Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos

Series produced by John Floridis

Caption: John Floridis, host of Musician's Spotlight
John Floridis, host of Musician's Spotlight 

Promos for Musician's Spotlight on Montana Public Radio hosted by John Floridis.

From folk to rock, from classical to jazz and beyond, a mix of eclectic music and conversation with today’s most talented and compelling musicians. Hosted by John Floridis and produced for Montana Public Radio.


74 Pieces

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Host John Floridis visits with Ingrid Korvits director of Estonia's Grammy and multiple award winning Ellerhein Girls Choir. Even among Estonia's c...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: :30
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From humble beginnings in Moscow, Idaho highly acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter recorded and released his self-titled debut in 1999 after gr...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: :29
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault has taken "the small roads", building his defiantly independent career through a relentless international tourin...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: :30
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Amy Ray and Emily Sailers have spent the last 35 years performing together, produced fifteen albums (seven gold, four platinum, and one double plat...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: :45
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For more than a decade and a half, the members of Greensky Bluegrass have created their own version of bluegrass music, mixing the acoustic stomp o...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: :45
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Multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter returns to Musician's Spotlight for a conversation from her Virginia home wit...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2016
  • Length: :45
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The Bozeman Chronicle calls Bruce Anfinson "Montana's Musical Ambassador." Bruce's music reflects his true western, Montana native roots with balla...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: :45
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After a decade of making music together Paper Bird welcomed a new lead singer Carleigh Aikins, one of three the group features. With a new era open...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: :45
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A recent guest on the program as the lead singer for the Best Westerns, native Montanan Izaak Opatz returns to Musician’s Spotlight to highlight a ...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Former Bozeman, Montana and now Portland, Oregon based singer Jake Koelzer brings his blend of jazz inspired blue-eyed soul to Musician’s Spotlight...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh, singer, fiddle player and founding member of the legendary Irish group Altan visits with host John Floridis and reviews the g...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Though known worldwide as the lead singer for the multi-platinum selling pop-rock band Men At Work, Colin Hay has been performing for now almost tw...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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One of the most dynamic singer songwriters of any generation, Martin Sexton returns to Musician’s Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis. Marti...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Portland, Oregon based Blind Pilot has recently placed themselves among the top indie-pop-folk bands in the country with television appearances on ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Trumpeter extraordinaire and former Missoulian Allen Vizzutti is equally adept and comfortable in either the jazz world or the classical domain. Hi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Longtime collaborators and life partners Joan Zen and Jason Hicks discuss their ongoing journey together with the several incarnations of the group...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Made up of three sisters, Natalie Closner Schepman and Allison and Meegan Closner, the Portland, Oregon based band Jospeh has gathered momentum qu...

  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Two-time Juno-winning banjoist, composer and instigator Jayme Stone makes music inspired by sounds from around the world—bridging folk, jazz and ch...

  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Growing up in Santa Cruz, singer songwriter Melissa Forrette decided to forgo a volleyball scholarship to work as a wilderness outfitter in the Bob...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: :45
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Violinist, composer and singer songwriter Gaelynn Lea produces 21st century music in a style rooted in classical, Celtic and traditional folk. The ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: :46