Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"Beginning as For Teenagers Only on WGAN-13, the show moved to WCSH-6 in 1963, called The Dave Astor Show."

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society Rock and Roll Concerts in…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… on the Radio' show in 1938, WGAN’s ‘Ken MacKenzie Show’ in 1939, and Hal Lone Pine’s show on WABI in Bangor—which in 1938 was the first ever…"

Music in Maine - HEAR

"… the late 1920s to early 1950s news, variety shows, game shows, and popular music drew millions of listeners."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"A 1991 study showed at least 66 opera houses existed in Maine, from Presque Isle’s Perry Opera House to Dixfield’s Tuscan Opera House."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… and parts of southern Ontario, Canada heard the show. Music historians mark this as the first bluegrass interracial duo in the United States."

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… operas, vaudeville, and so-called “Wild West” shows. They met and sang with people from other Indigenous communities, blending cultural traditions."

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… he joined the Buck Owens All American Music Show and appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, and later as a regular member of the WWVA…"

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.