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Milt Lee talks with Bill Schweider, fisherman for life, conservationist, and former teacher.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jan 19, 2016
- Length: 08:02
- Purchases: 1
Bluegrass music has been a long time in the making. The sentimental songs the Carter Family sang and the rough and tumble lyrics of Jimmie Rodgers ...
- Added: Jan 16, 2016
- Length: 06:40
Jedfest is a fund-raiser for the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival. On January 23, members of the public pay $10 at the door, and the...
- Added: Jan 16, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Fresh from a busy Christmas season, the Minneapolis-based High 48s heats up January and February at the Aster Café in Minneapolis. It’s Aster brunc...
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 05:00
On Paddle Minnesota today Jared Munch talks with Jim Gallagher about his 1400 mile, 49 day circumnavigation of Lake Superior on a stand-up paddle b...
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 12:50
Bill Monroe is the Father of Bluegrass. But the most popular band in the history of bluegrass? Well, it could be Flatt and Scruggs. Lester Flatt an...
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 07:30
Reporters ask people "If YOUR life was a TV Newscast, what would be your top story RIGHT NOW?" The result is a refreshing montage of what REALLY ar...
- Added: Jan 02, 2016
- Length: 28:45
Reporters ask people "If YOUR life was a TV Newscast, what would be your top story RIGHT NOW?" The result is a refreshing montage of what REALLY ar...
- Added: Jan 02, 2016
- Length: 29:02
Reporters ask people "If YOUR life was a TV Newscast, what would be your top story RIGHT NOW?" The result is a refreshing montage of what REALLY a...
- Added: Jan 02, 2016
- Length: 28:38
Milt Lee talks with Nick and Andy Bertrand of Bertrand Brothers Woodworks, Bemidji, MN.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Dec 28, 2015
- Length: 07:03
- Purchases: 1
There is a lot to like about jazz and a lot to like about bluegrass. Each has appealing legacy, each owes to the blues, and each is a musician’s mu...
- Added: Dec 23, 2015
- Length: 06:01
Bluegrass and old time musicians have musical values that they talk about sometimes. One major reference point is melody. Now in each case, the mel...
- Added: Dec 20, 2015
- Length: 05:20
The piece focuses on what it means when people call bluegrass "pure." For some reason, "pure" equals "good" in the eyes of many.
- Added: Dec 20, 2015
- Length: 10:19
Milt Lee speaks with Louie Fournier, logger and collector of chainsaws.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KKRN
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 2
The Big Band is part of the American cultural heritage. The Capri Big Band of Minneapolis is rehearsing hard right now for two Shows in December. T...
- Added: Nov 28, 2015
- Length: 05:00
A generation, a young trio known as Rio Nido was delighting audiences through its renditions of old vocal jazz. But in music, so it seems, all good...
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Brandon Wollman took a favorite hobby, and turned it into a business: coffee. He talks with Milt Lee about his coffee empire in Bemidji, MN.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 07:14
- Purchases: 1
Sam Miltich, Grand Rapids guitar icon is coming to South Saint Paul the Saturday right after Thanksgiving. And he’ll be fronting a 5- piece band th...
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 05:00
The New music community draws adventurous particpants from many music styles. Over the course of three November days, the Zeitgeist Music Cabaret p...
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Kyle Meredith talks with David Lowery and Johnny Hickman of Cracker about their 25 year journey from the ashes of Camper Van Beethoven to writing m...
Bought by KPIP-LP, KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Nov 02, 2015
- Length: 07:06
- Purchases: 4
Everybody knows what bluegrass is, right? Well, if that’s true, why do bluegrass fans spend so much time trying to define it. Today’s Gem of Bluegr...
- Added: Oct 31, 2015
- Length: 07:30
This week Jim Gallagher talks with Bemidji State University alumnus and Beaver football player John Keaveny about his experience on the 5200 mile /...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 12:52
Old time music is a cover term for all of the styles handed down over the generations primarily through the oral tradition. Bill Monroe is credited...
- Added: Oct 17, 2015
- Length: 06:29
Jeremy Walker is a man of many musical perspectives. He enjoys creating jazz tunes, but then also in creating works much grander in scope than any ...
- Added: Oct 11, 2015
- Length: 08:33
What’s the spirit of bluegrass music? Is it fast instrumental playing? Well, flashy instrumental work does grab one’s attention. Is it in lead sing...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 04:57
