Minnesota Music Profiles
Series produced by KBEM
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Each item in the series tells how a musicians is inspired, how s/he works, their goals and intents for their work; in general, how each gets motivation and follows through with a creative project.
Each Minnesota Music Profile focuses on a musician or group. Listeners learn some of the behind-the-scenes stuff related to the creative process. Programs in the series are under 10 minutes in length. They can be run anytime because they are not time sensitive. These pieces are especially appropriate when subjects perform in the areas served by given radio stations.
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Minnesota guitarist Michael Hauser has had a 50-plus year flamenco guitar career based in the Twin Cities. Michael’s work is built on multiple trip...
- Added: May 05, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Galactic Cowboy Orchestra started when John Wright got the idea that it would be cool to be part of a jazz fusion band. And despite that he and fut...
- Added: May 01, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The high 48s is a long-lasting group and has several CDs to its credit. Phil Nusbaum talked with High 48s fiddler and vocalist Eric Christopher abo...
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Klezmer music is an expression of Jewish people whose heritage is Europe. But what does the word Klezmer mean? That’s what Phil Nusbaum asked Judit...
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Jack Brass Band plays with the kind of interplay of instruments that has been part of New Orleans Jazz for a hundred years or more. But the Jac...
- Added: Apr 17, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Café Accordion Orchestra performs a show called Midnight in Paris, where the group performs some of it’s finest French music. The show frequently s...
- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Jo Kellen received a commission to create the series of sonic and visual experiences that is Serious Glee. The presentation allows Jo to expand on ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Jo Kellen is a Minneapolis singer, songwriter and performance artist who was commissioned to create new work by the Jerome Foundation and the Cedar...
- Added: Mar 31, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Blue Yodel Number Nine. It’s a band name that catches the echoes of older forms of traditional music. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, founding...
- Added: Mar 25, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Hula Peppers plays an original blend of music styles from a mix of traditions predating 1939. Gary Powell is an original Hula Pepper, and he to...
- Added: Mar 22, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Kashimana is a Minneapolis musician who experienced things during pregnancy and childbirth that she just had to write songs about. Her project is c...
- Added: Mar 20, 2019
- Length: 08:00
When you think of Independent twin cities Bands, you have to think of Boiled in Lead. The group’s thirty-plus history includes Celtic Music, rock, ...
- Added: Mar 15, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Reuben and Dan Ristrom form a father-son act featuring great songs from the Great American Songbook. Phil Nusbaum caught up with Reuben a short tim...
- Added: Mar 14, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Dean Magraw’s Red Planet, Dean on the guitar, Chris Bates on the bass and Jay Epstein is the drummer. The group also expands to include others such...
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Atlantis Quartet is composed of four composers: Sax player Brandon Wozniak, Chris Bates the bassist, drummer Pete Hening and guitarist Zacc Har...
- Added: Mar 07, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Singing in front of a big band is how jazz fans best know Courtney Burton. But she’s also got a new combo with Eric Edwalds on the piano, sax man R...
- Added: Mar 04, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Southside Aces specializes in New Orleans music, and that means they prepare big time for Mardi Gras. Interviewer Phil Nusbaum sat down to talk...
- Added: Feb 26, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Swing Beat Big Band formed in 1998, and has been playing regularly for listeners and dancers ever since. The leader is John Wilkes. When John m...
- Added: Feb 20, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Southern Minnesota’s Real Jazz Band has a unique twin mission: Playing great jazz and serving as a clinician band for high school jazz musicians.. ...
- Added: Feb 06, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Fuzzy Math. It’s a jazz group that enjoys close passes with pop. Fuzzy Math plays in the Twin Cities and beyond. But Fuzzy Math? And it’s a Jazz Gr...
- Added: Jan 31, 2019
- Length: 08:00
