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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
Twin Cities guitarist David Singley has a new CD, his first in 20 years. The CD is more than a collection of tracks, but a project that caused Davi...
- Added: Apr 21, 2017
- Length: 06:51
David Singley teaches guitar at McNally Smith College locally, he plays in bands, he composes, but he seldom records under his own name, at least n...
- Added: Apr 21, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Aaron Kerr’s Dissonant Creatures plays every Wed at the Black Dog in Saint Paul. It is a group that thrives on Aaron’s original music, which is inf...
- Added: Apr 16, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Aaron Kerr. He’s a man of multiple musical personalities. Aaron is first and foremost a composer. Owing to his formal musical training, he plays cl...
- Added: Apr 16, 2017
- Length: 05:45
Julian Manzara is a young Twin Cities guitarist whose composing and improvising abilities have started to make a name for himself. He plays solo an...
- Added: Apr 09, 2017
- Length: 06:53
As a kid Dee Miller decided to become a blues singer. She’s worked tirelessly over the years, and it’s paid off in high level performances. She to...
- Added: Apr 07, 2017
- Length: 07:00
She calls herself the Duchess of the Blues, and she’s been at it a long time. Dee Miller took time to talk to Phil Nusbaum about her inspirations, ...
- Added: Apr 07, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Michael Clayton, Kevin Fortuna, Ian Blume talk origins, the presence of the past, and surrendering to the storm.
- Added: Mar 30, 2017
- Length: 18:54
While pop music styles come and go, the pop of the big band era has a timeless quality. Andrew Walesch is a young man carrying on where singers lik...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 09:53
Andrew Walesh is a singer like no other when it comes to the timeless Frank Sinatra repertoire. Sinatra’s songs, arrangements and interpretations ...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 05:00
The Kronick Quintett plays frequently at the Public Kitchen and Bar, which faces the north side of Mears Park in Saint Paul. The group’s next perf...
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 05:00
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
Davu Seru is the current Studio Z composer in Residence. Among his goals is combining west African-based traditions such as drumming and the blues...
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 05:00
When you listen to Jon Pemberton, the feeling that he has much to offer grows and grows. He is best known as a piano player, and you’ll see him as ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 08:20
Jon Pemberton loves solo piano shows because it allows him to explore a lot of interesting music. He says, too, that Vieux Carré, where he plays on...
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 05:00
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
The Nightingale Trio presents Eastern European folksongs. In the process, the group gives American audiences glimpses into the ways of life in East...
- Added: Feb 19, 2017
- Length: 07:34
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz orchestra is a 19-piece group playing in the 21st century. The size of the band might seem incongruous in an era of stri...
- Added: Feb 19, 2017
- Length: 06:59
A few years ago, Jeff Senn and Mac Santiago, experienced Minnesota jazz players, noticed a lack of a Latin Jazz Orchestra locally. So they recruite...
- Added: Feb 16, 2017
- Length: 05:00
By mid- February in the North Star state, folks need a concert held in warm air. And that’s what they get at Edinborough Park in Edina on Feb 12, a...
- Added: Jan 31, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Although Dameun Strange has been focused on composing music for practically his entire life, the way in which he composes has been a grand evolutio...
- Added: Jan 21, 2017
- Length: 10:28
The Mississippi Hot Club has a slightly different strategy depending of it if plays for dancing, listening, or a mixture of both. Group members Jos...
- Added: Jan 21, 2017
- Length: 07:50
Great dance bands are often great concert bands. But you approach the different types of venues with slightly different strategies. Members of the ...
- Added: Jan 21, 2017
- Length: 05:00
When you see the New Primitives, you’re seeing a band that is a master at creating and maintaining a great vibe. Stanley Kipper helped start the ba...
- Added: Jan 14, 2017
- Length: 08:29
