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Coming up on Connections: Friday, May 4

First hour: 25th Congressional District candidate Rachel Barnhart

Second hour: How streaming services impact artists' careers and income

We continue our series of interviews with the candidates running to fill the Congressional seat of the late Louise Slaughter. This hour, it's longtime local journalist Rachel Barnhart.

Then in our second hour, do professional musicians want us to stop using Spotify and other streaming services? A fresh analysis of what artists gets paid paints a rather bleak picture. We'll talk to local artists who are trying to break through. Our guests:

  • Danielle Ponder, lead singer of Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People
  • Jon Lewis, artist
  • Aaron Rizzo, singer-songwriter
  • Chi TheRealist, rapper, singer, actor, and spoken word artist
  • Neil Harris, president of Punkdafunk

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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.