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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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, RadioStPete Florida, KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 7
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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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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: 29:04
  • 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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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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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: 29:06
  • Purchases: 4
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A short preview of the International Guitar Night 20th anniversary tour with an interview with guitarist Mike Dawes

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unfo...

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unfo...

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


  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 4
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Internationally known cellist Amit Peled was raised on a kibbutz in Israel and began playing the cello at age 10. Measuring in at 6’5” he originall...

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4
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Internationally known cellist Amit Peled was raised on a kibbutz in Israel and began playing the cello at age 10. Measuring in at 6’5” he originall...

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 4
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To wrap up the 2019 broadcast year, a winter holiday special featuring music with themes of Christmas, journeys of darkness into light and songs of...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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To wrap up the 2019 broadcast year, a winter holiday special featuring music with themes of Christmas, journeys of darkness into light and songs of...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 3
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From the Musician’s Spotlight Archives 2013: Winner of 20 Grammy awards and one of the most acclaimed musicians of his generation, guitarist and co...

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


  • Added: Dec 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 5
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From the Musician’s Spotlight Archives 2013: Winner of 20 Grammy awards and one of the most acclaimed musicians of his generation, guitarist and co...

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


  • Added: Dec 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 5
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To warm up listeners in early December, a remix encore broadcast from the Musician’s Spotlight archives of two great bands that will bring the heat...

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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To warm up listeners in early December, a remix encore broadcast from the Musician’s Spotlight archives of two great bands that will bring the heat...

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 4
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Considered by his native Canada to be nothing less than a national treasure, multiple Juno Award winning songwriter, guitarist and social and spiri...

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


  • Added: Dec 01, 2019
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4
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Considered by his native Canada to be nothing less than a national treasure, multiple Juno Award winning songwriter, guitarist and social and spiri...

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


  • Added: Dec 01, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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From the Musician’s Spotlight archives comes two programs back to back featuring two of the most beloved artists of their generation, Patty Griffin...

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


  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 4