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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Jayme Stone returns to Musician’s Spotlight for a conversation by phone with host John Floridis. Jayme revisits his roots in music and highlights h...

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


  • Added: Oct 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4
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Jayme Stone returns to Musician’s Spotlight for a conversation by phone with host John Floridis. Jayme revisits his roots in music and highlights h...

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


  • Added: Oct 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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John Roberts, an incredibly talented trombone player, bandleader, pianist and singer grew up in a ranching community in the “big empty” of eastern ...

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4
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John Roberts, an incredibly talented trombone player, bandleader, pianist and singer grew up in a ranching community in the “big empty” of eastern ...

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the hig...

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


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 5
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Three time Grammy nominee Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. She is not a song writer, nor is she a "cover" artist. She is an interpreter of the hig...

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


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
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Legendary jazz guitarist John Scofield speaks with host John Floridis by phone and answers numerous questions submitted by Musician’s Spotlight lis...

Bought by KMUW, RadioFreePalmer, KMXT, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 6
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Legendary jazz guitarist John Scofield speaks with host John Floridis by phone and answers numerous questions submitted by Musician’s Spotlight lis...

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


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 6
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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
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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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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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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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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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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: 29:04
  • 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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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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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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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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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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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: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5