Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
This Fall’s edition of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival comes to Crooner’s in Fridley, Sunday Oct 20, 12:30 till 7:30. Coming up, the Director of the festival, Steve Heckler talks about the artists performing and the process of curation.
The Skruffians is a group of experienced Twin Cities players that combine Jamaican reggae and ska with jazz chops. It’s always a playful combination of the familiar with testing the musical boundaries. rummer Rick Nair and trumpeter Tom Baer recently sat down with Phil Nusbaum to talk about the Skruffians.
MN Reads talks with author Thomas Misa about his book, Digital State: The Story of Minnesota’s Computing Industry, which reveals the inner workings of the birth of the digital age in Minnesota and what we can learn from this era of sustained innovation.
The album “felt / not said” by Mankwe Ndosi and Body MemOri features cello, contrabasso, percussion, wildly versatile vocals by Ndosi, but the album has no lyrics. KFAI’s Sheila Regan spoke with Ndosi about how the album came together and the origins her technique.
Support for MinneCulture on KFAI comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
In this week’s statewide conversation with MN state officials and elected officers, Heidi Holtan spoke with Dan Huff – Assistant Commissioner of the MN Dept of Health. Each week you have the opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans during this COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re teaming up with community radio stations throughout the state, in partnership with Ampers, Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities, and the Minnesota Broadcasters Association, to bring you COVID-19 information for the state of MN.
If you didn’t get a chance to send or call in your question this week email covid@ampers.org or call 612-562-9895.