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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Andy Dunnigan and Matt Cornette of the Missoula, Montana based band Lil Smokies make a return visit to Musician' Spotlight and talk with host John ...

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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A visit by phone with singer songwriter Colin Hay from Men at Work prior to his March 2020 concert in Missoula, Montana at the Wilma Theater.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 2
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How could a freak accident during a Kung Fu class change the life of a concert pianist? Hailed by the London Times as "a pianist of powerful physic...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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How could a freak accident during a Kung Fu class change the life of a concert pianist? Hailed by the London Times as "a pianist of powerful physic...

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


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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Drummer, composer and band leader Matt Wilson is a bit of a "cover boy" in jazz with featured stories and rave reviews of his work listed in Downbe...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 7
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Drummer, composer and band leader Matt Wilson is a bit of a "cover boy" in jazz with featured stories and rave reviews of his work listed in Downbe...

Bought by KMUW, RadioFreePalmer, KAAD-LP, WMUU-LP, KMXT and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 6
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Multi-instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns for a visit with host John Floridis to talk about his newest group The Seamus Egan Project a...

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  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 5
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One of the most celebrated Irish musicians of his generation, multi-instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns for a visit with host John Flo...

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  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 5
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Host John Floridis speaks by phone with Jay Cobb Anderson of the band Fruition, the first interview of a band or artist that was scheduled to come ...

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  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
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Host John Floridis speaks by phone with Jay Cobb Anderson of the band Fruition, the first interview of a band or artist that was scheduled to come ...

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


  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 5
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Pianist, songwriter, singer and master arranger Laila Biali visits with host John Floridis by phone from Toronto, Ontario. With her world tour to s...

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


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 5
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Pianist, songwriter, singer and master arranger Laila Biali visits with host John Floridis by phone from Toronto, Ontario. With her world tour to s...

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


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 5
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Singer songwriter Jonatha Brooke joins host John Floridis by phone from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Recorded in early April, 2020 during the initial da...

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


  • Added: Jun 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 5
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Singer songwriter Jonatha Brooke joins host John Floridis by phone from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Recorded in early April, 2020 during the initial da...

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


  • Added: Jun 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 5
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Host John Floridis interviews Rob Quist, Don MacDonald and Don Collins of the New Big Sky Singers. At the time of recording this was the first Mus...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
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Host John Floridis interviews Rob Quist, Don MacDonald and Don Collins of the New Big Sky Singers. At the time of recording this was the first Mus...

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


  • Added: Jun 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 5
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Singer songwriter Lucy Kaplansky returns to Musician’s Spotlight and joins host John Floridis by phone from Cape Cod, MA. Here most recent recordin...

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


  • Added: Jul 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
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Singer songwriter Lucy Kaplansky returns to Musician’s Spotlight and joins host John Floridis by phone from Cape Cod, MA. Here most recent recordin...

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


  • Added: Jul 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 5
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Co-Leader and singer of the Hot Sardines Elizabeth Bougerol joins host John Floridis by phone to talk about the band’s formation and evolution and ...

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


  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 5
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Co-Leader and singer of the Hot Sardines Elizabeth Bougerol joins host John Floridis by phone to talk about the band’s formation and evolution and ...

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


  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 5