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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Caption: Michael Gay sent us a selfie from his home in the Twin Cities, Credit: MICHAEL GAY
This Minneapolis Americana musician recorded his latest album, Make it Right, in Nashville shortly before the pandemic hit. After delaying the rele...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 34:16
Caption: Ian Alexy in Studio A, Credit: MALACHY KOONS FOR KUMD
The latest solo album from Ian Alexy (who also performs with his brother Teague in Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank) features his Minneapolis-based back...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 30:27
Caption: A man and his guitars., Credit: RANDY CASEY
In his more than 30-year career, this Minnesota native has played guitar with a wide array of performers in a wide array of genres on stages across...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 38:26
Caption: Dedric Clark in Studio A, Credit: CHRISTINE DEAN FOR KUMD
This Cloquet native was on tour in Europe with his band The Social Animals when the pandemic shut everything down. Now based in Nashville, Clark ha...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 18:31
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This Minneapolis musician was the youngest ever winner of the Hibbing Dylan Days Singer/Songwriter competition in 2009 at age 13. He joined us for ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 33:52
Caption: Grace, John, and Hattie Peach of the Penny Peaches in KUMD's Studio A, Credit: CHRISTINE DEAN FOR KUMD
Recent UMD graduate Hattie Peach and her sister Grace (a recent high school graduate) recently released an EP, also featuring their dad John on dru...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 27:02
Caption: Lyla Abukhodair in Studio A, Credit: MALACHY KOONS FOR KUMD
This year's Duluth Homegrown Music Festival guide documents how this musician went from being an ensemble player in the six-piece band NorShore Sum...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 18:29
Caption: Tony Petersen
Cloquet native Tony Petersen was on the road with The Social Animals when the pandemic hit in 2020 and their tour came to an abrupt end. Since then...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 30:42
Caption: Cory Coffman, Credit: Christine Dean
This Duluth musician released his debut solo album, Canvas and Color, back in November. Coffman's history in the local music scene includes progres...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 36:01
Caption: Severio Mancieri, Credit: Christine Dean
This Duluth-based singer/songwriter/guitarist was born here but grew up in Iowa. A few years back he returned to Duluth and began performing regula...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 26:16
Caption: Sarah Morris
This Twin Cities Americana musician released an album in February of 2020, just before the pandemic shut down most live performances for a year. Wh...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 35:45
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Caption: Lanue, Credit: Christine Dean
Duluth musician Sarah Krueger joined us on March 5, 2021 to talk about her first album since 2014. To reflect the evolution of her creative vision,...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 38:55
Caption: Adam Herman, Credit: Christine Dean
Duluth roots-rock band The Slamming Doors has released two EPs during the pandemic, Brown Bears Volumes 1 and 2, the latter of which came out on Va...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:09
Caption: Breanne Marie, Credit: Christine Dean
After 11 months, we at KUMD were excited to host our first live, in-person Live from Studio A since last March. COVID protocols were in full effec...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:11
Caption: Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson of Storyhill, Credit: STORYHILL.COM
Folk duo Storyhill was in the midst of a 30th anniversary tour when the pandemic hit, putting an end to live performances for the time being. They ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 41:50
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Twin Cities trio the New Standards features seasoned musicians Chan Poling (The Suburbs), John Munson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic) and Steve Roehm...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 44:14
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The Minnesota musician joins the long list of artists releasing their work during a pandemic. She joined us via the internet on August 21st to chat...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 33:50
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Caption: Ellis, Credit: Terri Delaney
This Minneapolis folk singer/songwriter recently released her tenth full-length album, Ordinary Love, with a virtual release show. We heard some so...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 35:28
Caption: Sound an Echo
Rachael Kilgour and Sara Pajunen make up this duo that combines Rachael’s singer/songwriter/guitaristbackground with violinist Sara’s classical and...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:53
Caption: Eli Gardiner
This native of Michigan's U.P. is now based in Minneapolis, where he recently recorded a fourth album, The Fire and the Medicine, due out this spri...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 30:13