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The Speed of Sound: Rickie Lee Jones
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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The legendary Rickie Lee Jones invited her New Orleans surroundings to become part of her band on The Other Side of Desire, her 13th disc. The peop...

Bought by KHSU, KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 4
Brian Miller, Irish Music and the Minnesota Lumberjack Experience
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Brian miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Natalie Champa-Jennings
Brian Miller is a Northern Minnesota guy who plays Irish Music, and specializes in the songs created by Irish lumberjacks in the old north woods. T...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:26
Sarah Porwoll-Lee and the Excitement over new Music Compositions
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
To Sarah Porwoll-Lee, it isn’t only that she plays new music on the clarinet. When she talked with Phil Nusbaum, she revealed that she gets excited...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:57
Todd Harper and His Jazz Originals
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Todd Harper, Credit: Carl Allen
Todd Harper turned his life around when he decided to play jazz piano full time. He talked to Phil Nusbaum about his life in jazz, and about his mu...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:39
Brian Miller and Randy Gosa Sing Songs of old Northwoods Irish Lumberjacks.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Brian Miller and Randy Gosa, Credit: Natalie Champa-Jennings
Lumber occupies a big part of the history of Minnesota and the entire Great lakes region. In the lumber industry a hundred and more years ago, many...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Sarah Porwoll-Lee Leads a Concert of New Music at Studio
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Sarah Porwoll-Lee, Credit: Ellie Peterson
Sarah Porwoll-Lee plays the clarinet. Her concert Saturday night October 3 features not only her and two bandmates, but premieres of newly commissi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Bonjour Chanson Series 18, Episode 87
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 18
Caption: Courtesy of Marie Cherrier, Credit: Marc Lubrano
We bring French Language Popular Music to English speakers. No French language skills are required to enjoy the show. Placing very different song...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 18, Episode 86
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 18
Caption: Courtesy of Pomme, Credit: Lucie Sassiat
The best of French Language Popular Music brought to English speakers. Get acquainted with a young woman, only 19, who writes her own songs and in...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 1
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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • 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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 17, Episode 84
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 17
Caption: Stephanie Blanchoud, courtesy of Ms. Blanchoud, Credit: Sabine Meier
This episode of Bonjour Chanson has an international flavor. Belgium takes the lead with two contributors and one of the French participants starte...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • 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
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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • 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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • 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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 03, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 17, Episode 82
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 17
Caption: By Courtesy of Lili Cros and Thierry Chazelle, Credit: Arno Lame
A kaleidoscope of French Language Songs Introduced to English Speakers. No need to understand French to enjoy the show.. The songs range from joyfu...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
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 ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • 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
Bonjour Chanson Series 16, Episode 79
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 16
Caption: By Courtesy of Maurane, Credit: Guillaume Cosson
You will be introduced to six beautiful songs by Francophone Artists. No French language skills are required. France, Belgium and Canada are repr...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
Young Seattleites Feel Limited By Lack Of All-Ages Live Music
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Barriers keep people under 21 out of many areas at the Capitol Hill Block Party. , Credit: KUOW Photo/Noah Phillips Reardon
Music festivals all around the country are great places to hear live music. However, not everyone can enjoy the music. Many of the stages have an a...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 16, Episode 78
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 16
Caption: La Ruelle en Chantier, Credit: Courtesy of La Ruelle en Chantier
We introduce a selection of six very different Francophone artists with one of their songs in English. No need to understand French to enjoy the ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 1
Bill and Kate Isles Start the New Year with Some Great Shows
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Bill and Kate Isles, Credit: Jeff Isles
In the piece, Bill talks about songwriting, and about working with his young bandmates, Sarah & Derek Birkeland.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1