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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
It’s happy crowds stepping out in public today on Stay Human. There’s no “all clear” signal, but we’re going for it anyway on today’s show – Julie Crabb and Dan Newman share their reunion stories, Terry O’Brien tells about a covid invasion, and Jack Nachbar and Kari Hedlund take us dancing in the streets.
In today’s EXTENDED INTERVIEW Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with photographer and historian Jay Grammond. Grammond recently spoke at the Stearns History Museum’s Breakfast Club about his efforts to record the stories of those involved with World War II. It’s been a project that he’s been undertaking for years now, but as time moves on, the number of surviving WWII Veterans diminishes drastically every year.
If you know of WWII Veterans or civilians who would like to have their stories recorded, check out his website and scroll all the way down to the bottom for contact info!
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with photographer and historian Jay Grammond. Grammond recently spoke at the Stearns History Museum’s Breakfast Club about his efforts to record the stories of those involved with World War II. It’s been a project that he’s been undertaking for years now, but as time moves on, the number of surviving WWII Veterans diminishes drastically every year.
If you know of WWII Veterans or civilians who would like to have their stories recorded, check out his website and scroll all the way down to the bottom for contact info!
A year after the name Bde Maka Ska was restored as the official name of a popular lake in Minneapolis, youth producer Kiin Adan set out to learn more about the meaning of the lake’s name in the Dakota language. Along the way, she began to wonder if K-12 students in Minnesota might also benefit from Indigenous language in their classrooms. Adan documented her journey in this audio essay.
“Improbable and impractical” – words used to describe the music found on “Corrector Vol 2: Impossible Musics,” a new album compiled of music compositions that are barely technically playable by humans, but to do so might require superhuman musicianship. And, if listeners need convincing of the difficulty of playing these works, the album comes with a 142 page spiral bound companion book with the written scores of each track. KFAI’s Mason Butler reports.
Tjänrnblom plays traditional music from Swedish and Finnish tradition. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum Cheryl Paschke and Joe Alfano told how much of the group’s repertoire comes from people known to the band, or to evets the band experienced.
The Rich Lewis Band hails from the Twin Cities and combines rock, blues, R&B, and soul into their eclectic sound. Lewis and several of the other members have been playing together, and with other notable Minnesota musicians, for over 50 years.
The group joined Dave and Julie on the back porch during a weekend playing at the Gunflint Tavern.
