Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
18 Unique Stations from Border to Border
18 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Brian Milller and Randy Gosa’s band, The Lost Forty, is all about melding arts with culture and history. Together, they’ve been on a mission to revive folk songs long dormant and nearly forgotten. This week The Lost Forty is touring northern Minnesota with a presentation that involves photographs, history, stories, and, of course, music. Brian Miller joined the morning show Wednesday to discuss his work with The Lost Forty, how they go about arranging songs from generations ago, how their presentations of music combined with history creates community connections, and much more.
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation seeks landlords to take part in their Landlord Risk Mitigation Fund initiative that aims to help homeless youth in their transition to becoming successful renters. Northwest Minnesota Foundation serves Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties as well as the Red Lake and the White Earth Nations. Margaret Krueger, Program Officer with the Northwest Minnesota Foundation was joined by participating landlord Kyle Baril to discuss the goals and benefits of the program in this conversation with All Thing Considered host Katie Carter.
Umbrellas of Unity is a collaborative installation that will fill the ceiling of the Kaul Gallery at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji this August. Painter Mary Therese thought of the idea as a means of salve and healing in times of societal unrest. Artists interested in contributing to this unique exhibit are invited to submit their design concepts to the Watermark by May 6th. Selected artists will receive necessary paints, markers, and the umbrella that will ultimately become part of this thematic show!
In this episode of Real College Podcast we tag along with our host Casey McCabe as he takes us on a trip to SXSW in the heart of Austin, TX. In the first ever Real College Podcast SXSW Showcase you will hear from the following artists: Cindy Cane, the Free Radicals, Jane N The Jungle, Minimal Schlager, OJO, Sofia Talvik, The Aquadolls, and The Heavy Hours!
They will be answering the following questions:
1:06-Introduce yourself, what has your SXSW experience been like so far?
14:25-Describe your sound, what music inspires you to create?
29:00-What songs would you recommend to a first time listener?
35:42-What is coming next?
44:26-How can we find you and your music online?
We hear from Minnesota writer Rachel Braugham–her new book is called Widowland, Tiffanie Drayton’s new book is called Black American Refugee, it’s an indictment of the so-called American Dream; writer and popculture critic Chuck Klosterman deconstructs the 90s in his new book, The Nineties; Kim Fay tells us about her charming new book Love & Saffron–a story about friendship, food, and love, told through the letters of two friends; and children’s librarian Tracy Kampa has 4 new must-read books to tell us about.
Among the 336 kids competing at the MN State AA Speech Tournament today will be Amy Frenzel and Ev Cordts from Bemidji. Hear all about what they love about competing in speech and what it takes slay their categories of Discussion and Extemporaneous Reading in this Area Voices!
