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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The Southside Aces is a Minneapolis-based New Orleans-style Jazz group playing uncompromised traditional Jazz. They play it the old way, but when a...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 09:10
She’s an artist of many talents, and she keeps embracing more and more. Diane Jarvi is touched by Finnish, American and other world cultures, and s...
- Added: Mar 28, 2016
- Length: 09:19
Kip Peltoniemi is the type of player who combines the music he has heard during his lifetime into a style and outlook that is personal yet inviting...
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 10:29
They do the old blues and a lot of new blues, too. Stephen Faison and the 3 O’Clock Gruv is a band of musical veterans hungry to make its mark with...
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 05:50
Dean Magraw in demand by venues, and by other players. Why? It is because he is innovative and grounded in tradition. Dean’s innovations are the ki...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 09:23
Wee Willie Walker and We’r (We Are). Now this is one top flight blues band. The group plays the groove most people expect from a blues band, but wi...
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- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 08:49
- Purchases: 1
Jazz is a tough world, and it takes perseverance. But sticking together has its rewards, and a case in point is the Atlantis Quartet, slowly but su...
- Added: Feb 21, 2016
- Length: 06:38
Graydon Peterson is a Twin Cities-based bass player with impressive credentials especially for his composing. But he chooses to do it all. You migh...
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 07:39
Ginger Commodore, a member of the famed jazz vocal group Moore By Four and experienced band leader, talks to interviewer Phil Nusbaum about the joy...
- Added: Feb 02, 2016
- Length: 08:25
The guys in the Sawtooth Brothers are twenty-somethings, but they’ve been at their music for over a decade. If you listen, you can tell the group’s...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 06:11
The Century jazz Ensemble is a group of community members who just can’t enough of big band playing, and as a result the whole community benefits. ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 07:34
Tim Sparks is something of a legend in the Twin Cities music scene. It dates back to his days with Rio Nido, where his bandmates could count on Tim...
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 07:26
The High 48s. The group definitely plays towards the tastes of its audience. But when you talk to the guys in the group, you can tell they love wha...
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 07:40
Playing music is more than a technical skill. It is often a spiritual experience for those who play it. But while performing can be a personal thin...
- Added: Jan 03, 2016
- Length: 06:39
Many say there’s no better way to learn a music style than to jump in and do it. That’s what the members of Sound Skirmish have done. Still college...
- Added: Dec 24, 2015
- Length: 06:44
Captain Gravitone and the String Theory Orchestra. Musically, the group is an omnivore, with a heavy influence from the theater and circus. Band le...
- Added: Dec 08, 2015
- Length: 06:50
Big Band music has persisted over the generations. Why? It might be because big band music is a big part of formal learning for horn players in hig...
- Added: Nov 28, 2015
- Length: 06:09
Gao Hong came from China to America in 1994. Already established as a world-class player of the Chinese pipa, she has gotten interested in the west...
- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 06:40
They sing many types of traditional songs, they play many instruments, they write songs and their repertoire is a mile wide. But to folksinging due...
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 08:25
Zeitgeist is a New Music group in Minneapolis-Saint Paul that does it all: In performing New Music, it stands at the intersection of the audience, ...
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 10:33
