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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Twin Cities guitarist Chris O’Brien returns to the Scenic Route, joined by drummer Ryan Cihlar, to update us on the album “Echoes from Iron Ore”, recorded in March in a tiny cabin up the Gunflint Trail. They talk about experiences recording somewhere so remote, traversing COVID safety, and upcoming events regarding the album.
More information can be found at echoesfromironore.com
Many Forces Had to Come Together to Create a Twin Cities Jazz Fest This Year, but it is happening Friday through Sunday June 25-27. Learn about it at Crooners Lounge MN dot com. Andrew leads his little big band at the fest, and also works behind the scenes at Crooner’s. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Andrew first addressed Crooner’s new Belvedere Room.
A new exhibit has opened at the Minnesota History Center about Minnesota author Sinclair Lewis—the first American to win the Nobel prize in literature, and whose work is still very relevant today. Patrick Coleman, the Minnesota History Center’s acquisitions librarian, chatted with Brian about the exhibit and more.
WTIP’s The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
There’s going to be a sunrise solar eclipse on Thursday, June 10, and viewers in Grand Marais will see an excellent partial eclipse. Bob King, author of the AstroBob blog, joined Dave to tell us more.
WTIP’s The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
We all want our local waters to be clean for drinking, recreation, and so on, but in the past, it was often thought that the costs to protect that water exceeded the benefits. Now a new study shows that by considering global benefits, especially of slowing climate change, protecting local waters saves a LOT of money. Brian spoke with University of Minnesota Sea Grant Director John Downing, lead author of the recent paper on this topic, to learn more.
WTIP’s The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
The Levi Schwartzberg Quartet reflects detailed study of the Bebop masters of more than 50 years ago, and plays with a refreshing sensibility. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Levi had his vibes available and demonstrated a few ways of improvising that the Levi Schwartzberg Quartet employs.
The Levi Schwartzberg Quartet brings a Bebop sensibility to its online show streamed from Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis, this Saturday at 8PM. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Levi had his vibes available and demonstrated a few ways of improvising that the Levi Schwartzberg Quartet employs.
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.
