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Caption: Jax Ravel, Credit: Favtov Nja
Jax Ravel is playing a bigger than usual show at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Monday April 30 at 9pm. Jax is an international student who was affec...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Monroe Crossing, Credit: Jamey Guy
Monroe Crossing is one of the most successful bluegrass bands anywhere. Why? The group does a lot of things well. Group members got together recen...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Monroe Crossing, Credit: Jamey Guy
Monroe Crossing is the most successful bluegrass band in Minnesota. The group’s next local show is on Saturday April 28 in Bloomington at the Mason...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Connie Evingson, Credit: Travis Anderson
Ella Fitzgerald has inspired jazz vocalists for decades, including Minnesota’s Connie Evingson. One of Ella’s triumphs is an 8 volume set of record...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Connie Evingson, Credit: Travis Anderson
Ella Fitzgerald has inspired jazz vocalists for decades, including Minnesota’s Connie Evingson. One of Ella’s triumphs is an 8 volume set of record...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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Keeping our hashtags consistent all thru the broadcast (our third in a row on the road), trending are #radiophoenix, #phoenixbluessociety and #blue...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WYAP, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 10
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Lurrie Bell is one of Chicago’s biggest blues stars and has now appeared on over 50 recordings either as leader or featured sideman. His elegant an...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , WART FM, GCR (Global Community Radio), Public Radio East and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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"Freshwater bluegrass" band Black River Revue hails from Duluth/Superior--they stopped by The Roadhouse recently before they head to Texas for SXSW...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 34:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Capri Big Band, Credit: Nedahness Geen
If you think that the Capri Big Band has a bigger than average sound, it could be the size of the band. It’s bigger than the average big band. Phil...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: The Capri Big Band, Credit: Nedahness Geen
If you think that the Capri Big Band has a bigger than average sound, it could be the size of the band. It’s actually bigger than the average big b...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Cassandra Cole, Credit: Drew Jonell
Cassandra Cole is a local songwriter who writes pop songs reflecting sometimes hard realities. And her songs are the center of attention in her sin...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
We know Judi Vinar as a singer’s singer, a voice that likes to take risks. Her show of love songs is a great example. Judi and the band put out som...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
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A few of our favorite musical guests, Rich Mattson & the Northstars, stopped by WTIP's Studio A to share some cosmic folk and chat about what they'...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 38:11
Caption: Ciprian Porumbesco, Credit: Stefan Iwaskewycz
The Romanian Colinde (co-LEEN-day) project features singers from the Minneapolis Romanian-American Community, partnering with Orkestar Bez Ime, (OR...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Katia Cardenas, Credit: Rita Zenefski
Katia Cardenas is a young vocalist who moved to Minnesota from California to study at Macalester. Eleven years later, she’s still working out of Sa...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Katia Cardenas, Credit: Rita Zenefski
Katia Cardenas is a young vocalist who moved to Minnesota from California to study at Macalester. Eleven years later, she’s still in Saint Paul, si...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Brothers in Arms, Studio A, WTIP
Cook County-based band Brothers in Arms made their Roadhouse debut, and rocked the house! The band is: Joe Peterson, drums; Drew Heinonen, guitar; ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 39:03
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Monday night, a big band composed of local people with major credentials plays at Crooners, Monday Oct 2 at 7:30PM. Arne Fogel fronts the Acme Jazz...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2017
  • Length: 07:59
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Mike Zito is one of the leading contemporary blues artists on the scene today. Mike continues his success with Ruf Records on his latest release, M...

Bought by Public Radio East, WTJU, GCR (Global Community Radio), Spokane Public Radio, WEAA and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Patty Peterson, Credit: Jennifer Bong
The Jazz Women All-Stars are back in a big show coming soon. Phil Nusbaum tells us about it.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Southside Aces, Credit: Jonathan Hankin
The period after World War I in the USA is known as the Jazz Age. It was a time when Americans were trying out new things, new kinds of fun, and ja...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Southside Aces, Credit: Jonathan Hankin
F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the leading sons of Saint Paul. He wrote about what has come to be known as the jazz age, the period after World War ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Debbie Duncan, Credit: Nathan Yungerberg
When you go to a Debbie Duncan show you enjoy a great vocal jazz stylist. But Debbie says that it is all in service of the lyrics to the songs, and...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jugsluggers, Credit: Lisa Friedlander
Tom Cornish, Russ Rayfield and Mark Briere. They are known as the Jug Sluggers, a group of acoustic musicians that has been singing and playing for...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jugsluggers, Credit: Lisa Friedlander
Tom Cornish, Russ Rayfield and Mark Briere. They are known as the Jug Sluggers, a group of acoustic musicians that has been singing and playing for...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 08:00