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Guitarist Bob McCarthy cut his teeth on the New York and Boston folk scenes in the late 1960's and early 70's, and he's kept the beat going since then. He's got a new album called "Star of the Sea", and he says it was inspired by the little music buttons he hears on public radio. He'll play in our studio and we'll talk with him about some of the legends he got to know on the folk circuit.

Guitarist Alex de Grassi developed his chops with the Windham Hill label in the late 1970's and has been playing internationally since then. He was born in Japan and lives on the left coast but is performing at The Stone Church in Newmarket Thursday and in Marblehead, Massachusetts Friday. He'll play some tunes in the studio and talk about his work and upcoming CD.

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Imagine being a photographer who's main assignment is to cover the world of skiing, even though you're not so great at getting around on skis yourself. That was Dorothy Crossley's situation when she first got her start as a photojournalist lugging heavy camera equipment up and down the slopes of New Hampshire -- and this was during the time when women were a rare breed in the realm of sports photography. We'll talk with Dorothy about those days and some of the more glamorous sides of her work. Her book is called Take My Picture!

Dorothy's interview originally aired in September, 2005. Please click here to listen to the archived interview.

We'll also hear about a special father-son book project. Photographer Thomas Roma was looking for a way for his eight-year-old son Giancarlo to get to know him better, in case he died unexpectedly. He decided to ask Giancarlo to write a book of essays to accompany his photographs. Turns out, Giancarlo saw meanings in the pictures that his dad had never thought of. This piece is not available in our web broadcast, but you can hear the whole thing at the Public Radio Exchange. You can even review it online. Click here to go directly to the story by producer Hillary Frank.

The line between ice fishing and regular fishing may seem a little blurred this winter. All the warm weather has kept the states' lakes from freezing over as much as they usually do. But despite some areas of open water, this weekend's big ice fishing derby is set to begin. We'll talk to seasoned Winnipesaukee fisherman Harold Lyon about the conditions and whether they're affecting his sport. Harold is author of the book Angling in the Smile of the Great Spirit: Six Centuries of Wisdom from the Master Anglers of Lake Winnipesaukee.

We'll also talk with Jack Resch about how war and the preparation for war has helped shape the U-S identity since the country's birth. Jack is a Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire Manchester and Editor in Chief of Americans at War: Society, Culture and the Homefront. The set of encyclopedias were recently named best reference books of the year by a division of the American Library Association.

This episode of the Front Porch is not available on CD or Cassette

Recent reports show that the number of dairy farms in Vermont is dwindling. We'll talk to State Secretary of Agriculture Steve Kerr about why that is and what the state is doing about it.

Later in the show, we travel to a family farm in British Columbia to learn about "Preg Test Day" --it's when the ranchers find out whether or not their cows are pregnant. This piece is not available in our web broadcast, but you can listen to it by clicking here. The story comes to us via the Public Radio Exchange.

TONIGHT'S SONG: "Thirsty Girl", by Seacoast musician Joyce Anderson. It's off her new album, "Love and Thirst".