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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River is three women, Deb Brown, Sara Renner and Jana Anderson who present memorable songs by Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Carly Simons. When Phi...
- Added: Apr 22, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Two Girls And a Boyd is a vocal harmony-driven Group that the three Singers dreamed of for years. And when Richard Kriehn joined the band, his ma...
- Added: Apr 16, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Joan Hutton loves composing for varied types of instrumental combinations and playing in varied groups. The Joan Hutton Jazz project has a streamin...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 08:00
When Covid coops you up, you look for new things to do. Scott Keever and his wife Natalie Nowytski are both musicians, and stretching in new musica...
- Added: Apr 07, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Kat Perkins writes songs, leads a music camp for kids and delivers motivational talks. All those things play into her singing, and she’s been singi...
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Frank Sinatra’ song catalog is one of great staying power, and so are Andrew Walesch’s treatments of Sinatra songs. Andrew sings Sinatra in front o...
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Vibrophonist Levi Schwartzberg lead a trio of Jazz improvisers in a virtual show coming from Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis Jazz Friday night ...
- Added: Mar 23, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Sprig of That is a violin-guitar-tabla trio with a new CD of all commissioned compositions. It’s a challenging direction, but one that fits the mus...
- Added: Mar 22, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Happy Apple, a Minnesota Jazz success story streams 8-10PM from Jazz Central Saturday March 20. The show is a benefit to help Greg Meyers fight can...
- Added: Mar 12, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Despite the pandemic, the North Central University Jazz ensemble has been getting ready for a virtual show at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis. ...
- Added: Mar 06, 2021
- Length: 08:00
What Would Monk Do? Interprets the work of the legendary Jazz composer Thelonious Monk, and plays original music reminiscent of Monk. In a conversa...
- Added: Mar 04, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Composer A.J. Isaacson Zvidzwa began her musical career as many do, by modeling her mother. But few start out wanting to play specifically the viol...
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: 07:59
The Cedar Commissions carries on virtually in 2021. It will be a 3-night performance, March 5, 6 and 7, and 2 artists each night. This is an annual...
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Minneapolis gospel music icon Robert Robinson talked with Phil Nusbaum about Robert’s Black History Month show slated for Crooner’s 5PM, February 2...
- Added: Feb 19, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The Pandemic and the current unrest have combined to make this era different than others in memory. The songs on the new CD, called Butcher Boy by ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2021
- Length: 07:59
Joyann Parker Celebrates the Release of her new CD, Out of the Dark, Friday and Saturday Feb 19 and 20 at Crooners in Minneapolis. The new project ...
- Added: Feb 11, 2021
- Length: 08:00
The training for musicians focuses on learning their craft. But a big part of the work turns out to be selling your act. Jeri Goldstein specializes...
- Added: Feb 10, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Growing up in New Delhi, India, Ritika Ganguly was aware of the varied and rich forms that opera can take. In the process of being commissioned to ...
- Added: Feb 07, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Pavel Jany is a staple of the Twin Cities Music scene. But over the years he has played many styles, and the styles are represented on Pavel’s new ...
- Added: Feb 01, 2021
- Length: 08:00
Acoustic Concussion Highlights Work of Select jazz Masters Streaming from Jazz Central Studios Feb 6
From: KBEMSeries: Twin Cities Weekend
The five members Acoustic Concussion, JT and Chris Bates, Brad Holden, Joe Mayo and Brian do a lot of things in jazz. But when they gather to perfo...
- Added: Jan 26, 2021
- Length: 08:00
