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The Southside Aces is a New Orleans-style jazz band that has loads of fun playing for dancers and listeners. Founder and clarinetist Tony Balluff (...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 05:00
They do the old blues and a lot of new blues, too. Stephen Faison and the 3 O’Clock Gruv is a band of musical veterans hungry to make its mark with...
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 05:50
They were inspired by Earth Wind and Fire but their blend of personalities made them much more than a cover band. The group was known as Class Acti...
- Added: Mar 11, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Wee Willie Walker arrived in St Paul around 1960. Willie has had and has a long career in music, including singing Doo-wop, gospel music and down-h...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Graydon Peterson is a Twin Cities-based bass player with impressive credentials especially for his composing. But he chooses to do it all. You migh...
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 07:39
Graydon Peterson is a local jazz composer who started out as a classical musician. But as a student, he was drawn to jazz, not only as a bassist, b...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jedfest is a fund-raiser for the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival. On January 23, members of the public pay $10 at the door, and the...
- Added: Jan 16, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The High 48s. The group definitely plays towards the tastes of its audience. But when you talk to the guys in the group, you can tell they love wha...
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 07:40
Fresh from a busy Christmas season, the Minneapolis-based High 48s heats up January and February at the Aster Café in Minneapolis. It’s Aster brunc...
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Sound Skirmish is a group of Twin Cities young people who have been playing serious jazz for years, and with a heavy composing emphasis. Levi Schwa...
- Added: Dec 24, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Big Band music has persisted over the generations. Why? It might be because big band music is a big part of formal learning for horn players in hig...
- Added: Nov 28, 2015
- Length: 06:09
The Big Band is part of the American cultural heritage. The Capri Big Band of Minneapolis is rehearsing hard right now for two Shows in December. T...
- Added: Nov 28, 2015
- Length: 05:00
A generation, a young trio known as Rio Nido was delighting audiences through its renditions of old vocal jazz. But in music, so it seems, all good...
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Sam Miltich, Grand Rapids guitar icon is coming to South Saint Paul the Saturday right after Thanksgiving. And he’ll be fronting a 5- piece band th...
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 05:00
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
For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, Sylvan Esso came about as a fluke as much as necessity. Both of their previous bands, Mountain Man and Megafaun,...
Bought by KSUT, KUCB, and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Oct 17, 2015
- Length: 07:02
- Purchases: 3
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
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...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 30, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
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
The University of Minnesota Jazz Festival is a great event in scholastic jazz. It’s where high school kids make college choices, and where the whol...
- Added: Feb 19, 2015
- Length: 05:00
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...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
On January 31, the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association celebrates its 40th anniversary by creating an event to remember, Twelve in T...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
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...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 11, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
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
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
