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Pat Donohue is Back in Minnesota with a Big Show in Zumbrota
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pat Donohue with guitar, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Pat Donohue is back in town. The former Prairie Home Companion musician is a master of varied American roots styles, and brings his songs and tunes...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis Hosts a Fourth of July Festival
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Powderhorn Park always does it with flair, and this 4th of July, it hosts musician Greg Herriges and troupes of puppeteers and dancers. Phil Nusbau...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shaped Note Singers Introduce a New Shaped Note Tradition Locally
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Local Shaped Note Singers hold Copies of Shenandoah Harmony, Credit: Nathan Berry
Singing shaped notes is a long American tradition of singing, mostly based on Christian scriptures. As a folk tradition, it evolves with reference ...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ray Barnard Brings His Updated Old School Soul to the Dakota Late Night Stage
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ray Barnard, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Ray Barnard writes and performs songs based on old-school soul. Over the years he has developed a unique songwriting voice, and he tells Phil Nusba...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
LOVE & MERCY -- Bill Pohlad Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Bill Pohlad, San Francisco, CA 5/1/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Bill Pohlad talks audience interpretations, casting two actors in one role, and how truth is stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 13:05
Big Hangar Swing Dance Coming to South Saint Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Roseville Big Band in Acapulco, 1989 , Credit: Glen Newton
The Roseville Big Band has been playing for dances in airplane hangars for a really long time. The next one will be in Fleming Field's Hangar #3 in...

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  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Songs of the Old North Woods from Irish Loggers at the Eden Prairie Librarie
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Brian Miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Darin Black
In the old days of the northern Minnesota and Wisconsin lumber camps, many of the shanty boys had emigrated from Ireland. Of course, they brought t...

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  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
After 7 Years Playing Together, Jazz Group Celebrates its First CD
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JaAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske, Credit: Laurenb Photography
JoAnn Funk and Jeff Brueske. Jazz for voice, piano and bass. They’ve been holding forth Friday and Saturday nights at the St Paul hotel lobby for 7...

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  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
International Performing Group the Ancia Saxophone Quartet Plays Locally
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ancia Saxophone Quartet, Credit: Daniel Soderstrom
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet specializes in contemporary American Saxophone quartet music. It’s a field that bridges formal music and jazz. The ense...

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  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lissa Hanner - My Colorado
From: Off the Dial Music Radio
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Interview with Colorado singer/songwriter Lissa Hanner.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Cuban Charanga Music Comes to Studio Z in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Doug Little leads Minnesota’s great Charanga Band, Charanga Tropical. Charanga is a substyle of salsa, one that adds three violins to the mix. The ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
THE WRECKING CREW -- Denny Tedesco Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Denny Tedesco, San Francisco, CA 6/22/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Denny Tedesco talks famous riffs, untold stories, and making his mother cry.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 26:40
Minnesota's Professional Balkan Band Brings its act to the St Louis Park Library
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Orkesta Bez ime, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
Orkestar Bez Ime, Bulgarian for orchestra with out a name, or OBI for short, has been performing in our town and more widely for well over a decade...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Bernstein Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sydney Bernstein talks synchronicity, metaphysics, and why the universe may be resonating in b-flat.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
Twin Cities Jewish Chorale Performs a Concert of Diverse Vocal Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Jewish Chorale, Credit: Peter Eckert
The Twin Cities Jewish Chorale was formed six years ago to provide opportunities to sing types of Jewish music other than that which is sung in syn...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
Pig's Eye Jass Band plays for Dancing and Listening at the Minneapolis Eagles
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pig's Eye Jass Band at the Minnesota State Fair, Credit: Nancy Hite
The Pig’s Eye Jass Band out of the Twin Cities has been around seemingly forever. Many people come to the Minneapolis Eagles Club to dance the firs...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Heaping Helping of Local Bluegrass Coming on January 31
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: The High 48s, Credit: Daniel Corrigan
On January 31, the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association celebrates its 40th anniversary by creating an event to remember, Twelve in T...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fresh New Organ Trio at Jazz Central in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: JT Bates at the drums in his Minneapolis studio, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Three experienced players have formed a new organ trio that is one of the more promising groups on the scene, the JT Bates Organ Trio. In the piece...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz Sampler CD Release Party
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Jazz Sampler CD, Credit: Tim Nyberg
This Saturday night, the jazz community will be toasting itself, as the Twin Cities Jazz Sampler CD has it’s release party. The CD contains work by...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tropics Steeldrum Band Heats Up a December Saturday.
From: KBEM
Caption: Norbert Augustine and Jahbee Bennet, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
The Tropics Steeldrum band gets Minnesotans moving Saturday Dec 6, 2014. It’ll be at the Northtown Library in Blaine from 2-3pm. The band wants eve...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Jazz Artists of Tomorrow Featured at Jazz Central in Minneapolis on Nov 29, 2014
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Emerson Hunton at the drums, Credit: Andrea Canter
Twin Cities Weekend is a five minute feature that keeps listeners up to date on what's happening the following weekend. Artist interviews and music...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Next Weekend is the Harvest Jam, the Twin Cities' Annual Fall Bluegrass Festival
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Earl Jarosh, Credit: Jeremie
Twin Cities Weekend is a five minute feature that keeps listeners up to date on what's happening the following weekend. Artist interviews and music...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
North Indian and Persian Cultures Combine in a New Twin Cities Production
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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Rita Mustaphi has lead Kathak Dance Theater for decades. Maryam Yusafzadeh has led the Persian-based musical group, Robayat for a similar duration,...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
RUDDERLESS -- Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison talk chartreuse pants, staying in Oklahoma, and why William H. Macy is a prince.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:54
WHIPLASH -- Damien Chazelle Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Damien Chazelle, San Francisco, CA 10/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Damien Chazelle talks primal myths, subjective reality, and making Miles Teller bleed.

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1