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Diverse Radio for Minnesota's Communities
The independent music scene of Minneapolis began its ascension in the mid-1970s. This happened for a number of reasons, but, as producer Daniel Zamzow explains, one of the key players in this now infamous scene was recording label Twin/Tone Records. [Read Transcript...]
Jack Pearson was a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and storyteller devoted to sharing his talents in schools, libraries, and churches all across Minnesota. As producer Daniel Zamzow learned, his earliest storytelling gigs stemmed from tales he spun in order to acquire those gigs in the first place. [Read Transcript...]
The godfathers of the Minneapolis punk and indie rock scene are The Suicide Commandos, a trio at the center of the budding subculture in 1970s Minnesota. Producer Daniel Zamzow describes some of the ways in which they were on fire. [Read Transcript...]
Born and raised in Cook, Minnesota on the Boise Forte Reservation, musician Keith Secola has an intimate relationship with Anishinabe culture. As producer Daniel Zamzow has learned, his exploration of the genre he calls “Native Americana” is a musical journey that spans the past, present, and future. [Read Transcript...]
