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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Originally from the reggae capitol of Kingston, Jamaica Clinton Fearon found a new home for his music in Seattle, Washington as well as a unique co...

Bought by KMXT, KGLT, KBBI Alaska, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Between the potency of his richly detailed songwriting, his intensely emotional, soulful vocals and his piercing, expert guitar work, New Orleans’ ...

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


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Ellis Marsalis is regarded by many as the premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans. His legacy as a music educator and as the father of several w...

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
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John Lenti's playing on theorbo, lute, archlute, and baroque guitar has been described as “a joy to behold” (Seattle Times) and praised for its “nu...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Three time Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Ben Harper met up with host John Floridis to talk shop at the Big Sky A...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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For over a decade Sam Beam has been creating music as Iron & Wine. Through the course of five albums, numerous EPs and singles, and the initial vol...

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


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Helena, Montana based recording artist, multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Daved Casey returns to Musician’s Spotlight, this time with his...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Seattle based songwriter Noah Gundersen talks with host John Floridis about his newest recording "White Noise." The singer's emotive vocals have dr...

Bought by KGLT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Fiddler and mulit-insturmentalist Darol Anger, one of the founding fathers of "New Grass" and "Dawg Grass" returns to Musician's Spotlight with The...

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


  • Added: Feb 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Whitefish, Montana based multi-instumentalist and songwriter of a blend of indie rock, pop and soul Luke Dowler returns to Musician’s Spotlight for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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It has always been a political act, a practice in strength and defiance, to be a woman and a bandleader, a female electric guitarist and composer, ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2014 Scottish born singer songwriter and live looping artist KT Tunstall had had enough of “fame” and was on the verge of pulling the plug on he...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Sarah Watkins, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Jarosz all had successful solo careers on their own before forming the acoustic music supergroup I’m With H...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WSLR, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Brothers Oliver and Chris Wood pursued their successful musical journeys separately until their mother’s battle with and subsequent death from ALS ...

Bought by WSLR and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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A “songwriter’s songwriter” by any standard and a musical voice of the verdant Southeastern United States, Malcolm Holcomb stopped by the studios o...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Suzanne Santo, the front-woman, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist for the popular Americana/Roots-rock duo HoneyHoney sets out on her own in suppo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Victor Wooten is generally regarded as the most accomplished bass guitarist of his generation and is one of the founding member of the multiple Gra...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Betsayda Machado is the voice of Venezuela. Raised in the small village of El Clavo in the region of Barlovento, her recent rural recordings with...

Bought by KMXT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
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A native of Connecticut, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and entrepreneur Erica von Kleist began her career as a saxophonist and flautist in the New...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The Lucky Valentines are Fort Benton, Montana native songwriters Shaun and Jamie Carrier. Their music has been described as “stirring” Americana, ...

Bought by KMXT and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2