Centerstage Minnesota

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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Centerstage Minnesota showcases the talents of Minnesota musicians. A local production of Northern Community Radio: KAXE - Grand Rapids and KBXE - Bemidji. Also heard on KSRQ in Thief River Falls and on WTIP in Grand Marais.

Centerstage Minnesota is a two hour program airing on Fridays and includes interviews, highlights, music and stories of Minnesota music.

Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


851 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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By Doug MacRostie. Something about an emerging performer from a small town really appeals to me, and Katie Corning from Bagley is just starting to...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 31:52
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By Doug MacRostie. Lonnie Knight was there for the first digital recording. Yes, I'm serious. He was working as Staff Guitarist at Sound 80 when 3M...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 33:58
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By Centerstage MN host Doug MacRostie. I could sit and talk with Mary LaPlant all day; she's one of those positive people that is just fun to be ar...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2010
  • Length: 31:34
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By Doug MacRostie, host of Centertage MN. Big Walter Smith is the lead vocalist with the Groove Merchants and has personified the blues in MN for 4...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KVSC


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 2
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By Centerstage MN host Doug MacRostie. It's not too often that the debut release from a band is a double CD, but Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses are...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 32:13
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Sela Oveson: Her Music's In My Bones, by Doug MacRostie. I have been quoted saying "Sela is one of my favorite MN musicians - she has a fire that b...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 37:53
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Wahwahtay Benais: The Thunderbird Within the Northern Lights by Doug MacRostie. The oppression, hardship and discrimination that Native Americans...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 42:17
  • Purchases: 1
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"Music is Todd Clouser's Second Language" by Doug MacRostie. Todd Clouser's "A Love Electric" is an instrumental album with a lot to say. For some ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 36:09
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"Love and Loneliness with Pieta Brown," by Doug MacRostie. Pieta Brown is a striking Poet-songwriter with a haunting voice and unmistakable style. ...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2011
  • Length: 23:47