COLD RIVER RADIO FANS ... the news you’ve been waiting for: The 10th anniversary season of the COVID-disrupted variety show returns live to Mountain Top Music Center’s restored Majestic Theatre this Sunday night, continuing Conway Village’s renaissance and reawakening.
The season kickoff show will feature host Jonathan Sarty, the stellar Cold River Radio Band, blues diva headliner Toni Lynn Washington and her band; award-winning author Annie Hartnett; comedian Elizabeth Hurley Winifred in the local music spotlight; the Obs’ Dr. Peter Crane; and special guest guitarist Mike Mele (whom Jonathan says will be sitting in with the Cold River Band and Toni Lynn’s group — he’ll be filling in for musical director/woodwinds player Mike Sakash with the as Mike is in New York City with the Fryeburg Academy Jazz Band this weekend).
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