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Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Jo Kellen is a local singer, songwriter and performance artist who was commissioned to create new work by the Jerome Foundation and the Cedar Cultu...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Southside Aces, Credit: Jonathan Hankin
The Southside Aces specializes in New Orleans music, and that means they prepare big time for Mardi Gras. Interviewer Phil Nusbaum sat down to talk...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Zeitgeist, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Zeitgeist, the St Paul new music group presents Yohannes Tona’s music and poetry reflecting on Yonannes’ journey from Ethiopia to the United States...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Hoaxer, Credit: Lee Tran
Hoaxer is a band made up of Edmund Catlin, Peter Goggin, Will Kjeer and Charlie Lincoln. The band formed when all the players were Twin Cities high...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sawtooth Bros, Credit: Scot Ward
The Sawtooth Bros band members are in their young 20s, and have been playing together half their lives. They play in the Hilde Performance Center i...

  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: City Counselor, Credit: Aaron Rice
You expect pop songs to relate to romance. But not so with City Counselor. Nicky talked to Phil Nusbaum about the inspiration for City Counselor ...

  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: City Counselor, Credit: Aaron Rice
You expect pop songs to relate to romance. But not so with City Counselor. The group plays at the Walker Arts center in Minneapolis during the eve...

  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Leah Lemm, Credit: Marla Olivia
The singing and songwriting of Leam Lemm of Minneapolis reflect both a modern sensibility and her membership in the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe. Rece...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: College student using Tinder as a way to keep busy during the day., Credit: © 2018 Morgan Trau
"Hookup culture" is seen as just a part of society for college students. But could dating apps be what is harming relationships? Click play to hear...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
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: 07:21
Caption: Bobb Fantauzzo, Credit: Andrea Canter
Like many good things, Bobb Fantauzzo’s recent music is both new and old. Both the Native American flute and jazz have been around awhile, but putt...

  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 07:38
Caption: Davu Seru, Credit: Andrea Canter
His main musical means of expression is improvising, but he also composes. As it turns out it’s not as crazy a combination as it might seem. Davu S...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 08:09
Caption: Zack Baltich, Credit: Matt Barber
If you want to know about a creative spirit, take the case of Zack Baltich. Zack synthesizes his informal and formal music experiences to create so...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:20
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Producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with playwright, Cate Belleveau about her new play "Mary 4 Martha 3 NO Footnotes," and also two actors from the play...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 13:17
Caption: Kari Tauring, Credit: Eli Solheim
Kari Tauring performs really old music in a really modernistic way. It’s a combination you wouldn’t expect, but is completely natural to someone li...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
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Matthew Heineman talks murky waters, staying safe, and riding over bumpy roads with a loaded gun.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 11:33
Caption: Carlos Marques-Marcet, San Francisco, CA 6/24/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Carlos Marques-Marcet talks cracks, gender politics, and the language of sex.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 15:40
Caption: Sandor Moss on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your host, on this episode of Making it Work, Sandor will share his experiences of being a working musician within The Bay.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 20:11
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The downtown movie theater has long been a fixture of small town Minnesota. But with advent of multiplexes, DVDs and on-demand viewing, small town ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Readers form book clubs. Bowlers join leagues. What do motorcycle enthusiasts do? They ride, of course. Some head to Sturgis, South Dakota every ye...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
Caption: The 500 Club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Credit: Ryan Khatam
Phyllis Dunham tells of her first experiences coming to New Orleans with her father...and his friends...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:41
Caption: Hackney Brothers, Credit: Facebook
In the mid 1970s, three teenage brothers from Detroit formed a band. That’s not exactly an unusual story. Motown history is full of bands that made...

Bought by WDBM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
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It's that time again. Every year since 2009, Minneapolis-based Queer Bike Gang has hosted the LGBTQA-themed alley-cat bike race, Cirque du So Gay. ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nicole Jean dressed as Emma Frost., Credit: Wolfgang Daniel, courtesy of the Salt archives.
Comic books and women's fandom.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 2
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A review of the gritty Mixed Martial Arts documentary.

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:59