Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
When Thomas Bruce is touched by a song, he wants to sing it to others. He’s sharing some great ones at Crooner’s Dunsmore Room Friday evening June 11 at 5:30. One of Thomas’ early influences was Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life.” Thomas told Phil Nusbaum of his inspiration to sing the song.
Stephanie Hemphill is a freelance journalist and co-editor of Agate Magazine, an online magazine about nature, science, and conservation in Minnesota and the surrounding Great Lakes Region. Ann spoke with Stephanie about an article she wrote about microplastics in Lake Superior in a recent edition of Agate.
This week on Minnesota Music Notes Brett Carter features Minneapolis artist, Lady Midnight, with her most recent release of a new single Tide Over. Lady Midnight is known as a multidisciplinary artist who uses dance, music and other arts expressions to share her own story as well as working with kids to encourage them to use their creative energies to respond to the world around them.
Lady Midnight is her stage name, born out of a series of projects that allowed her to move more into creating and performing her own music complete with elaborate themes, costumes, and staging. Find Lady Midnight on bandcamp, Instagram and other social media under the name L8D MDNT. And watch for live performances in our area, she’s been here several times already and is sure to return.
For the first time in over one year, the Itasca Symphony Orchestra will perform in front of a live audience this weekend. Alexander Sandor will join the production as a featured guest pianist. In this Area Voices segment, learn about the history of ragtime music, how a professional pianist’s mishap lead to Sandor’s first time playing with a professional orchestra when he was in college, and much more.
The Hibbing Dylan Project will break ground this Saturday at 1pm on a public art installation meant to inspire creativity and contemplation. Katie Fredeen from the Hibbing Dylan Project told us all about it on the morning show. The public is invited to attend the groundbreaking ceremony complete with a Bob Dylan cover band this Saturday at 1pm at the Hibbing High School!
Beverly Everett has historically performed with her back to an audience as conductor of the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra. Today at noon, she’ll present a solo organ recital at First Lutheran Church in Bemidji. In this Area Voices segment, Beverly discusses her longtime relationship with keyboards and organs, how the landscape has changed in symphonies in terms of male to female ratios, and much more!
