Minnesota Music Profiles
Series produced by KBEM
Image by: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
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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The Neighborhood Quartet is vibraphonist Steve Roehm, Guitarist Dan Schwartz, drummer Greg Schutte and bassist drummer Nick Salisbury. On its recen...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Charlie Maguire writes songs that depict people at work, based on lived experiences of himself and others. His original inspiration comes from Wood...
- Added: Apr 12, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Tom Wells is the leader of the Selby Avenue Brass Band. Tom has also taught up and coming players at North Community High School in Minneapolis, wh...
- Added: Apr 10, 2024
- Length: 08:00
The Dregs occupy a singular musical niche: Band members backgrounds are varied, but together, the group sings and plays twisted versions of songs, ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2024
- Length: 08:01
Red Thread’s songs could be considered what happens when you combine traditional songs, new compositions and modern technology. The new CD is calle...
- Added: Feb 23, 2024
- Length: 08:00
GiftedHandz is a Minneapolis group of young people who have come up playing multiples styles in church settings. When Joe Mason, a GiftedHandz foun...
- Added: Feb 20, 2024
- Length: 08:00
MacPhail Center for music has a program called the Spotlight Program, which encourages its teachers to create musical programs. That’s what stimula...
- Added: Feb 17, 2024
- Length: 08:00
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet showcases its new CD. Joan Hutton of the Anchia Saxophone Quartet talked with Phil Nusbaum abut the group, and about on...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 08:00
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet showcases its new CD in upcoming performances. This Thursday, February 22, the show is at 12 noon, at Landmark Center i...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Kathleen Johnson and members of the Historical Soul Tight Committee have long-term affection for Stevie Wonder. That feeling is the basis of the gr...
- Added: Feb 13, 2024
- Length: 07:57
The Group is Traiveon and Candi, featuring Jackson Hurst and Mayyadda. The group’s music has a pop sound, but the songs deal with some serious pers...
- Added: Feb 11, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Corky Siegel has been entertaining audiences with the blues for over half a century. For many of those years, Corky has performed with violinist an...
- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Mateo’s Rogue Tango has been playing since 2010 or 2011, and it’s leader, Scott Mateo Davies goes back further than that with Twin Cities Tango. Da...
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 08:00
When preparing for a performance, there are many considerations. When Alex sat down with Phil Nusbaum to talk about performing, the talk turned to ...
- Added: Jan 09, 2024
- Length: 08:00
Mother Banjo’s new lp is actually a reissue of gospel lp, called The Devil Hasn’t Won. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Mother Banjo, a.k.a. El...
- Added: Dec 24, 2023
- Length: 08:00
The stylistic range of guitarist Tim Sparks is as broad as any, and he does it again on his new CD. The project is called Lost and Found, whose tit...
- Added: Dec 23, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Pianist Kavey Kaviraj composes music that combines the East Indian forms of his childhood with Jazz. When Kavey spoke with Phil Nusbaum about his m...
- Added: Dec 19, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Peter Kogan plays with his own group, but also enjoys sitting in with other groups that share musical directions. One such group is the Brian Grivn...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Creating a CD is a process that has a lot of moving parts. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Luke discussed how his CD Places came together, sta...
- Added: Dec 06, 2023
- Length: 08:00
Vocalist Courtney Burton and the Minnesota Jazz Chamber Orchestra perform distinctive holiday shows. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Courtney ...
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 08:00