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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There’s a lot to be said for working with the same musicians over the years. That’s the case with Charmin Michelle and Joel Shapira. Joel Shapira t...
- Added: May 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The local tabla player Marcus Wise looks for opportunities to work with San Francisco sarod player Bruce Hamm. This weekend the two play two concer...
- Added: Apr 26, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jazz Central Studios is a nonprofit organization supporting the Twin Cities jazz community. Its Fundraiser is Saturday April 30, and artists are co...
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jim Falbo has a base in classical guitar, but he is a lover of many music styles. In advance of his Studio Z show in Saint Paul this Friday night, ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Southside Aces is a New Orleans-style jazz band that has loads of fun playing for dancers and listeners. Founder and clarinetist Tony Balluff (...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Dakota Combo. It’s a jazz group made up of metro area high school players whose players are immersed in soaking up lessons from their mentors. ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Celebration for the publishing of Dr James Leary’s Folksongs of Another America takes place Friday Night April 1 at Celtic Junction. It is a wo...
- Added: Mar 19, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Tabla player Marcus Wise and Guitarist Dean Magraw have one of the few musical cultural syntheses that really works. It is because the Wise/Magraw ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Wee Willie Walker arrived in St Paul around 1960. Willie has had and has a long career in music, including singing Doo-wop, gospel music and down-h...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
The 2016 Winter Bluegrass Weekend, held March 4-6, 2016, heats it up no matter the temperature outside. It’s a celebration of everything bluegrass,...
- Added: Feb 24, 2016
- Length: 05:00
A mixture of the expected and unexpected. You could say that about all the music at the monthly Jazz at Studio Z series in St Paul. This Saturday i...
- Added: Feb 21, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Graydon Peterson is a local jazz composer who started out as a classical musician. But as a student, he was drawn to jazz, not only as a bassist, b...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Ginger Commodore loves singing, and loves the songs of Stevie Wonder. It'll be two evenings filled with superlatives Feb 12-13, 2016 when she leads...
- Added: Feb 02, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Sawtooth Brothers started out as a teenaged bluegrass band playing traditional songs and tunes. But as the years rolled by, band members develo...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Century Jazz Ensemble is excited to play its biggest bash of the year this weekend. They’ll be playing the highlights from its repertoire, and ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Word is spreading about Solomon Sessions. The group is headed by Solomon Parham and a talented core of musicians, plus musical friends. The group p...
- Added: Jan 03, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Sound Skirmish is a group of Twin Cities young people who have been playing serious jazz for years, and with a heavy composing emphasis. Levi Schwa...
- Added: Dec 24, 2015
- Length: 05:00
He’s 96 and still blows a saxophone. And it’s still a pleasure. Irv Williams talks to interviewer Phil Nusbaum about his music and about the scene ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 05:00
The group’s leader plays the banjo but this is no bluegrass band. It’s part acoustic group, part theatrical troupe and 100% fun. And it’s available...
- Added: Dec 08, 2015
- Length: 05:00
The Big Band is part of the American cultural heritage. The Capri Big Band of Minneapolis is rehearsing hard right now for two Shows in December. T...
- Added: Nov 28, 2015
- Length: 05:00
