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Caption: Jazz 88 logo
The Will Kjeer Quintet plays at KJ’s Hideaway in Saint Paul this Saturday Night March 19 starting at 9:30PM. It is a modern Jazz group, and include...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: The Lost Forty, Credit: Natalie Jennings
In the 1840s and 1850s, many men who emigrated from Ireland to Minnesota went to work as lumberjacks in the booming logging industry. They brought ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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On this episode of the show, you'll hear from Pippa White. Pippa believes in stories that teach even when everything is going wrong, you can someho...

Bought by KTXK, KKRN, KSJE, WVPE, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Robb Henry, Credit: Paul Lundgren
Veteran Twin Cities guitarist Robb Henry used the time during the Covid pandemic to both dig into his archives and create some new lines. The resul...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Davina of Davina and the Vagabonds, Credit: Davina Sowers
Davina and the Vagabonds, based in Minneapolis, is one of the midwest’s best known touring bands. Over tye years, Davina has evolved ideas about pu...

Bought by KMSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Album Cover, I Self Devine, Rituals of Resilience, Credit: Illustration: Johnalynn Holland, Lettering: Andres Guzman, Image Courtesy of I Self Devine
Add curator to a long list of Chaka Mkali's professional accomplishments. In the tradition of fellow Afrofuturists who have looked to the sky for i...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2022
  • Length: 06:16
Caption: Diane Jarvi, Credit: Nick Lethert
Diane Jarvi’s New CD, This Ordinary Day was done at her home during an early stage of the Covid pandemic. Spending a lot of time alone caused Diane...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: New Year, Credit: Lucy Nelson
The Minnesota Chamber Jazz Orchestra is a scaled-back version of the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra, but with nine pieces, it still produces a big sound....

  • Added: Dec 18, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Ben Utecht and Mick Sterling, Credit: Steven Diamond
For information about An Andy and Bing Christmas with Ben Utecht and Mick Sterling, the event has its own website. It is Andy and Bing Christmas do...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Rondo 56 Group photo, Credit: Dan Chouinard
Rondo 56 tells how the Rondo neighborhood in Saint Paul was changed when Interstate 94 was built right through it. Rondo 56 includes music by a com...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Dan Chouinard, Credit: Christopher Boudewyns
Rondo 56 tells how the Rondo neighborhood in Saint Paul was changed when Interstate 94 was built right through it. Rondo 56 includes music by a com...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, Credit: Andrea Canter
It was a long wait, but Zeitgeist presents its early music festival featuring the work of Frederick Shefsky this Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 08:01
Caption: Pavel Jany, Credit: Andrea Canter
A few years ago, guitarist Pavel Jany received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant to create a new CD and play some concerts. But then came the pand...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Pavel Jany, Credit: Andrea Canter
A few years ago, guitarist Pavel Jany received a Minnesota State Arts Board grant to create a new CD and play some concerts. But then came the pand...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: New Riverside Ramblers, Credit: Benny Moreno
The New Riverside Ramblers from Minneapolis Have Been Providing Top Notch Cajun Music for Over Thirty Years. Original Rambler Eric Mohring talked t...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: New Riverside Ramblers, Credit: Benny Moreno
The New Riverside Ramblers marks its 30th anniversary with a big dance on Saturday Nov 13 at the Eagles Club in Minneapolis. Original Rambler Eric ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: KBEM logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Kenne Thomas has a new CD called Yesterdays. Kenne is a drummer. But his major reference point is the saxophone sound he heard as a kid growing up ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Kenne Thomas, Credit: Diane Thomas
Kenne Thomas has a new CD called Yesterdays. The CD release event takes place at the Dakota in Minneapolis, Tuesday November 9 at 7PM. Kenne is a d...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: From left to right, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Jennifer Arnold, and Janet Saia in New York in 2016. Courtesy of Janet Saia.
Kelly Jeanne Grant and Janet Saia remember their friend, Jennifer Arnold, the costume dresser for Broadway’s longest running show, Phantom of the O...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:41
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Bernstein. The Production features some of Bernstein’s vast catalog of musical creations, plus his correspondence with family members and other mus...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Ben Ehrlich, Credit: Josh Gilbert
Drummer Ben Ehrlich leads a group that features original work and reworkings that also seem original. Interviewer Phil Nusbaum is in Ben’s studio....

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Ben Ehrlich, Credit: Josh Gilbert
The Ben Ehrlich Quartet performs at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis Friday night October 22 at 8PM. Ben plays the drums, and other group member...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Grace Pettis, Credit: Grace Pettis Facebook page
Grace Pettis is a singer/songwriter and rocker, based out of Austin. Her latest album, 'Working Woman' is completely created and assembled by an al...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Oct 03, 2021
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mankwe Ndosi, Credit: Sally Nixon
The album "felt / not said" by Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri features cello, contrabasso, percussion, wildly versatile vocals by Ndosi, but the albu...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kathleen Battle
This program features composers and musicians of African Descent in various fields of Classical Music.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:03:38