Twin Cities Weekend
Series produced by KBEM
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5 to 8-minute, highly produced heads-ups highlighting great musical activities in the Twin Cities broadly conceived. The pieces feature the musicians, their music, club owners, fans, in short all of those responsible for creating musical experiences.
The Twin Cities is home to many musical forms, including jazz, folk, Latin, gospel and bluegrass to name a few. Each week on Twin Cities weekend, we select an upcoming performance and in 5 to 8 highly produced minutes, give it context. The shows are entertaining and informative. Producer is Phil Nusbaum of KBEM-FM, Minneapolis, and funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Dear Lenny: Bernstein’s Life in Songs and Letters pays tribute to the multi-dimensional Leonard Bernstein. The production features some of his vast...
- Added: Oct 24, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Gypsy, one of Our Town’s most popular groups ever, plays its 50 year anniversary show at Crooners, Saturday November 13 at 7PM. But suddenly, Gypsy...
- Added: Oct 22, 2021
- Length: 08:01
PK Mayo, aka Paul Mayasich continues his tradition of creating music in multiple styles on his new CD, entitled Simple Search for Truth. In Mayo’s ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Ben Ehrlich Quartet performs at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis Friday night October 22 at 8PM. Ben plays the drums, and other group member...
- Added: Oct 13, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Jenny Klukken takes the marimba into unexpected musical places. She’s at the Ice House in Minneapolis Wednesday October 20 at 8PM. In a conversatio...
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Sax man Steve Clarke has been a major musical figure in our town and beyond for decades. He’ll be leading the Working Stiffs into the Dakota, 7PM T...
- Added: Oct 06, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Barley jacks with Brian Wicklund mixes bluegrass and old-time string band styles with other idioms like no other band. The group has just relea...
- Added: Oct 01, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Barley jacks with Brian Wicklund mixes bluegrass and old-time string band styles with other idioms like no other band. This coming Saturday nig...
- Added: Oct 01, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Reynold Philipsek’s new EP was created in the midst of social unrest and a pandemic. When Reynold talked with Phil Nusbaum, Reynold filled us in on...
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Kendra Glenn started singing as a young kid in Chicago. She has blossomed into a busy upper midwest soulful singer who also writes some of her song...
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The new song by NUNNABOVE is called “Connection.” NUNNABOVE is a group of four brothers and sisters from Woodbury who perform and record their own ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is held September 17 and 18 this fall and is live at multiple venues and available virtually, too. When festival dire...
- Added: Sep 10, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Recent songs by PaviElle French reflect her deep disappointment with the deep cultural rifts that came to the forefront with the George Floyd Murde...
- Added: Sep 09, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Selby Avenue Jazz Fest is live, Saturday September 11 from 11 AM till 7:30 PM. As usual, Michael Wright, owner of the Golden Thyme Coffee and C...
- Added: Sep 03, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The annual Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival, held 1-7 PM on Labor Day at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis presents the best of local bluegrass, plu...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 08:00
When Leslie Vincent sings, it’s not only the song, but the audience. She performs at the Granada in Minneapolis, Friday night September 3 at 7:30 p...
- Added: Aug 27, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Kenne Thomas leads his band into Jazz Central in Minneapolis Saturday evening August 28 from 8 till 10 PM. Kenne is from Chicago, lived and played ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Scottie Miller has a new thing, piano poetry. It’s what happens when he delivers his poetry to his improvisation-based piano playing. Scottie’s pia...
- Added: Aug 11, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Foxgloves is a 6-piece all woman Twin Cities Bluegrass / Americana group performing every second Wednesday at Sociable Cider Werks in Northeast...
- Added: Aug 02, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Red Hot Django Peppers plays the music of Django Reinhardt. The group performs at the Ice House in Minneapolis next Sunday from 11 AM till 2 PM...
- Added: Jul 28, 2021
- Length: 08:00
