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2023 North to Shore Festival headliner Natalie Merchant on her latest album

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Natalie Merchant's shows will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions
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Natalie Merchant's shows will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions

On this episode of AOAS, WBGO's Doug Doyle talks with 2023 North to Shore Festival headliner Natalie Merchant about her latest album. The three-week North to Shore Festival will be back in 2024 with concerts in Asbury Park, Atlantic City and Newark. Merchant performed at NJPAC for this year's festival conceived by Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.