Episodes

  • Charlie Parr, guitar

    Charlie Parr, guitar
    Dec 30 2019
    An easily confused and very shy individual, Charlie Parr has been traveling around singing his songs ever since leaving Austin Minnesota in the 1980’s in search of Spider John Koerner, whom he found about 100 miles north at the Viking Bar one Sunday night. The experience changed his life, made him more or less unemployable, … Continue reading "Charlie Parr, guitar"
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    50 mins
  • Lynn Avery, synth

    Lynn Avery, synth
    Dec 24 2019
    43 mins
  • JT Bates, drums

    JT Bates, drums
    Dec 15 2019
    JT Bates has worked with artists from the ends of the spectrum. Equally at home improvising with Paul Metzger, as well as delicately rumbling under a Pieta Brown song, the drums are an extension of his daily life. Exposure and experience into improvised and creative music through a high school friendship with Ben Vida … Continue reading "JT Bates, drums"
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    57 mins
  • Davu Seru, percussion

    Davu Seru, percussion
    Dec 6 2019
    Davu Seru is a drummer and composer. He has worked with numerous improvising musicians and composers throughout the United States and France. He is composer and bandleader for the ensembles Motherless Dollar and No Territory Band. For the year 2017-2018 he served as the first-ever composer-in-residence at Studio Z in Saint Paul. Davu has also … Continue reading "Davu Seru, percussion"
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Pat Moriarty

    Pat Moriarty
    Nov 16 2019
    Pat Moriarty and Phil Hey began playing together in 1973. They have been dedicated jazz musicians and teachers ever since, performing in ensembles medium-sized and small. But their sax-drum duos make for a refreshing, intrepid, tightrope walk — always tricky and unpredictable, yet at this stage in their careers, well within their collective grasp, even … Continue reading "Pat Moriarty"
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    43 mins
  • Sarah Larsson, vocalist, instrumentalist

    Sarah Larsson, vocalist, instrumentalist
    Nov 12 2019
    Sarah Larsson, anthropologist by training, likes to say that her day job is listening to people’s stories. Sarah’s outreach work with the Somali Museum of Minnesota means that she gets to talk with fascinating community members every day, while helping to start a new cultural resource in Minnesota. Sarah studied in Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia, … Continue reading "Sarah Larsson, vocalist, instrumentalist"
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    28 mins
  • Curt Wenzel, trumpet, electronics

    Curt Wenzel, trumpet, electronics
    Nov 1 2019
    Shaped by 1960’s free jazz and the implications of composers like John Cage, Ornette Coleman and Captain Beefheart, the music of Visitor is chaotic, spiritual and oddly comforting in tumultuous times. It reflects our past, present and future in a real-time sound experience. The trio features Timothy Kane (drums and woodwinds), Keith Miller (tuba and … Continue reading "Curt Wenzel, trumpet, electronics"
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    39 mins
  • George Cartwright, saxophone

    George Cartwright, saxophone
    Oct 21 2019
    George Cartwright is a Minnesota-based composer, performer, bandleader, producer and musical collaborator, with a prolific career spanning over 30 years. His career began in his home state of Mississippi, shaped by a childhood woven through with early memories of singing in church and learning songs at his grandfather’s knee. He grew up on rock-n-roll and … Continue reading "George Cartwright, saxophone"
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    47 mins