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For Mother's Day, women reflect on what it is about mothering that makes it worth the struggle!

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 17:47
Caption: Thomasina Petrus and Tom Wells, Credit: Sue Kearns
Tom Wells is the leader of the Selby Avenue Brass Band. Tom has also taught up and coming players at North Community High School in Minneapolis, wh...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 08:00
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Author Tashia Hart talks about her new book "Native Love Jams", a nominee for the Minnesota Book Award

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 09:30
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome back vocalist Paul Marinaro in an ensemble totaling 15 stellar musicians led by guitarist and arranger Mi...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bernetta McKindra and Ray Mabion II at their StoryCorps interview in Kansas City on September 15, 2023, Credit: Tamekia Jackson for StoryCorps
Bernetta came to StoryCorps with her friend, Raymond Mabion II to talk about her grandfather, and the food legacy he’s passed down.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:23
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Host Beane looks back at the very best of the Salt Lick Sessions. There's never been a better episode for discovering artists you didn't know you n...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Mother Banjo, a.k.a. El...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Mother Banjo, Credit: Anna Kostochko
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. Mother Banjo, a.k.a. Ellen Stanley performs at Icehouse in M...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 08:00

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Peter K Grivna Quartet, Credit: assemblage by David Graf
Drummer Peter Kogan features a different group every third Thursday of the month at the Metronome Brewery in Saint Paul. This Thursday at 7, it’s t...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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Learning to let go and move forward even when we are afraid. The Dream Journal has a conversation with new mother Sahlah Dubel who goes deep with a...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 55:57
Caption: Robert Robinson, Credit: Terence Penister
Gwen Matthews and Robert Robinson celebrate the Christmas season with A Joyful Night of Christmas, 7:30pm Monday December fourth at Crooner’s Suppe...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome Raíces, a formidable quintet founded by the late legendary percussionist Ruben Alvarez, now led by vibrap...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Scott Keever, Credit: Ben Zvan
Scott Keever issues his second CD of original guitar music at Celtic Junction in Saint Paul Saturday night October 21. There will be an opening set...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 236 Exploring all things wine with you! In this episode of The Wonderful World of Wine, we welcome back...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 36:18
Caption: Wayne Anthony, Credit: David Murphy
Wayne Anthony sings the standards, with a big emphasis on the Frank Sinatra repertoire. This Friday and Saturday, it’s all Sinatra. The show is cal...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Wayne Anthony, Credit: David Murphy
Wayne Anthony sings the standards, with a big emphasis on the Frank Sinatra repertoire. When Wayne talked to Phil Nusbaum, they talked about Sinatr...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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This week on CHICAGO JAZZ LIVE we welcome vocalist Paul Marinaro with an ensemble of 14 stellar musicians led by guitarist and arranger Mike Allema...

Bought by WLPR and WDCB


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: jazz88 logo 2022, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
The 30-Days Foundation’s Art and All that Jazz Festival comes to the Ames Center and Nicollet Commons Park in Burnsville, Friday and Saturday Augus...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Ticket to Brasil, Credit: Andrea Canter
Like all Bossa Nova groups, Ticket to Brasil builds on the musical legacy of Antonio Carlos Jobim. But until now, the group has never devoted an en...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Ticket to Brasil, Credit: Andrea Canter
Ticket to Brasil Honors Bossa Nova Great Antonio Carlos Jobin in Big Show at Crooners on Sunday July 23 Like all Bossa Nova groups, Ticket to Bras...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Lori Dokken  , Credit: Jennifer Bong
Lori Dokken is not only for her singing, playing and arranging, but for curating musical events. Her next one is called the Say Gay All Day Cabaret...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Brass Lassie, Credit: Gary Rue
Brass Lassie adds horn arrangements to the traditional mix of fiddles, flutes and concertinas. The group keeps on evolving, added repertoire learne...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
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This set, recorded in 2023, features Texas pianist Mark Little paying tribute to Bill Evans with tunes like "Time Remembered" and "Blue in Green."

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KMUW, and KSTK


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Joe Cruz, Credit: Emily Jane Davis
Grimm and Cruz, that’s Jennifer Grimm and Joe Cruz play and sing great songs. They perform with with Joe’s guitar and Jennifer’s percussion, and th...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 08:01