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Diverse Radio for Minnesota's Communities
In the 1930s, Jeanie Arland met her future husband and fellow musician Willie Peterson at WCCO. Producer Daniel Zamzow describes how, over time, these working musicians would turn their love of music into a family legacy. [Read Transcript...]
The Steele Singers have been a powerful musical force since they moved to Minnesota in the early 1980s. Producer Daniel Zamzow points us to some of their early work with Prince, and explains how this family band helped put our local music scene on the map. [Read Transcript...]
Nearly 100 people gathered in Minneapolis recently to discuss responses to the opioid drug crisis in the urban Indian community there. Tribes and tribal organizations are mobilizing as a record number of American Indians are struggling and dying from opioid and heroin addiction. At this meeting, there was conversation about those struggling and the family … [Read Transcript...]
