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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When the Twin Cities Flamenco Collective performs, it’s a combination of singing, dancing and guitar playing. To pull it off, the performers have t...
- Added: Jan 06, 2023
- Length: 08:01
Twin Cities wife and husband team Brianna and Kurt Jorgensen perform and compose music together. Living together makes it oh-so-convenient to work ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2022
- Length: 08:00
The Twin Cities Davina and the Vagabonds plays with a unique, horn-driven rockin’ and bluesy style. But it is keyed by Davina, the band’s leader an...
- Added: Dec 20, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Daniel Volovets is a local guitarist who composes and also re-imagines the work of others. When Daniel talked to Phil Nusbaum, Daniel first address...
- Added: Dec 11, 2022
- Length: 08:00
When pianist Laura Caviani and saxophonist David Milne perform, their shared classical music and jazz backgrounds bring about surprising new treatm...
- Added: Dec 01, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Take That Back is a group that plays the compositions of Joan Hutton and Sue Orfield. But to Joan and Sue, it’s really much more than their own com...
- Added: Nov 14, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Graydon Peterson’s Thoughtcast has issued a new CD named Nimbus In motion. Jake Baldwin plays the trumpet, Ben Erlich is the drummer, Joe Strachan ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Aaron Kerr’s new opera captures the spirit of the times of the assassination of President Kennedy and resignation of President Nixon. Inspired by T...
- Added: Nov 02, 2022
- Length: 08:00
For Curtis and Loretta, the Covid Pandemic was a time for reflection and composing new songs. Many of the songs are on the new CD, Lift The World. ...
- Added: Oct 28, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Minneapolis-based vibes player is part of an exciting flamenco fusion project with Miguel Espinoza of Colorado. This is the latest of many musical ...
- Added: Oct 20, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Luke Leblanc’s ’s new CD, Fugue State reflects Luke’s concern about the polarization you see everywhere today. According to Luke the trouble today ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Kevin Washington views himself as an artist in the tradition of Pharaoh Sanders and john and Alice Coltrane, of spirituality and healing. When Kevi...
- Added: Oct 14, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Daina de Prez calls herself a piano entertainer, and that’s what she does. Sure, she plays with groups, too, but her main focus is singing and play...
- Added: Aug 31, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Charlie Maguire has been writing songs he sings in performances for a half century. He specializes in songs about working people and their work. Wh...
- Added: Aug 30, 2022
- Length: 08:00
The Cello Songs Project presents a unique musical synthesis involving composition, arranging and seeking new musical directions. Rebecca Arons, the...
- Added: Aug 28, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Maryanne Sullivan has teamed up with the Twin Cities Seven to perform some of the highlights of the swing era. But the show will present more than ...
- Added: Aug 24, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Lady J Griot and her Root Doctors not only play the blues, but tell of the connections with African religion, philosophy and folklore. When Lady J ...
- Added: Aug 22, 2022
- Length: 08:00
As the name implies, The Imminent Standards play standards. But of course they put their own twists on the tunes. Trombonist JC Sanford is the grou...
- Added: Aug 19, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Sophia Shorai has always sung jazz standards. But her songwriting goes way back in her career, too. The songs she writes are not necessarily jazz, ...
- Added: Aug 11, 2022
- Length: 08:00
Mary Overlie and Geoffrey Taylor have different types of musical backgrounds, but their family connection brings them together. Theirs is a mix of ...
- Added: Aug 09, 2022
- Length: 08:00
