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Caption: clockwise from top left; Lori Dokken, Patti Peterson, Rachel Harder, Judy Vinar, Credit: Lori Dokken
I Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so. Lori Dokken is the great motivator of this event which inc...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: clockwise from upper left; Lori Dokken, Patty Peterson, Rachel Harder, Judy Vinar, Credit: Lori Dokken
I Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so, 7PM this Friday night at the Belvedere at Crooners in Minn...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sarah M. Greer, Credit: Brenna Greer
Sarah M Greer and other Minnesota artists and Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Inc present a program commemorating the 1920 lynching of three black...

  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: River, Credit: Brian Ziemniak
River is three women, Deb Brown, Sara Renner and Jana Anderson who present memorable songs by Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Carly Simons. When Phi...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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This episode is split between two conversations–both about many things–but sharing the theme of protecting others and how that relates to one’s ide...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Paul Metsa, Credit: Howard Christopherson
Paul Metsa is a defining Minneapolis musician of this generation. Reflecting on his recording career, Paul believes that a 1992 project called Whis...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
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An organ big band drives things open, Radam Schwartz is inspired by the Richard Groove Holmes/Gerald Wilson recordings. The guy who gave Charlie Pa...

Bought by WYAP, KKRN, KHNS, KJZX-Austin, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Corpse Reviver, Credit: Pete Lee
Corpse Reviver specializes in songs from The Harry Smith Collection of American folk music. The collection has been a major reference for about 70 ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Sarah M Greer and Nathan Hanson, Credit: Andrea Canter
Vocalist Sarah M Greer and Saxophonist Nathan Hanson have each worked in improvisation-oriented jazz settings. The shared interest in improv has st...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sarah M Greer and Nathan Hanson, Credit: Andrea Canter
Vocalist Sarah M Greer and Saxophonist Nathan Greer have each worked in improvisation-oriented jazz settings. On Thursday March 19, they meet for a...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Davu Seru, Credit: Andrea Canter
Ebb N' Flow is comprised of some of the Twin Cities' finest artists and music makers. They follow in the well known musical tradition of improvised...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Davu Seru, Credit: Andrea Canter
Ebb N' Flow is comprised of some of the Twin Cities' finest artists and music makers. They follow in the well-known musical tradition of improvised...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Zeitgeist, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Zeitgeist New Music Quartet welcomes No Exit New Music from Cleveland for a weekend of concerts together. This collaboration is an annual thing. Co...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
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
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Sept 1 from 10AM till 1PM. Rena sings songs of others, but also does a lot of her own compositions. Phil Nusbaum asked her about her song writing. ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Lynn O'brien, Credit: Tera Girardin
Lynn O’brien is a songwriter who gets inspiration from what is going on around her. She packs in her songs with messages into all her shows. During...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 07:59
Caption: JC Sanford and Asuka Kikitani, Credit: Rie Takaoka
JC Sanford and Asuka Kakitani lead Inatnas into Crooner’s Sunday night Jul 21. This is a big band playing music composed by JC and Asuka. When they...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Matt Wilson and His Orchestra, Credit: Becca Dilley
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
Caption: Sound Simulacra Poster, Credit: Darwin Grosse
Keyboardist John Keston and bassist and vocalist Cody McKinney curate a monthly series called sound simulacra at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapoli...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Southside Aces, Credit: Jonathan Hankin
The Southside Aces specializes in New Orleans music, and that means they prepare big time for Mardi Gras. Interviewer Phil Nusbaum sat down to talk...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Zeitgeist, Credit: Zoe Prinds-Flash
Zeitgeist, the St Paul new music group presents Yohannes Tona’s music and poetry reflecting on Yonannes’ journey from Ethiopia to the United States...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Climbing Poetree & John Densmore, Credit: Jan Mangan
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it,” as Bertolt Brecht said. Shoot the rapids of art and social change wi...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Hoaxer, Credit: Lee Tran
Hoaxer is a band made up of Edmund Catlin, Peter Goggin, Will Kjeer and Charlie Lincoln. The band formed when all the players were Twin Cities high...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Sawtooth Bros, Credit: Scot Ward
The Sawtooth Bros band members are in their young 20s, and have been playing together half their lives. They play in the Hilde Performance Center i...

  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: City Counselor, Credit: Aaron Rice
You expect pop songs to relate to romance. But not so with City Counselor. Nicky talked to Phil Nusbaum about the inspiration for City Counselor ...

  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 08:00