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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Duluth musician Sarah Krueger joined us on March 5, 2021 to talk about her first album since 2014. To reflect the evolution of her creative vision, Krueger is calling her latest project Lanue. Her first album under that name, recorded in her hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is also called Lanue. Krueger shared songs from the album, which was written and recorded before the pandemic but still somehow resonates with what we’re experiencing now.
KUMD’s Chris Harwood speaks with Phyllis Root, co-author of Begin with a Bee, a children’s book written in collaboration with Liza Ketchum and Jacqueline Briggs Martin, published in 2021 by University of Minnesota Press. The illustrations were created by Claudia McGhehee.
This children’s book explores the life cycle of a hive of rusty patch bumble bees. Each year, a queen bee emerges in the spring from her hole in the ground, searches for food, finds a nesting spot, and gives birth to her entire hive. From that family, new queens will be born who will each repeat that process individually the following year.
WTIP commentator, Vicki Biggs Anderson is producing a “Retro for Radio” segment of her Magnetic North feature. Vicki is selecting and reading from her columns written in the 1990’s for the Cook County News Herald.
This column was titled “My Bobbins and Tub Runneth Over”. Enjoy!
Cloquet native Tony Petersen was on the road with The Social Animals when the pandemic hit in 2020 and their tour came to an abrupt end. Since then, he’s kept busy making music at home in the Twin Cities; not only did he release new music with his previous band Saint Anyway and an album with his uncle Kurt Petersen under the name Love + Effort, but he also put out a solo album under the name Ditchbird. He shared songs from that last project when he joined us for a virtual session that aired April 30, 2021.
Steven Rowley is the author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor. His new novel is a a warm and deeply funny story about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer.
A hilariously quirky novel that is equal parts murder mystery, rom-com, and a celebration of mothers and daughters as well as a deep dive into Chinese-Indonesian culture, by debut author Jesse Q. Sutanto.
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family?
You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue, according to Jess Q Sutanto’s new debut adult novel. Dial A for Aunties is a mix of comedy and culture, romance and mystery centered around an accidental murder.
This Duluth musician released his debut solo album, Canvas and Color, back in November. Coffman’s history in the local music scene includes progressive punk band Phillip of Nazareth and, more recently, pop-rock band the Cuckoo Bees; the new release leans towards the latter, and even includes a few re-worked Cuckoo Bees tracks. We spoke with Coffman on April 15, 2021; listen to our session below.
John Green is the award-winning, bestselling author of novels including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. He’s also the writer and host of the critically acclaimed podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed where he “reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale.” You’ll find essays from that podcast as well as many new ones in his new book also called The Anthropocene Reviewed. This collection takes us from Halley’s comet to Scratch n’ Sniff stickers to The Worlds Largest Ball of Paint and much, much, more. It’s smart and funny, and highlights John’s genuine love of the world and it’s flawed but resilient inhabitants.
Painter Diamond Knispel’s exhibit Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods hangs in the MacRostie Art Center thru June. She’ll be giving an artist talk June 16. Click the arrow to hear about her artistic journey, her process and inspiration, how painting becomes a meditative process and more!
