Live from Studio A

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Interviews and live performances from local, regional, and national musicians on KUMD in Duluth, MN. "Live from Studio A" is produced at KUMD by Christine Dean and Chris Harwood with funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

KUMD is pleased to share "Live from Studio A." Interviews and live performances from local, regional, and national musicians on KUMD in Duluth, MN. "Live from Studio A" is produced at KUMD by Christine Dean and Chris Harwood with funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Listen to audio archives at kumd.org


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Since moving to Duluth as a teenager just two years ago, Mahon has been drawing attention for his unique, beyond-his-years singing and songwriting ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 22:26
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This local favorite joined us in the studio on January 24. He released his album Dog, back in September and gave candid interviews about how his st...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 40:24
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Caption: Superior Siren, Credit: Christine Dean
Laura Sellner debuted Superior Siren as a solo project in Duluth in 2012 expanding her atmospheric, eerie folk sound by adding cellist Rachel Gobin...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:06
Caption: (l-r) Eli, Amri, Josie, and Audrey of the Langertsons, Credit: Christine Dean
If you've seen the Mahtowah, Minnesota country gospel band the Holy Hootenanners, you know they sometimes bring their kids onstage to contribute to...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 22:18
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In addition to writing and performing psychedelic rock, this Minneapolis musician is also a pro skateboarder and a visual artist. He and his band p...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 32:37
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Local musicians Jerree Small and Marc Gartman have been making beautiful acoustic music together as Coyote for 10 years now. Along the way they add...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:33
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Mattson has left his mark all over the Minneapolis, Duluth, and Iron Range music scenes through the years in bands including the Glenrustles and Ol...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 21:24
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This local bluegrass-influenced four-piece releases its third album, Just Can't Win in style with back-to-back shows at Pizza Luce, September 29 an...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 25:22
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This native of Northern Minnesota's Leech Lake Indian Reservation has a new album combining her environmental activism and her music. The release, ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 35:01
Caption: The She Shells Performing Live from Studio A, Credit: Christine Dean
Singer/songwriters Thea Ennen and Lisa Kane have teamed up to form this harmonizing, eclectic country folk duo. Based in the Twin Cities, they perf...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 26:52
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Rick McLean joined us for a session of offbeat punky folk-rock on September 8. He had a release show the following night for his first full-length ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 26:29
Caption: Members of the Holy Hootenanners, Credit: Christine Dean
This 10-piece gospel band, formed in a country church in Mahtowa, Minnesota, returned with its third album, The Rumble, just in time for the fifth ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 27:01
Caption: Randy Casey performing Live from Studio A., Credit: Christine Dean
This Seattle-based singer/songwriter/guitarist got his start in his native Minnesota. He's released several albums of rootsy, guitar-driven materia...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:21
Caption: Mike Michel performing live from Studio A., Credit: Christine Dean
This Minneapolis musician fronted The Bill Mike Band and has collaborated with Haley Bonar and Carnage, among others. In 2013 he developed tinnitus...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 34:32
Caption: The Gentlemen's Anti-Temperance League performing live from Studio A, Credit: Christine Dean
This Minneapolis group plays gypsy jazz with smooth female vocals. They recently released their second album, Masquerade. We found out more when th...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 27:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Caption: WTF performing Live from Studio A, Credit: Christine Dean
Back in December, we met the members of the Minneapolis collective Kriyative Emblems of a Blue Soul Renaissance, performing as 26Bats! The drummer ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 28:28
Caption: Mama's Stolen Horses
Husband-and-wife duo Kristoffer and Abby Jo Robin make up this Americana folk/grass group. Originally from Mankato, the pair traveled around the co...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2018
  • Length: 26:43
Caption: Reina del Cid
This Twin Cities indie folk/rock artist recently released her third album, Rerun City. She and her longtime guitarist Toni Lindgren join us in the ...

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 30:23
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Caption: Fox & Coyote
We welcomed this Minneapolis indie folk/rock group back to our studios on March 14. They performed the same night at Sound in Duluth.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 34:14
Caption: Nat Harvie Trio
Duluth native Harvie drew attention with their high school band, Vivielle, which eventually broke up after the members went off to college. After p...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2018
  • Length: 28:44