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Jan. 10, 2025: Dry synths

We’re blissing out and detoxing while we’re at it since January is often a time when people take breaks.

For all those people and the folx that love them, a previously online-exclusive non-alcholic beverage shop is getting a brick and mortar location in Easthampton. Dry Humor is here to prove that beverages can totally be tasty without pesky ethanol getting in the way, so we chat with founder CJ Mutti about the rapid growth of the business and the industry and sample one of her wares.

Plus, we learn about the New England Synth Fest, an interactive event for electronic sound happening at The Clark Institute in Williamstown this weekend. But, there’s a huge range of what synths are and could be, so we speak with organizer Kent Lundberg and performer NXOR about the vast array of sounds one my encounter in the galleries, the ways you can get hands on with the music at their Synth Petting Zoo, and get a preview of one of NXOR’s works for Live Music Friday.

Dry Humor with CJ Mutti
New England Synth Fest

Christopher “Monte'' Belmonte is host and executive producer of NEPM's The Fabulous 413. He was born and raised in Massachusetts and has been a radio host in western Massachusetts for the last 20 years — the last 17 of them as host of Mornings with Monte on The River 93.9/WRSI.
Kaliis Smith is a radio host and producer for NEPM's The Fabulous 413. She was most recently host and producer at The River 93.9/WRSI where she appeared on Mornings with Monte for the Nerdwatch segment and hosted weekday evenings.