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After 7 Years Playing Together, Jazz Group Celebrates its First CD
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JaAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske, Credit: Laurenb Photography
JoAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske. Jazz for voice, piano and bass. They’ve been holding forth Friday and Saturday nights at the St Paul hotel lobby for 7...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
International Performing Group the Ancia Saxophone Quartet Plays Locally
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ancia Saxophone Quartet, Credit: Daniel Soderstrom
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet specializes in contemporary American Saxophone quartet music. It’s a field that bridges formal music and jazz. The ense...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cuban Charanga Music Comes to Studio Z in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Doug Little leads Minnesota’s great Charanga Band, Charanga Tropical. Charanga is a substyle of salsa, one that adds three violins to the mix. The ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota's Professional Balkan Band Brings its act to the St Louis Park Library
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Orkesta Bez ime, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
Orkestar Bez Ime, Bulgarian for orchestra with out a name, or OBI for short, has been performing in our town and more widely for well over a decade...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Bernstein Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sydney Bernstein talks synchronicity, metaphysics, and why the universe may be resonating in b-flat.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
Fresh New Organ Trio at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JT Bates at the drums in his Minneapolis studio, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Three experienced players have formed a new organ trio that is one of the more promising groups on the scene, the JT Bates Organ Trio. In the piece...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
North Indian and Persian Cultures Combine in a New Twin Cities Production
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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Rita Mustaphi has lead Kathak Dance Theater for decades. Maryam Yusafzadeh has led the Persian-based musical group, Robayat for a similar duration,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
RUDDERLESS -- Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison talk chartreuse pants, staying in Oklahoma, and why William H. Macy is a prince.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:54
WHIPLASH -- Damien Chazelle Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Damien Chazelle, San Francisco, CA 10/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Damien Chazelle talks primal myths, subjective reality, and making Miles Teller bleed.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1
Anthony Cox Leads DD7 into Jazz Central Studios on Oct 10, 2014
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Anthony Cox, Credit: Anthony Cox
Anthony Cox is a Twin Cities bassist who has played world stages during his career, but now that he's back in his home turf, he's leading local ban...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Twin Cities Saxophone Icon David Karr at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Mac Santiago, Managing Director of Jazz Central Studios, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
We talk to Mac Santiago, managing director of Jazz Central about David Karr’s music, and about what it is like to play with David Karr. Karr's next...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Powers on Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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Why do books so often turn to music? Richard Powers, author of a new, music-filled novel Orfeo, speaks to the strength of songs and symphonies, inc...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:57
  • Purchases: 3
Jack Klatt and Charlie Parr Grace the Stage at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Aug 15, 2014.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jack Klatt, Credit: James Eastman
Jack Klatt talks about how he met Charlie Parr, and also reflects on his work with Charlie, as we play examples of Jack's work solo and with Charli...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The George Maurer Trio and the Apollo Men's Chorus Bridge the Gap between Choral Music and Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: George Maurer and the Apollo Men's Chorus, Credit: Knock, Inc
Apollo Male Chorus artistic director Sean Vogt talks about the development of new choral works that relate to jazz and pop.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
FADING GIGOLO -- John Turturro Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: John Turturro, San Francisco, CA 4/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
John Turturro talks comedy, lying, and the truth of being human.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
Retro Swing Sisters Perform at the Minneapolis Eagles #34, Thursday Nov 21, 2014.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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It's a swing band with two great Twin Cities singers, Rhonda Laurie and Mary Anne Sullivan. From listening and dancing points of view, it is bond t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US -- Morgan Spurlock Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Morgan Spurlock, San Francisco, CA 8/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director Morgan Spurlock talks the ferocity of fourteen-year-old girls, the innocence of young pop stars, and the logistics of camping in the Swedi...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:58
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Gems of Bluegrass #1320 Fiddle and Banjo. For regular users, program for May 11-17, 2013. Others use anytime.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: Gems of Bluegrass
Caption: Phil w/2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Today, recorded musical textures are getting denser and denser. Why? Because we can make them that way, I guess. But turn back the clock and textur...

Bought by Sun Radio - KDRP Radio and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Bluegrass Review #1239 Program for Sept 22-28, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil with 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
Country scenes and images have refreshing effects on people. Songs featuring those kinds of motifs open the show today. The Gem of Bluegrass descri...

Bought by KSJD, WRGY, WOUB, KRZA, KUCB and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Bluegrass Review #1215 program for April 7-13, 2012
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil w/ 2012 Zeitfunk, Credit: Karen Van Norman
After a contemporary bluegrass IIIrd Tyme Out selection, we turn to recent bluegrass treatments of country songs. Then, our Gem of Bluegrass focuse...

Bought by KKRN, Sun Radio - KDRP Radio, KRZA, KUCB, WNTI.ORG-Internet Radio from Centenary University and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 10
Bluegrass Review # 1143. Show for Oct 22 - 28, 2011.
From: Philip Nusbaum
Series: The Bluegrass Review
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
Our program begins with some songs reflecting odd notions of the concept “justice.” The its time for the Gem of Bluegrass, which reflects on bluegr...

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WXXI Rochester, KUCB, KKRN, WAMU and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
The Audiophiles: Zoe Keating’s one-woman orchestra
From: KALW
Caption: Cellist Zoe Keating uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of sound. , Credit: Jerry Dodrill
Zoe Keating's unique style of music has gotten her to the top of the iTunes classical and electronic music charts, and all the while she's remained...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 1
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED - Star Lou Taylor Pucci and director Jim Kohlberg
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Lou Taylor Pucci, Jim Kohlberg, San Francisco, CA 03/02/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Star Lou Taylor Pucci and director Jim Kohlberg talk music, magic, and hanging with the Dead

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 14:06
Gems of Bluegrass #1016
From: Philip Nusbaum
Caption: Phil at work, Credit: Sejan Yun
for regular users, program for April 10-16, 2010

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1