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Sonny Knight and the Lakers Four Big Shows for the Home Town People this December
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sonny Knight. He’s Mississippi born, but has lived in Minnesota since childhood. He talked with Phil Nusbaum about music in general, and about his ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Musician's Spotlight - Mary Chapin Carpenter- 639
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter returns to Musician's Spotlight for a conversation from her Virginia home wit...

Bought by WZRE, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Rick Carlson, Pianist Extraordinaire
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Rick Carlson Andrea Canter, Credit: Andrea Canter
Rick Carlson. All by himself he puts on quite a show playing American songbook classics. But if you ask him, his peak moments might just be in his ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 09:29
Laura MacKenzie's New Conception of Scottish Traditional Music
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Laura MacKenzie, Credit: Melissa Buss
When you think of any kind of Celtic traditional music, you do not think of horn arrangements. But that’s just what Laura MacKenzie has added to tr...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
PRW Fall 2016 3
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Part three of Mspot highlights for Fall PRW 2016

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
PRW Fall 2016 2
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Part two of Mspot highlights for Fall PRW 2016

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
PRW Fall 2016 1
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Part one of Mspot highlights for Fall PRW 2016

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight - Jeffrey Foucault- 636
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault has taken "the small roads", building his defiantly independent career through a relentless international tourin...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Josh Ritter- 635
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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From humble beginnings in Moscow, Idaho highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter recorded and released his self-titled debut in 1999 after gr...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: :29
Musician's Spotlight - Josh Ritter- 635
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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From humble beginnings in Moscow, Idaho highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter recorded and released his self-titled debut in 1999 after gr...

Bought by KISU, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Free Annual Bluegrass Festival in Minneapolis on Labor Day
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Alan Jesperson, Credit: Craig Evans
To many, the Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis serves as the exclamation point at the end of a Twin Cities summe...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
Musician's Spotlight- Mike Murray - 633
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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With "Tumbleweed", his third recording in five years, Kalispell, Montana singer/songwriter and guitarist Mike Murray brings a new level of maturity...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
10-Minute Writer's Workshop #2 - Patti Smith
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: 10-Minute Writer's Workshop
Caption: Patti Smith chatting with Virginia Prescott backstage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth
National Book Award winner Patti Smith, also known as "the godmother of punk", dishes on what inspires her writing, what her editing process entail...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:47
Traditional Singer Sherry Minnick Views Old Songs as Meaningful to the Contemporary Scene
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Sherry Minnick, Credit: Kate MacKenzie
Old Traditional folk songs. Without any promotion from the commercial world, the songs last for centuries. Sherry Minnick of St Paul sings old song...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 10:46
The Bend in the River Big Band: Virtuosity + Great Arrangements = Great Big Band Jazz
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: The Bend in the River Big Band, Credit: Paul Rippe
The Bend in the Big River Big Band is named for 2 Mississippi River bends. One is in Saint Peter, where the group was formed. And the other bend is...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 08:44
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Darrell Scott- 621
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Darrell Scott is one of the most respected musicians in the broadly defined "Americana" genre. His most recent recording project comprised of ten s...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: :30
The Multi-Talented Joe Cruz
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Joe Cruz, Credit: Emily Jane Davis
Joe Cruz. He’s got his feet planted in traditional styles. Perhaps that is why when he plays, it all seems so right, even though he does a lot of m...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 08:58
Musician's Spotlight - Coty Hogue - 627
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Born out of an upbringing in tiny Philipsburg, Montana and flavored with a Masters degree in Appalachian Studies, "old soul" singer songwriter and ...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Musician's Spotlight Promo- Patty Griffin - 616
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Host John Floridis gets reacquainted with acclaimed singer songwriter Patty Griffin to discuss the making of her most recent recording "Servant Of ...

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: :29
MTPR Public Radio Week C
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Highlights from Musician's Spotlight 2016, third section.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
MTPR Public Radio Week B
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Highlights from Musician's Spotlight 2016, second section.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
MTPR Public Radio Week A
From: John Floridis
Series: Montana Public Radio Special Programs - Related to Musician's Spotlight
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Highlights from Musician's Spotlight 2016, first section.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Ginger Commodore Leads a Stevie Wonder Tribute Concert at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Ginger Commodore, Credit: Tom Wallace
Ginger Commodore loves singing, and loves the songs of Stevie Wonder. It'll be two evenings filled with superlatives Feb 12-13, 2016 when she leads...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
(Episode #03) The Sound of Music in Post-secondary Academics and Writing
From: Odegaard Writing and Research Center
Series: Character Development
Caption: Odegaard Writing and Research Center, Credit: OWRC
In this episode, the Character Development team inquires about the relationship between music/theater experiences and academia. To some, these two ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2016
  • Length: 19:29
Musician's Spotlight - Patty Griffin - 616
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Host John Floridis gets reacquainted with acclaimed singer songwriter Patty Griffin to discuss the making of her most recent recording "Servant Of ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4