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Known across the western region for her work with the bluegrass burners Broken Valley Roadshow as well as the music and spoken word collaboration p...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Jazz from Gallery 41 Host/Producer Ron Pelletier shares a conversation with Jazz legend Don Cherry recorded in Los Angeles, CA in January, 1982.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel made the move from Seattle, Wa. to Missoula and has been carving out her own piece of Montana’s musical s...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel made the move from Seattle, Wa. to Missoula and has been carving out her own piece of Montana’s musical s...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: :45
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Minnesota Jazz Orchestra plays 2:30pm, Sat July 22 at Jaycee Park in Hastings. The group’s leader is Craig Thrane. As is the case with many big...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Lila Ammons in performance, Credit: Andrea Canter
Lila Ammons. Hers is a prominent jazz family. Her grandfather, Albert, was a noted boogie woogie piano player, and her uncle was sax man Gene Ammon...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Lila Amons in performance, Credit: Andrea Canter
Lila Ammons leads her trio into Hell’s Kitchen in Minneapolis Thursday July 27. Lila’s road to jazz singing has been a curvy one with a lot of arti...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
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From the Musician’s Spotlight archives, circa March, 1998, this week’s program revisits host John Floridis’ conversation with singer songwriter Lyl...

Bought by Prairie Public, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Paul Barry and the Ace Tones with Lila Ammons, Credit: Kent Flemmer
Paul Barry (“Berry”) is a veteran blues band leader. Among the things that he has picked up over the years is that many people like the blues. But,...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 07:46
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This show is part II of our Juneteenth Series focusing African-American music and venues in North Tulsa from the 40's through the 60's. We intervi...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Paul Berry and the Ace Tones with Lila Ammons, Credit: Kent Flemmer
Lila Ammons sung at a lot of great places big and small, in both the US and Europe. You might say it comes natural to her. Lila is part of an accom...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 08:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paul Barry and the Ace Tones with Lila Ammons, Credit: Kent Flemmer
Paul Barry and the Aces with featured vocalist Lila Ammons bring their blues to Famous Dave’s at Calhoun Square in Minneapolis, Friday July 7 from...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Artwork by Warrent Thomas Fenzi, Credit: Warren Thomas Fenzi
Friday night June 30, the Aster presents sets by two up and coming Twin Cities songwriters and bandleaders, Joe Kopel and Warren Thomas Fenzi. Phil...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption:  Richard Danielpour and John Clare, Credit: Christian Buchmann
We'll hear music from Kevin Puts and Richard Danielpour - two living American composers we're thankful for on this edition of What's New!

Bought by KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KVNO, WETS and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Nikki Matteson Roux, Credit: Joel Jackson
The Blues has been around a long time because it’s a way of telling it like it is. And that is how Nikki and the RueMates operates. Nikki told Phil...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 08:12
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John Floridis hosts a 25th anniversary celebration of Musician's Spotlight with musical highlights and interview segments from some of the most eng...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:02
Caption: David Singley, Credit: Dietrich Gesk
Twin Cities guitarist David Singley has a new CD, his first in 20 years. The CD is more than a collection of tracks, but a project that caused Davi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 06:51
Caption: David Singley, Credit: Dietrich Gesk
David Singley teaches guitar at McNally Smith College locally, he plays in bands, he composes, but he seldom records under his own name, at least n...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Aaron Kerr, Credit: Elizabeth Thonen-Kerr
Aaron Kerr. He’s a man of multiple musical personalities. Aaron is first and foremost a composer. Owing to his formal musical training, he plays cl...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2017
  • Length: 05:45
Caption: Jazz 88 logo , Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
As a kid Dee Miller decided to become a blues singer. She’s worked tirelessly over the years, and it’s paid off in high level performances. She to...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 07:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo , Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
She calls herself the Duchess of the Blues, and she’s been at it a long time. Dee Miller took time to talk to Phil Nusbaum about her inspirations, ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Andrew Walesch, Credit: Heidi Ross
While pop music styles come and go, the pop of the big band era has a timeless quality. Andrew Walesch is a young man carrying on where singers lik...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 09:53
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It was a classic New Orleans ad hoc lunch at the corner bar, three hours of talk, laugh, drink, eat and repeat. Bar owner, Donna and Charlie plus ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:24:04
Caption: Jon Pemberton, Credit: Lana Pemberton
When you listen to Jon Pemberton, the feeling that he has much to offer grows and grows. He is best known as a piano player, and you’ll see him as ...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
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Former Bozeman, Montana and now Portland, Oregon based singer Jake Koelzer brings his blend of jazz inspired blue-eyed soul to Musician’s Spotlight...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2