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


265 Pieces

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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: 29:06
  • Purchases: 4
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From the Musician’s Spotlight archives comes two programs back to back featuring Montana Broadcast Association winning interviews with singer songw...

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


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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From the Musician’s Spotlight archives comes two programs back to back featuring Montana Broadcast Association winning interviews with singer songw...

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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A program first: A featured interview from an Applebee’s parking lot in East Texas! Acclaimed Grammy nominated and CMA Award winning songwriter Sus...

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 4
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A program first: A featured interview from an Applebee’s parking lot in East Texas! Acclaimed Grammy nominated and CMA Award winning songwriter Sus...

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:15
  • Purchases: 4
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“A singer with a strong, lustrous tone and an amiably regal presence onstage.” So says the New York Times of the acclaimed vocalist, composer and a...

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


  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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“A singer with a strong, lustrous tone and an amiably regal presence onstage.” So says the New York Times of the acclaimed vocalist, composer and a...

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


  • Added: Nov 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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Two of Montana’s most beloved singer songwriters in one broadcast. Missoula based singer songwriter and Montana honky tonk legend Russt Nasset retu...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 3
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Two of Montana’s most beloved singer songwriters in one broadcast. Missoula based singer songwriter and Montana honky tonk legend Russt Nasset retu...

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


  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 3
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Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones of the English folk rock outfit Bear’s Den swung by MTPR studios in the spring of 2019 before a show at Missoula’s Top...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones of the English folk rock outfit Bear’s Den swung by MTPR studios in the spring of 2019 before a show at Missoula’s Top...

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


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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Host John Floridis visits with Gabriella Quintero of Rodrigo y Gabriella the world renowned Mexican Nuevo Flamenco” duo. “Gabby” talks about the ma...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Host John Floridis visits with Gabriella Quintero of Rodrigo y Gabriella the world renowned Mexican Nuevo Flamenco” duo. “Gabby” talks about the ma...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
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A two part encore broadcast featuring musicians who consistently push themselves and the boundaries of the music they perform and compose. Piano an...

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 3
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A two part encore broadcast featuring musicians who consistently push themselves and the boundaries of the music they perform and compose. Piano an...

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 3
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Host John Floridis sat down to talk shop with Al Obando from the Garifuna Collective at the 2019 Montana Folk Festival to lean about the unique cul...

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 4
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Host John Floridis sat down to talk shop with Al Obando from the Garifuna Collective at the 2019 Montana Folk Festival to lean about the unique cul...

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
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Iraqi-American musician and composer Rahim AlHaj has traveled a musical and life journey that few could imagine. A virtuoso of the Oud (the grandfa...

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


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Iraqi-American musician and composer Rahim AlHaj has traveled a musical and life journey that few could imagine. A virtuoso of the Oud (the grandfa...

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


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Groundbreaking Australian-American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John Butler returns to Musician’s Spotlight to visit with host John Floridi...

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


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 4