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Minnesota Arts, Culture and History | Music

It’s the most bountiful time of the year!

It’s the time of year when gardeners are busy… busy harvesting, busy saving seeds, busy prepping their plots for the upcoming Minnesota winter. Terry Leinbach’s garden is a wonderland of walking paths, sit spots, flowers, and food. She joined the morning show to discuss how the harvesting, seed saving, and how drought has impacted her gardening this year.


Centerstage Minnesota, August 27, 2021

Centerstage Minnesota features Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music including Charlie Parr, Trampled by Turtles, Good Morning Bedlam, Ingeborg Von Agassiz and more.


Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival Celebrates Local Bluegrass Music Labor Day at Minnehaha Falls

The annual Laughing Waters Bluegrass Festival, held 1-7 PM on Labor Day at Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis presents the best of local bluegrass, plus. When festival organizer Alan Jesperson talked to Phil Nusbaum about the event, the talk turned to one of the festival groups, King Wilkie’s Dream.


Bemidji’s summer concert series wraps up tonight with Known Only Locally!

It’s become an end of summer tradition for Known Only Locally to take the stage as the last performance of the Mississippi Music on the Bemidji Waterfront weekly concert series. Tonight is the night. Originating in the ‘70s, the band has lost and added members over the decades, but one thing has never wavered – the rich, textured, homegrown, original sound that is undeniably Known Only Locally. That sound has long been part of the fabric of Northern Community Radio and the current iteration of the band, a mix of original and new members, stopped by the KBXE studio to share some history and some music.


When Leslie Vincent Sings the Audience is the Most Important Consideration

When Leslie Vincent sings, it is about the audience. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Leslie opened up about her thought process in planning a performance.


Leslie Vincent Sings at the Granada in Minneapolis This Friday Night

When Leslie Vincent sings, it’s not only the song, but the audience. She performs at the Granada in Minneapolis, Friday night September 3 at 7:30 pm. When Leslie spoke with Phil Nusbaum, she opened up about her thought process.


MHB – NEWBIES

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! It’s our monthly tribute to new artists, five in all. And we report on the seven other ways to open a beer bottle–all on MHB!

(Aired 08/26/2021)


EP178 Jake Andrews

Jake Andrews 2021 album release “In The Shadows”


EP177 Damon Fowler “Alafia Moon”

Damon Fowler’s 2021 album, “Alafia Moon”


EP176 Hardware Billy Gibbons

2021 release by Billy F. Gibbons- his 3rd solo album; “Hardware”


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