Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
This Minneapolis soulful indie pop group was founded early last year by singer/songwriter Rachelle LaNae and producer Andrew Frederick, both multi-instrumentalists. They’ve released one infectious EP, The Mini Album. We found out more about this new-ish band when they joined us in the studio on Tuesday, July 23 at 2pm.
A member of The Pines, Huckfelt recently released his first solo album, ‘Stranger Angels’. It was the culmination of spending two isolated weeks as an Artist in Residence for the National Park Service on Isle Royale. He drew in friends ranging from Dave Simonett of Trampled by Turtles to Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso to record the album. Huckfelt performs as part of the Water is Life Festival happening on Sunday, July 21 at Bayfront Festival Park. He joined us in the studio to talk about the new album and share some tunes on Wednesday, July 17 at 2pm.
Katya Zepeda, a member of the NWMAC Board of Directors, shares her thoughts concerning her service on the board and the value of the NWMAC in the region. Katya mentions upcoming openings on the NWMAC Board, with an emphasis and goal of expanding the equity and diversity of the board.
Nik Nerburn is a documentary storyteller, a photographer, a blogger and a filmmaker. He’s also the Greater Minnesota Outreach Associate for MNartists.org. MNartists.org is a website that is home to art, writing, project opportunities and conversations by, for and about Midwestern artists working in every discipline. He spoke with us on the morning show about the many ways MNartists.org is a powerful resource for artists living all across the Midwest and specifically how it can be a resource for rural artists.
Carrie Dlutkowski is passionate about fiddle music – particularly the Scottich, French-Canadian and Metis styles which date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. Dlutowski is spending time at area schools this week sharing her talents of fiddling as well as step dancing. This Friday and Saturday she will conduct fiddle and step dancing workshops at Headwaters School of Music and Arts that focus on the Scottish, French and Metis traditions. She’ll lead a step dancing workshop Sunday afternoon. Saturday evening, Carrie will be joined by Brian Miller and Norah Rendell as the three of them perform a special evening of music celebrating Canadian music traditions and songs of the north woods.
