Centerstage Minnesota Features

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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Centerstage Minnesota Features are value-added segments focusing on various aspects of Minnesota's music landscape, past and present. Centerstage Minnesota Features are produced by Nothern Community Radio, and are made possible by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Centerstage Minnesota Features are value-added segments focusing on various aspects of Minnesota's music landscape, past and present. Centerstage Minnesota Features are produced by Nothern Community Radio, and are made possible by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


38 Pieces

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Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Song of the Week
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Minnesota Song of the Week: "Song of the Bird" by Cactus Blossoms

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:17
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Brian Laidlaw
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Brian Laidlaw shares his experiences as a Minnesota Singer-Songwriter and Poet.

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:07
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Song of the Week
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Minnesota Songs of the Week: "Leaving the Station" and "Old Steel Train" by The Fattenin' Frogs

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Actual Wolf - Part Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Kari Hedlund talks with Actual Wolf about his new release "Itasca".

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 11:08
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Actual Wolf - Part One
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Kari Hedlund talks with Actual Wolf about his new release "Itasca".

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Sam Miltich
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Live on Northern Community Radio: Jazz musicians Sam Miltich with Small & Tall

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 31:28
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Six Appeal
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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The Twin Cities acapella group Six Appeal performs Do I.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:44
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Song of the Week
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Minnesota Song of the Week: The Thaw by Disaster Bird

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Mary Bue
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Interview with Mary Bue: Part Two

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 11:12
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Mary Bue
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
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Interview with Mary Bue: Part one.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 10:22
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Dedric Clark & the Social Animals
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Dedric Clark & the Social Animals
In this Centerstage Minnesota Feature Charlie Pulkrabek brings us up to date on this band with one foot in Duluth, and one in Portland, formerly kn...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkabek on The Fine Line Cafe, and Performance from Bigtree Bonsai
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Bigtree Bonsai, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek
Charlie Pulkrabek talks about The Fine Line Cafe as a Minnesota music venue, and an impressive set by Minneapolis' Bigtree Bonsai opening up for Bl...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: A Primer from Charlie Pulkrabek on Funk and Soul Singer Sonny Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14
Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Charmin Michelle, Credit: JuliAnne Jonker
In this feature, Charlie Pulkrabek highlight's Twin Cities based Jazz Vocalist Charmin Michelle. Short excerpts of Sam Miltich interviewing Charmin...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkrabek on The Brothers Burn Mountain
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: The Brothers Burn Mountain, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 4/11/14
For more than eight years now, The Brothers Burn Mountain have been working in and around northern Minnesota. Their performances seem singular, and...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Charlie Pulkrabek on Minneapolis Punk Band, The Miami Dolphins
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: The Miami Dolphins
From about 1980, well into the 2000's, the foundation of the rock coming out of the Twin Cities was heavy, very high energy, cathartic. The female-...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Reina del Cid
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Reina del Cid and the Cidizens, Credit: Desiree Forget
Reina del Cid is one of those people that would be wildly successful in whatever she chose to do with her life. Lucky for music fans she's chosen p...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: Barbara Jean - "Darker Than Blue"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Barbara Jean, Credit: Stephan Hoglund Photography
Charlie Pulkrabek reviews Barbara Jean's recently released record, "Darker Than Blue."

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1