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Boom Island String Quartet Presents Unexpected Music at Hallowe’en and Other Times
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Boom Island String Quartet, Credit: Emma Halet
When you see a performance by the Boom Island String Quartet, you expect music from unusual sources and frequently, the presentation is thematic. A...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Boom Island String Quartet Presents Hallowe’en show with Unexpected Music Next Saturday at the Metronome
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Boom Island String Quartet, Credit: Emma Halet
When you see a performance by the Boom Island String Quartet, you expect music from unusual sources and frequently, the presentation is thematic. T...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Riverside Quartet Features Original Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Riverside Jazz Quartet, Credit: Connor Hilstrom
The Riverside Quartet features original Jazz. The drummer, Nicholas Peterson, leads the group, and composes a lot of the group’s repertoire. When h...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Riverside Quartet Performs at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis Next Saturday Night
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Riverside Jazz Quartet, Credit: Connor Hilstrom
The Riverside Quartet features original music. The drummer, Nicholas Peterson, leads the group, and composes a lot of the group’s repertoire. When ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Behind the Scenes with Actors Sylvia Kwan and Jacob Yeh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Actors Sylvia Kwan and Jacob Yeh discuss their many roles in Lauren Yee's play "The King of the Yees."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KZUM


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 4
Skarlett Woods New CD References Issues Large and Small
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Skarlett Woods, Brainerd singer-songwriter writes of intimacy as well as big societal issues. When she talked about her work with Phil Nusbaum, Ska...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Neil Young Tribute at the Parkway in Minneapolis Sunday October 22
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Simple Gifts, Credit: Amy Courts
Billy McLaughlin and Simple Gifts celebrate songs of Neil Young, in Harvest at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, 7PM on Sunday October 22. The sh...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Artful Lives: Louie Pérez and Los Lobos telling the stories of East LA
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Louie Pérez of Los Lobos, Credit: Hypothetical
Songwriter and instrumentalist Louie Pérez takes us through the 50 year journey of the legendary band and 2021 National Heritage fellows Los Lobos.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMPG, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Kevin Kling and Victor Zupanc Celebrate Summer into Fall at Crooners Cupper Club, Saturday Night September 16
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Victor Zupanc and Kevin Kling, Credit: Brandi Carlisle
Writer and storyteller Kevin Kling teams with singer Victor Zupanc to highlight Summer turning to Fall. It’s the latest in a series of performances...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Kevin Kling and Victor Zupanc Celebrate Summer into Fall at Crooners Supper Club, Saturday Night September 16
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Victor Zupanc and Kevin Kling, Credit: Brandi Carlisle
Writer and storyteller Kevin Kling teams with singer Victor Zupanc to highlight Summer turning to Fall. These ultimate troubadours, as Crooners Sup...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
2023-09-01 Fairytales and Fear: Stories Of Our Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WVTF and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 13
230901: Fairytales and Fear: Stories Of Our Future , 9/1/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Stories are the way we remember, the way we share knowledge, the way we play out possible outcomes. Climate fiction imagines dark or bright futures...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
The Selby Avenue Brass Band Plays with Thomassina Petrus
From: KBEM
Caption: Tom Wells and Thomassina Petrus, Credit: Sue Kearns
The Selby Avenue Brass Band is led by Tom Wells who writes and arranges a lot of Selby Avenue Brass Band music. He goes about it differently depend...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
JazzMN teams up with Grammy Winner Diane Schuur for a Night of Count Basie Music
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: JazzMN, Credit: Donald Jackson
JazzMN is a Twin Cities jazz orchestra that works frequently with international talent. We talk to JazzMN music director Pete Whitman about JazzMN,...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
JazzMN teams up with Grammy Winner Diane Schuur for a Night of Count Basie Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JazzMN, Credit: Donald Jackson
Back in the 1980s, Diane Schuur was singing with the Count Basie orchestra. She recorded with Basie, the recording won a grammy, and now Diane Schu...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Shahidi and Alicia Thao Perform on The Cedar Plaza, 5PM on August 9, 2023
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Akicia Thao, Credit: Zy Yang
Use through 3:30PM Wednesday, August 9

  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Celebrate the blues with musician Phil Wiggins
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Phil Wiggins, Credit: Bibiana Huang Matheis
We're revisiting 2017 National Heritage Fellow and Blues Harmonica Player Phil Wiggins who brings it all home in this music-rich conversation.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WCPN, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with a Former Singing Sergeant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ann Meier Baker, Credit: Courtesy of Chorus America
Meet former Singing Sergeant and current Director of Music and Opera at the National Endowment for the Arts Ann Meier Baker—the woman who went to b...

Bought by WRGY, WSLR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 6
Music Archive Showcase #155 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Buddhist Priest Improvises Free Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Buddhist Priest, Credit: Tyler Croat
To play free Jazz, you have to monitor what your fellow musicians are doing. So says Dave power, the percussionist of Buddhist Priest, along with b...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Music Archive Showcase #154 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 1 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story o...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Michael Maiorana Composes for Bass and Cello
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Michael Maiorana , Credit: Mandy Faccett
Michael Maiorana is a Twin Cities Composer who does what few others do: Michael composes for bass and cello, low-tone instruments most associate wi...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Concert of New Music for Cello and Bass Coming Friday June 16
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Michael Maiorana , Credit: Mandy Faccett
The focus is on compositions for bass and cello on this year’s first Vanguard New Music Series concert, this Friday at 7 at Zion Lutheran Church in...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Going Green? Better Call Ed!
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess visits actor and environmental champion Ed Begley, Jr. at his LEED Platinum-certified home to talk all things green.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Minneapolis Southwest High School Jazz Groups in Multi Style Concert Thursday June 1 at 7PM
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: SWHS Jazz Band, Credit: Sara Johnson
The Southwest High School of Minneapolis showcases its Jazz Big Band and Jazz Combos, Thursday June first at the school. The show features not only...

  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 08:00