Musician's Spotlight

Series produced by John Floridis

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Voted "Best Non-Commercial Program" by the Montana Broadcaster's Association, Musician's Spotlight is a weekly, prerecorded, 60 minute program featuring music and conversation by a wide range of musicians and groups. The program is hosted and produced by John Floridis, in association with Montana Public Radio.

Today's most talented and compelling musicians visit Musician's Spotlight to "talk shop" and give you a deeper insight into their music. Host and producer John Floridis brings his own musical expertise along with over a decade and a half of experience conducting interviews.

Guests on the show have included legendary musicians like B.B King, Alison Krauss, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Iron and Wine, The Emerson Quartet, Judy Collins, Bela Fleck, Grace Potter, Lyle Lovett, Wilco, Brandi Carlile, Daryl Jones of the Rolling Stones, The Cowboy Junkies, Richard Thompson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Shawn Colvin, Edgar Winter, KT Tunstall, The Kronos Quartet, Marc Cohn and Chris Hillman of the Byrds along with talented Montana artists like Jeni Flemming, Tom Catmull, Martha Scanlan, John Dunnigan, Jenn Adams, Jack Gladstone and Eden Atwood.
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Today's most talented and compelling musicians visit Musician's Spotlight to "talk shop" and give you a deeper insight into their music. Host and producer John Floridis brings his own musical expertise along with over a decade and a half of experience conducting interviews. Guests on the show have included legendary musicians like B.B King, Alison Krauss, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, Iron and Wine, The Emerson Quartet, Judy Collins, Bela Fleck, Grace Potter, Lyle Lovett, Wilco, Brandi Carlile, Daryl Jones of the Rolling Stones, The Cowboy Junkies, Richard Thompson, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bruce Cockburn, Shawn Colvin, Edgar Winter, KT Tunstall, The Kronos Quartet, Marc Cohn and Chris Hillman of the Byrds along with talented Montana artists like Jeni Flemming, Tom Catmull, Martha Scanlan,... Show full description


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Darrell Scott is one of the most respected musicians in the broadly defined "Americana" genre. His most recent recording project comprised of ten s...

Bought by WZRE, KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Since moving to New York from her native Santiago, Chile, in 2009 Camila Mesa has demonstrated an innate and rare combination of qualities as a sin...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Darlingside are the fast rising stars of indie baroque-folk with a stunning vocal style unique to themselves...

Bought by KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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This week's Musician's Spotlight is a St. Patrick's Day special honoring some of the best Irish music we've featured on the program, both tradition...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KCMJ Community Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
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"The Shape Of Things Gone Missing, The Shape Of Things to Come": That poetic title belongs to the most recent album by award winning singer songwri...

Bought by WZRE, Prairie Public, KCMJ Community Radio, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Vocalist Moira Smiley has been described as a "musical polyglot" who balances a dizzying list of projects including her own group VOCO, the indie r...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:31
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Born out of an upbringing in tiny Philipsburg, Montana and flavored with a Masters degree in Appalachian Studies, "old soul" singer songwriter and ...

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  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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Lauded as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Tracy Silverman’s groundbreaking work with the 6-string electric violin defies mus...

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  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Grace Potter makes her first visit to Musician's Spotlight to talk about her debut solo recording afte...

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  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Cellist, composer and singer songwriter Ben Sollee brings a sweet grace and gritty groove to his diverse mix of styles - Appalachian mountain music...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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Generally regarded as the world's foremost virtuoso of the ukelele Jake Shimakuburo has seen his career sky rocket after a video of his version of ...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
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As part of the Juilliard-trained, multi-award winning Ahn Trio with her sisters Lucia and Maria, violinist Angella Ahn has been at the forefront of...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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With "Tumbleweed", his third recording in five years, Kalispell, Montana singer/songwriter and guitarist Mike Murray brings a new level of maturity...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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Host John Floridis visits with Ingrid Korvits director of Estonia's Grammy and multiple award winning Ellerhein Girls Choir. Even among Estonia's c...

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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From humble beginnings in Moscow, Idaho highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter recorded and released his self-titled debut in 1999 after gr...

Bought by KISU, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault has taken "the small roads", building his defiantly independent career through a relentless international tourin...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Amy Ray and Emily Sailers have spent the last 35 years performing together, produced fifteen albums (seven gold, four platinum, and one double plat...

Bought by WZRE, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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For more than a decade and a half, the members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp o...

Bought by WZRE, KMXT, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter returns to Musician's Spotlight for a conversation from her Virginia home wit...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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The Bozeman Chronicle calls Bruce Anfinson "Montana's Musical Ambassador." Bruce's music reflects his true western, Montana native roots with balla...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2