Minnesota Music Profiles
Series produced by KBEM
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Each item in the series tells how a musicians is inspired, how s/he works, their goals and intents for their work; in general, how each gets motivation and follows through with a creative project.
Each Minnesota Music Profile focuses on a musician or group. Listeners learn some of the behind-the-scenes stuff related to the creative process. Programs in the series are under 10 minutes in length. They can be run anytime because they are not time sensitive. These pieces are especially appropriate when subjects perform in the areas served by given radio stations.
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Alan Munde, Adam Granger and Dick Kimmel. The trio travels to deliver memorable bluegrass performances. Guitarist Adam Granger talked to Phil Nusba...
- Added: Sep 20, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Parisota Hot Club plays Hot Club Music the Old Way, and also Enjoys branching Out into New Directions. The lead of the band is Robb Henry. When...
- Added: Sep 19, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The House On Fire Band’s Tight Arrangements Leave Room for Improv…and Maybe is a Little Strange, Too
From: KBEMSeries: Minnesota Music Profiles
The house on Fire Band with songs written by Chris Hepola mixes tight arrangements with improvisation. And you might say it tends to be a little da...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 08:00
JC Sanford leads a trio, called Triocracy as well as a quartet. With two saxophones and a trombone, JC considers the trio chamber jazz. In a conver...
- Added: Aug 29, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Rena Haus sings, plays and leads a trio. Rena sings songs of others, but also does a lot of her own compositions. Phil Nusbaum asked her about her ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Emma and Jacob Taggart are a brother and sister piano duet from Blaine, Minnesota. They play concerts, they tour and they’ve been featured on TV an...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Brianna and Kurt are MNs who are enchanted with New Orleans. It is because of that city’s unique sensory experiences. You really hear it in the Jor...
- Added: Aug 05, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Space is a Twin Cities Jazz group whose members are young veterans. Members are jack Courtright, trombone; Will Schmid on the guitar, keyboardist P...
- Added: Jul 29, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Inatnas is the work of two modern big band composers, Asuka Kakitani and JC Sanford. When they got together with interviewer Phil Nusbaum, they tal...
- Added: Jul 15, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Pamela McNeill is Contemporary singer and songwriter who sings and plays modern country music. When Pamela got together with Phil Nusbaum, the talk...
- Added: Jul 07, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Tjarnblom plays with a nychelharpa, cello, mandolin and harmonium. It isn’t the usual lineup for a Nordic Band. But this is no ordinary Nordic band...
- Added: Jul 03, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Cornbread Harris is perhaps Minnesota’s most iconic musician. He’s still going strong at 92 years old, playing shows around town. Cornbread's given...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 08:00
John Penny started in music as a jazz guitarist, but found that he loved composing. He writes for bands he is part of, and he also composes such th...
- Added: Jun 25, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Jon de Vaal plays solo, and in a trio, and sometimes with a singer. But most of his work is as a background pianist. But people often tell Jon that...
- Added: Jun 23, 2019
- Length: 08:00
The Sweet Colleens has been playing around the Twin Cities since 1999. That’s when Jeremy Greenhouse arrived from his hometown of Conostogo, Ontari...
- Added: Jun 18, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Guitarist Daniel Volovets Reflects His Family’s Two Great Traditions: Music Performance and Medicine
From: KBEMSeries: Minnesota Music Profiles
Guitarist Daniel Volovets has two careers going: guitar performance and medicine. The music and medicine combination might like a full plate, but i...
- Added: Jun 10, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Pat Donohue and the Prairie All Stars grew out of Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band on the Prairie Home Companion radio show. The group is still fresh and s...
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Sister Species combines a pop sensibility with orchestral arrangements. It’s song lyrics come ultimately from a combination of lived experience and...
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Keyboardist John Keston bassist and vocalist Cody McKinney and percussionist Pete Hennig combine to form Bloodline. The group is interested not onl...
- Added: May 18, 2019
- Length: 08:00
Matt Wilson and His Orchestra features a songwriter and vocalist with a backing band of stringed instruments that you wouldn’t expect in a pop orie...
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 08:00
