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Caption: Cody, Credit: Kyndal Johnson
The Sightless Quartet plays a forward leaning type of jazz. Cody Steinman is the guitarist and composes much of the group’s music. In a conversatio...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: Cody Steinman, Credit: Kyndal Johnson
The Sightless Quartet plays a forward leaning type of jazz. Check out the group at Jazz Central Studios this Saturday at 8PM. Cody Steinman is the ...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Andrea Canter
It was a long wait, but Zeitgeist presents its early music festival featuring the work of Frederick Shefsky this Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Zeitgeist’s latest work is a composition commissioned to banjoist Paul Elwood, 44 Smokeless. It’s a reimagining of the American Murder ballad, Litt...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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Tonight on The Sound we have Minnesota bluegrass band Barbaro with us to talk about their latest album, “Dressed in Roses”. Dressed in Roses was re...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:52
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
To continue playing for audiences during Covid, The Minnesota Hardbop Collective makes recordings available for Streaming and Download. The Catch i...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The Hook and Ladder performance space helps local artists find audiences and serves the broader community. When Chris Mozena of the Hook met with P...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jesse Whitney, Credit: Olive Thoen
Jesse Whitney creates music on an electronic device known as a synthesizer. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Jesse told of his music creation a...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jesse Whitney, Credit: Olive Thoen
Jesse Whitney creates music on an electronic device known as a synthesizer. His next show is at the Kitty Kat Club in Minneapolis. In a conversatio...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Mankwe Ndosi presents a group of improvisers known as Solar Sistren. Te players take inspiration from their music training, and each other, to crea...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Because “folk” is viewed as a conservative musical idiom, you might wonder about a group calling itself experimental folk. But Humbird makes it wor...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Humbird features the original songs of Siri Undlin, and releases a CD called Pharmakon at the Parkway in Minneapolis this Saturday night, Sept 7. S...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
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More Papa D & the Union Thugs live broadcast performances, hosted by Hacksaw Tom. Papa John DeFrancesco leads a group of seasoned and younger music...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
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Hosted by Hacksaw Tom. Papa John DeFrancesco leads a group of seasoned and younger musicians from the organ thru a program of jamming and grooving ...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Red Planet, Credit: Andrea Canter
Dean Magraw’s Red Planet, Dean on the guitar, Chris Bates on the bass and Jay Epstein is the drummer. The group also expands to include others such...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Red Planet, Credit: Andrea Canter
Dean Magraw’s Red Planet, has it’s regular third-Monday of the month show at the Black Dog in Saint Paul, March 18 from 7 to 9PM. It’s a group Dean...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
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Revisiting old digital, vinyl, even one cassette, we mix with a healthy flow of constantly arriving new releases. Let’s build a foundation of the b...

Bought by WMOT, KMXT, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Harmonicist and guitarist Toots Thielemans is pretty well-known in music circles, but Danish legend Svend Asmussen joins him on fiddle for the spir...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KZYX, WVBI-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Jelloslave, Credit: Cameron Wittig
Minneapolis Cellists Jacqueline Ultan and Michelle Kinney had heard of each other for years. When they finally met, they discovered musical similar...

  • Added: May 25, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Elgin Foster, Credit: Benny Moreno
When it comes to modern finger-style guitar, every player seems to have a special stylistic niche. This Saturday, the Icehouse presents three of th...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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Two pieces by women composers, and the Pacifica Quartet plays Mendelssohn

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, and KMXT


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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This week on Played in Oregon, three pieces by women composers, each separated by about 75 years.

Bought by KMUN, WCNY, WNIJ, Rhythm & News Service, and KWAX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Dave's Picks Volume 24 is a three-CD live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It contains the complete concert recorded at the Berkeley Commu...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: JC Sanford, Credit: Andrea Canter
Trombonist JC Sanford leads his quartet into the Black Dog in Saint Paul this Saturday night September 30 at 8:30. JC is a prolific composer of jaz...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Captain Gravitone CD cover art, Credit: Al Fack
Every once in a while you learn of a group that really is different than all others. Such is the case with Captain Gravitone and the String Theory ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 05:00