The Scenic Route
Series produced by WTIP
Image by: Will Moore
Grand Marais Lighthouse
The Scenic Route is an hour long weekly program featuring the music of musicians from the north shore of Minnesota and the Lake Superior region, along with interviews and announcements of events. It gives exposure to arts and culture in our area for locals and visitors.
Music choices will often be timely with artists playing on the North Shore that week, serving as a guide for what's available for visitors to listen to. Hear a variety of genres, from folk and bluegrass to country, blues, and beyond. May include live recordings from various WTIP in-studio sessions and festivals, as well as live interviews with relevant artists and community members.
Hosted by Will Moore.
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Ray Bonneville is a Juno-award winning blues guitarist whose sound and stories are steeped in the tradition of New Orleans. He joins Will Moore on ...
- Added: Aug 26, 2019
- Length: 29:14
Jef Cerniak is a guitarist based out of Ely, MN who spent many years in the Grand Marais music scene, especially at the Gunflint Tavern. His influe...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 22:02
Mark Larsen is the drummer/manager of Free Fallin', one of the country's premier Tom Petty tribute acts based out of the Twin Cities. He chats with...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 15:35
Abigail Arrowsmith is a wide-traveling fiddler who played with folk punk groups like Rail Yard Ghosts and steeps herself in various American fiddle...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 22:19
Dan Israel is a musicians from St. Louis Park, and a longtime member of the Twin Cities music community. His latest album is called Social Media An...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 16:19
O'Green is a folk duo from St. Paul of Sheri O'Meara and Tom Greenwald, who also play in the Twin Cities Celtic Group Locklin Road. They're celebra...
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- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 10:33
- Purchases: 1
Eli Bentley is a multi-instrumental songwriter living up the Gunflint Trail who most recently toured as part of Minneapolis bluegrass group Ginstri...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 12:56
Fred Anderson is a guitarist from Lutsen adept in fingerstyle playing reminiscent of Leo Kottke as well as jazz. He comes back for a long-overdue r...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 20:58
Rhoda Anderson is a guitarist and songwriter from northwest Minnesota who frequents the North Shore with uplifting music and genuine storytelling. ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 21:11
Ivy Ford is a blues guitarist and singer from the Chicago area, and is a rising star in the city's revered blues scene. At age 26, she's part of a ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 28:37
Michael Gulezian is a Colorado guitarist who's been known for decades for his intricate and experimental fingerstyle. But now, he says he's a total...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 32:06
Red Lips is a duo of two young women with incredible vocal talent and harmonizing abilities. Kenna Rose of Hovland and Maja Sullivan of Minneapolis...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 21:20
Scott McCafferty is the bass player for Floydian Slip - a long-running jam band from the South Shore of Lake Superior on the Bayfield peninsula in ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2019
- Length: 16:20
Cook County musician Joe Paulik has come out with a new album called "Treepreacher", produced and mixed by Al Oikari and recorded at the Hovland Lu...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 43:29
Local luthier and musician Drew Heinonen has been offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a specially commissioned guitar made with a rare type of w...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 15:44
"The Lingering Light of Day" is a new original choral piece commissioned for the Borealis Chorale and Orchestra's annual Christmas Concert in Grand...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 24:01
Kevin Buck is a guitarist from Duluth who uses an interesting vocal harmonizer to create rich, new versions of favorite songs in a "choir of angels...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 22:50
North Shore favorites Pushing Chain have the distinction of being the last musical guests on Scenic Route of 2019 and the whole decade of the 2010s...
- Added: Jan 14, 2020
- Length: 34:47
Rob and Jill are an Americana duo from Hibbing who bring lively tunes to any space they play in, with original music as well as covering songs by t...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 31:20
Odd Man Out features local musicians Drew Heinonen and Jonathan Steckelberg on guitar and bass respectively, along with Chris Paquette of Chicago o...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 40:39
