Local Music Project

Series produced by WTIP

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WTIP North Shore Community Radio’s Local Music Project is a monthly program highlighting some of the many talented musicians that live and perform around the North Shore of Lake Superior. Each half-hour program will explore the artist’s roots, musical inspiration, and influences through in-depth interviews and examples of their music.

The Local Music Project is a monthly, half-hour program.


23 Pieces

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Caption: Take Jack
The nine-piece California based music collective Take Jack joins Will Moore on Sidetracks. The group is in Cook County performing as part of the "C...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 56:05
Caption: Fred Anderson
The Bally Blacksmith Shop was originally constructed in 1911 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. In this edition of Moments in...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 15:06
Caption: Randy Sabien, Gordon Thorne, Mike Dowling
Gordon Thorne is a fingerstyle blues guitarist living in Finland, MN. In this edition of the Local Music Project, Will Moore learns about his musi...

  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 11:48
Caption: Andrew Beavers
Andrew Beavers is the DJ at Papa Charlie's during their dance parties every Thursday night during winter. For this edition of the Local Music Proje...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 24:58
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In this installment of the Local Music Project, Will talks to many of the community members that make the Borealis Chorale and Orchestra Christmas ...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 08:41
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So many great musicians came out to perform at WTIP's Radiowaves festival this year - we can't contain them all to one piece! Will Moore talks to t...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 08:04
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So many great musicians came out to perform at WTIP's Radiowaves festival this year - we can't contain them all to one piece! Will Moore talks to l...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:48
Caption: Whurl, Credit: Stephan Hoglund
Derek Smith, Erik Lastine and Will Seaton are making a unique and original style of music that defies definition. In this edition of the Local Mus...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 08:42
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Plans for WTIP’s 2013 Radio Waves Music Festival located in Grand Marias, Minnesota, are underway. In this edition of the Local Music Project we’l...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
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On a snowy April night, Cathy Quinn of WTIP North Shore Community Radio joined a crowd of about one hundred at the Cascade Lodge and Pub in Lutsen,...

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 10:31
  • Purchases: 1