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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Hayward, Wisconsin’s own Sonofmel returns to the Scenic Route with plenty of stories and philosophies, as well as new music. He talks about what he’s been up to in this pandemic year, taking cold dips in icy waters every day, and playing gigs where he can safely. He also talks about a new song he wrote and serendipitously had featured in a video, and the slew of new music and writing he has coming next year.
Tony Petersen is a Minneapolis-based musician originally from Duluth, known for playing with the Social Animals and Boss Mama Colleen Myhre. His latest moniker is Ditchbird – a solo project with new original songs and an EP called Real Enough now available on streaming platforms. He chats with Will Moore about making the record, songwriting, and the pandemic cutting his band’s European tour short.
Jimi Cooper and Suzy Ludwig of Dance Attic are back with their second album of 2020, a holiday EP called “At Christmas Time” presented in the most unique of formats, a Christmas card! They have also turned one of their songs into a children’s book “Livin’ With a Bear”. Will Moore chats with them about their new originals and humorous covers of classic holiday songs.
David Lindstrom is not a person, but a whole musical group led by Matt Nelson in St. Joseph, MN. With a sprawling and atmospheric sound, their new album “Another Year” tells stories and relives memories of places across Minnesota. Will Moore is joined by Nelson, the guitarist, along with bassist Josh Pfohl and percussionist Devin Tomczik to talk about the new record.
Ben Brandt grew up in Cook County and played in North Shore bands like Curbside. Now he’s a music pastor and musician in the Twin Cities area. He has a new EP coming out in November called “Since the Sunlight”. He talks with host Will Moore about the upcoming release and his creative inspirations on The Scenic Route.
In this episode of Real College Podcast we will look beyond the typical Minnesotan stereotypes and attempt to understand where the land the University of Minnesota was built on came from, take a dive into the controversy surrounding some of the building names on campus, have conversations with a local Minnesotan who is striving for change, and discover what is going on with efforts to legalize sports betting!
1:41-The Land The University Was Built On- Kasey Salazar
8:21- Renaming Campus Buildings- Isaac Maruyama
19:23- Yusra Arab Interview- Emma Morris & Casey McCabe
39:12- Legalizing Sports Betting In MN- Ethan Olson
Minneapolis ska band Space Monkey Mafia looks forward to their annual Halloween gig every year. In 2020 though, the band along with five other Twin Cities and Pacific Northwest acts, put together a special Halloween livestream called Punk Rock Halloween. Guitarist Blake Foster, bassist Joe Barron, and drummer/event organizer Zach Spicer join Will Moore to talk about it.
This segment originally aired on Sidetracks on 10/30/20.
Sara Softich is an Iron Range-born fiddler, who after years playing on the road and in the Southwest, has found a rekindled music community in Northern Minnesota. She talks about her musical journey and the release of her new album “Heart in the Moonlight”.
Dylan Hicks is a longtime musician and novelist from the Twin Cities, who is teaming up with John Munson of New Standards and Semisonic fame for a new project, Munson Hicks Party Supplies. Their self-titled debut was released at the end of September. Hicks joins Will Moore to talk about making the record, how many songs precipitated out of a plan for a musical, and his writing style.
Eli Gardiner is a songwriter from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, now making music in the Twin Cities. His latest album is called “The Fire and the Medicine”, and dives into the significance of that title and several of the new songs in an interview with Will Moore on Scenic Route.
