Alastair Moock, a Grammy-nominated and award-winning musician, joins Frank Prosnitz and I today (Wednesday) on WADK (1540 AM) in advance of his performance tonight (Wednesday) at the Newport Festivals Foundation annual family concert at Fort Adams.

The family concert comes during Bridgefest, the annual event that serves to connect the Newport Folk Festival, hugely successful this past weekend, and the Newport Jazz Festival that gets underway on Friday.

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Deborah Ross, Director of Education for the Newport Festivals Foundation, also checked in to the show to chat about Newport BridgeFest and the family concert.

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