Performance collective Madness Most Discreet (Emily Drew, Matt McWilliams, Julie Reed, Rusty Allen) stopped by the WRFA studios for a full performance of "What You Will", a take on William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" https://www.instagram.com/madnessmostdiscreetco https://www.facebook.com/madnessmostdiscreet

Mike Brunacini once again joined AOF host Anthony Merchant to talk all about his new album Dying Leaves & Naked Trees, his side project Aftergloom, finding new life for old ideas, the process of writing a Mike Brunacini song and much more https://linktr.ee/MikeBrunacini https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikebrunacini/dying-leaves-and-naked-trees-on-vinyl https://mikebrunacini.wixsite.com/mikebr...