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Some view traditional music styles as singular, insulated from other styles. And that has been true at certain times in certain places. But owing t...
- Added: Jan 23, 2017
- Length: 06:03
We'll hear music by Steven Stucky, Elena Ruehr, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Paul Moravec, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and Elliott Carter on this ep...
Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', WETS and more
- Added: Jan 19, 2017
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 9
The New Primitives. The group is a 4-time winner of the Minnesota Music Academy award winners for best reggae and world band. And the group perform...
- Added: Jan 13, 2017
- Length: 05:01
Cedric Fuller and Global Sound. It’s a group from the Twin Cities that picks up from the combinations of soul, rhythm and blues,l funk and jazz th...
- Added: Dec 17, 2016
- Length: 06:02
Sonny Knight and the Lakers. Sonny has roots in blues funk and r and b, and has been performing virtually his whole life. Today, focused on music a...
- Added: Dec 17, 2016
- Length: 07:40
Old time music has the reputation of looking at it’s own history for inspiration. But it has also has a cutting edge. In general, cutting edges in ...
- Added: Nov 26, 2016
- Length: 05:15
Much of the heated dialog among bluegrass fans concerns new approaches that are evolving. But when new approaches evolve, it does not mean that the...
- Added: Nov 11, 2016
- Length: 05:38
Dakota Dave Hull plays many musical forms, all with understanding and sensitivity. Plus, his commentaries on music contain a lot of the fun factor....
- Added: Nov 11, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Bob Bovee is a committed singer of old folk songs, playing concert halls, living rooms and everything in between. He does it with good humor and ha...
- Added: Nov 09, 2016
- Length: 07:13
Merle Haggard. His dates are 1937 to 2016. He was not a bluegrass performer, but he was loved by bluegrass artists and people. Now that he is gone,...
- Added: Nov 05, 2016
- Length: 06:41
Twin Cities Celtic Music icon Takes a Whole New Direction
Long a staple of the Twin Cities Irish and Scottish traditional music scenes, Laura MacKe...
- Added: Oct 27, 2016
- Length: 08:12
With Pop and Bob, it’s not only a night of old-time songs. The two have a way of keeping their act fresh with wit. While they have performed togeth...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Fall is Beautiful, right? Well, we hear about it in bluegrass songs, but those beautiful falling leaves are usually meant to symbolize something el...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 06:12
Lori Dokken leads a group of musical multi-stylists in Painting Joni. The group gives fresh spins to the multi-style offerings of Joni Mitchell, co...
- Added: Oct 05, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Patty Peterson is one of the bright lights on the Peterson jazz family tree. Her family inspired her to get involved in music. And what they taught...
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 09:37
There’s a lot in bluegrass song lyrics. And yes, we know that many people use bluegrass music as the background to whatever else is going on, or ev...
- Added: Sep 05, 2016
- Length: 06:46
Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble is a long-running St Paul group that tours the state with its sometimes serious, sometimes funny offerings. Next weeke...
- Added: Aug 31, 2016
- Length: 05:00
We begin today with recent bluegrass, including a couple of artists who enjoy re-doing Flatt and Scruggs songs from a half century or more ago. Our...
- Added: Aug 20, 2016
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 16
The Jerry Lawson Legacy Project is an exclusive series for Blues America that explores the history of singing legend Jerry Lawson and the famed Per...
Bought by Public Radio East, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Aug 19, 2016
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
In every style of music there’s a cutting edge and a musical history. In Bluegrass they both matter.
- Added: Aug 18, 2016
- Length: 05:14
Once she made the decision to enter the field of music, Mayyadda has been firing on all cylinders, creating new songs and recordings to document th...
- Added: Aug 09, 2016
- Length: 05:00
In every style of music there’s a cutting edge and a musical history. In Bluegrass they both matter.
- Added: Aug 06, 2016
- Length: 05:14
Mark Kreitzer has always enjoyed playing a variety of songtypes and he’s a whiz on many instruments. Plus, he has refined ideas on working in diffe...
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 08:14
The Filthy Animals. Well, there’s a band name that’ll grab your ear. But so does their music. The group has been playing for a number of years, it’...
- Added: Jul 30, 2016
- Length: 07:26
Pre-World War II Jazz is unforgettable for many musicians and members of the public. That’s what drives the Sunday Swing brunch with Patty and the ...
- Added: Jul 18, 2016
- Length: 05:00
