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HOUR ONE: "Let's Celebrate Crying" - When was the last time you cried in front of someone? It’s human to feel grief and pain, but most of us learne...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:02
Caption: Phantom Cries album cover, Credit: Kashimana Ahua
As a grant-supported Cedar Commissions artist, Kashimana created a set of songs about becoming a mother. The songs are now on CD, called Phantom Cr...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Phantom Cries album cover, Credit: Kashimana Ahua
As a grant-supported Cedar Commissions artist, Kashimana created a set of songs about becoming a mother. The songs are now on CD, called Phantom Cr...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Tod Peterson, Credit: Dan Norman
A Christmas Carole Petersen portrays a Minnesota family’s Christmas celebration. It has light moments and dark ones, but in the end, family and tra...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Michelle Kinney, Credit: Lee Glasgow
Monday is the night for the jazz series at the Icehouse in Minneapolis. On Monday November 21, it’s two groups that feature free improvisation. Phi...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Luke LeBlanc, Credit: Sara Bel Kloetzke
Luke Leblanc’s ’s new CD, Fugue State reflects Luke’s concern about the polarization you see everywhere today. According to Luke the trouble today ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Luke LeBlanc, Credit: Sara Bel Kloetzke
Luke Leblanc’s ’s new CD, Fugue State reflects Luke’s concern about the polarization seen everywhere today. The formal CD release is at the Icehous...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Scottie Miller, Credit: Jim Vasquez
Scottie Miller’s latest musical project is a book of Scottie’s poetry and a CD of some of the poems set to musical accompaniments. The music ranges...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Scottie Miller, Credit: Jim Vasquez
Scottie Miller’s latest musical project is a book of Scottie’s poetry and a CD of some of the poems set to music. The music ranges from blues and j...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "Writing As A Political Act" - In peaceful times, and in moments of violence, writers have used their art as protest, remembrance, and so...

  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in th...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: PaviElle French, Credit: Sharolyn B. Hagen
Recent songs by PaviElle French reflect her deep disappointment with the deep cultural rifts that came to the forefront with the George Floyd Murde...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: PaviElle French, Credit: Sharolyn B. Hagen
Recent songs by PaviElle French reflect her deep disappointment with the deep cultural rifts that came to the forefront with the George Floyd Murde...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: clockwise from top left; Lori Dokken, Patti Peterson, Rachel Harder, Judy Vinar, Credit: Lori Dokken
I Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so. Lori Dokken is the great motivator of this event which inc...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: clockwise from upper left; Lori Dokken, Patty Peterson, Rachel Harder, Judy Vinar, Credit: Lori Dokken
I Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so, 7PM this Friday night at the Belvedere at Crooners in Minn...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Aaron Kerr, Credit: Elizabeth Thonen-Kerr
Aaron Kerr’s Trio just released a CD titled Odin, a reference to Norse mythology. Normally a group backs up a recording with performances, but that...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "Jazz Migration" - Jazz is an American cornerstone, but its roots are in Africa. We'll follow the migration this hour. HOUR TWO: "Is th...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: "F...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "The Sound Of Silence" - Restaurants, bars, coffee shops — is there any quiet place left? This hour, the case for more silence. HOUR TW...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: How Do We Make It?" - We continue our three part series on hope. Can you create it through activism, faith, music or some other ac...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: Lynn O'brien, Credit: Tera Girardin
Lynn O’brien is a songwriter who gets inspiration from what is going on around her. She packs in her songs with messages into all her shows. During...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 07:59
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HOUR ONE: "Music Beyond Genre?" - You listen to more than one kind of music. Why not make all kinds of music? This hour, music without rules. HOU...

  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58