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Caption: JM Stevens, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
JM Stevens is a singer/songwriter based out of Austin, Texas. He grew up in West Point, Mississippi fortunate enough to have a mother who was a sin...

  • Added: May 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
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Bagpipes arrived in Minnesota in the 1850’s, brought by Scottish immigrants to what is now Blue Earth county, as settlers moved in, occupying Dakot...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 06:32
Caption: The building that would become First Avenue when it was a Greyhound Bus Stop, Credit: Public domain
It's been 40 years since Prince released Purple Rain. The film and soundtrack made Prince a superstar and turned First Avenue, featured in the Purp...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 05:01
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This hour — and in the wake of ‘Oppenheimer’s big Oscar weekend — a look at the filmmaker behind ‘The Dark Knight,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Memento,’ and mor...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
Caption: "Clawhammer" Mike Sawyer, Credit: Britta Greene and James Napoli
Mike Sawyer is on a mission to uncover the roots of Upper Midwest folk music and keep it alive for future generations.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:20
Caption: Up Close And Acoustic logo, Credit: Charlie Silvestri & Up Close And Acoustic
Here are as many new-to-me bands and some new releases from some of my friends I've already made through Up Close And Acoustic, as I can fit into a...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Out Cold, Credit: Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo
Zoe enters the downtown Minneapolis skyway and discovers a bizarre lunch hour culture.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 15:21
Caption: Out Cold, Credit: Sophie Nikitas and Julie Censullo
An older man embarks on an audio tour at his dead wife’s favorite museum, only to discover the gruesome history of how the museum came to be.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 21:11
Caption: He Digs Rock and Roll
"Reelin' and Rockin " with some of the founders of Rock and celebrating artists that have continued making this music still vibrant & vital after y...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:18
Caption: Bright Musical Acts!
An incredible gathering of new music from the original British Invasion Bands and celebrations of essential musicians and artists that have left us...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Davis
Uncorking some sparkling covers of Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Tom Petty, Joe Jackson, Phil Ochs, Cyndi Lauper, The Butterfield Blues Band, Johnny Kidd ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:34
Caption: Tony Bennett
A Celebration of Tony Bennett, one of the greatest interpreters of the American Songbook, with music from his entire career as he shares his influe...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Mary Harron talks preserving weirdness, displaying female rage, and not going to Hell.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2023
  • Length: 21:35
Caption: Jann Klose at Sellersville Theater, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
Cosmopolitan singer/songwriter and Pop-rocker Jann Klose drops by Up Close And Acoustic to talk about a plethora of topics! A new release, 'Surrend...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:20
Caption: Ben de la Cour, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
I first encountered Ben de la Cour and his songs when he opened a concert in support of Peter Case. To say I was immediately smitten by his songwri...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 57:42
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They’ve got an awful lot of coffee up in Erroll Garner’s piano room. And speaking of melody first, a most successful ivory tickler in that arena le...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WKAR and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Take Me With You...
Here's the latest program, a musical journey through the past and present into possible future entertainment

  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:31
Caption: James McMurtry, Credit: JamesMcMurtry.com
James McMurtry is a storyteller of the highest order. He is a performer who can guide you to the widest emotional extremes, not just in one concert...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Peter Case/Sunset Blvd Records, Credit: Ekevara Kitpowsong the Aperturist
After turning 16 Peter Case left home in Buffalo, New York and headed West to California. He became part of the street musician scene out there and...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 05, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Sir Roger Deakins talks collaboration, flexibility, and predicting the future.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 20:06
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How can a theatre modality called Theatre of the Oppressed work to raise awareness about the mechanisms of oppression that exist in societies, and ...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Prince Bishop 'All Is Due', Credit: Prince Bishop
Ben Trenerry, and his Rock music project Prince Bishop, has created an emotional and intelligent Karmic map to finding inner peace with Prince Bish...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 56:42
  • Purchases: 1
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From the Blushin Roulettes, an appaacahin swing duo who got their start on a farm in Mandescendo CA to Dr. Bacon, an appalacahin grass 6 piece from...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:01
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Remembering those who left us during the past year with music and events as a companion to A Shortcut Through 2022

  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:24
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Small Reactions is a new age, soul, four piece that plays situational pop songs, with equal parts post-punk, drone and surf music. We discuss what ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00