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Centerstage MN Playlists:

8/26/10 - Deb Harley
Trampled by Turtles - Wait So Long [Palomino]
Bill Bulinski - Rocking Horse Sound [Bare Naked]
Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around [Blonde on Blonde]

Deb Harley and "Flung Wide Open"
Some artists "own" a style. They eat sleep and breath it. Their entire career is dedicated to it. That's cool and all, but it didn't work for Deb Harley, a singer-songwriter from Eden Prairie. Her new CD, "Flung Wide Open," broke the mold of her previous work and brings many different styles into the mix. "I decided to give myself the freedom to touch on any genre because I love them all," she told me, and it rings very true on this new CD. It's upbeat contemporary folk music with more than a twist of blues, country and swing... Read More...

Paul Westerberg - My Daydream [Come Feel Me Tremble]
The Tisdales - Anything You Want To [Out With the New]

Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants - Stand By Me [Royal Blue Cadillac]

Lance Benson - Yukon Sally [Mornings & Afternoons]

8/19/10 - Janiva Magness
Paul Metsa - Electric High Heels [Paper Tigers]
Kazyak - Now I Know [A Beautiful Brontosaurus]

Premiere Blues and R&B Performer Janiva Magness
Janiva Magness is one of the premiere Blues and R&B performers in the world today. She has a rich and soulful voice that can take an audience from deep sorrow to overwhelming joy. The story of her life is one of extremes and hardships. In her teens, both of her parents committed suicide and she bounced from foster home to foster home around the Twin Cities. She was the kind of "at risk" youth that typically doesn't survive. As she describes it, that was the Fate she was born to. But, through the kindness of others she was able to discover her Destiny: music. Read More...

Big Quarters - Barter System [From the Home of Brown Babies and White Mothers]
More Than Lights - The Electric Prescription for All Your Funky Illz [The Electric Prescription for All Your Funky Illz]
Mayda - Cupid's Occupation [The Interrogation]

Deb Harley - I'm Right and You're Wrong [Flung Wide Open]

8/12/10 - Nikki and the RueMates & Charlie Parr
Miriam Tell - Everett Markham [22 Bends]
Teague Alexy and the Feelin' Band - A Good Clean High (Off a Dirt Cheap Bottle of Wine) [The New Folklore]

Nikki and the RueMates and Charlie Parr
This week on Centerstage MN we're going to hear a live concert by Charlie Parr with an opening set from Nikki and the RueMates. It was recorded at the 331 Club in NE Minneapolis, a long-time hotbed of MN music, by KFAI, our sister station in the Twin Cities. Charlie Parr is an amazing musician who has been more referenced as an inspiration for northern MN musicians than anyone other than Bob Dylan... Read More...

Troy Rogers and Bradfest
Troy Rogers about Bradfest, a memorial music festival, organized by the Friends of Brad Memorial Foundation, that will benefit young Minnesota musicians and honor the the life of Bradley E. Rozman featuring an eclectic mix of local and regional live music, entertainment, refreshments, a silent auction, and more. Read More...

Big Quarters - Lou Diamond [Cost of Living]

8/5/10 - The Brothers Burn Mountain
Tina Schlieske - Come On In [Slow Burn]

The Brothers Burn Mountain
The phrase, "I'm just a vessel" is used a lot when I ask artists about where their music comes from, and while the Brothers Burn Mountain never simply said that, I don't think it could be any more true for them. Their music is alive - it's a breathing force that you can feel. The music is all around them, in everything they see. They absorb it and appreciate it and it becomes a part of them that then flows out with no thought process or agenda - true musicians, true artists. Read More...

Growing Up with Prince Lyrics
A MN music reminiscence from Dan McKenzie, an 18 year old DJ from Lawrence Lake Township and his growing relationship with Prince from a young boy to today - more specifically, understanding the meaning and context of the lyrics (oh, the innocence of youth, lol). Read More...

Prophis f. CiscoKid - Dreams Made of You [Harmony in Chaos]

7/29/10 - Mark Olson
Pat Surface with the Boundary Water Boys - Scarborough Fair [Songwriter]
High Bongo - Fever [2 Blue]

The Many Colors of Mark Olson
A conversation with Mark Olson about his new solo CD "Many Colored Kite." That name should be familiar, Mark was the founding member and principle singer/songwriter with The Jayhawks. One of the most acclaimed bands to come out of MN, the Jayhawks were on the forefront of the Alt-Country scene during the mid-80's through mid-90's and you can still hear their impact and influence in music today. This is Mark's 2nd solo CD, and it's a bit more upbeat than "Salvation Blues" which came out in 2007. Other than being a world-class singer, songwriter and performer, he's a very good speaker too, and we talk in-depth about his music. Read More...

Koerner, Ray & Glover - Linin; Track [Blues, Rags & Hollars]
Paul Metsa - Whistling Paste the Graveyard [Whistling Past the Graveyard]

The Brothers Burn Mountain - In the Sunset Breeze [Party in the Blue, the White]

7/22/10 - Jeremy Messersmith
Sarah Swanson - Blue [Dark Sunshine]
The Gypsy Prophets - heaven [Juxtapose]
The Brothers Burn Mountain - Free In Chains [Partly in the Blue, the White]

Mark Olson - Bluebird Song [Many Colored Kite]
Gary Louris - True Blue [Vagabonds]
Red Horse - Wayfaring Stranger [Red Horse]

Dan Wilson - Easy Silence [Free Life]

Jeremy Messersmith: Rising Star from Minneapolis
National Public Radio says Jeremy Messersmith, "seems poised to find a national audience." This is live acoustic performance recorded at our sister station Radio K, a student-run station at the University of MN.

The Tisdales - Anything You Want To [Out With the New]
Janiva Magness - Find a Fool [Use What You Got]
Brianna Lane - Wrong Hands [Radiator]

7/15/10 - Keri Noble
Andy Dee - Drinking Cheap Wine [Sweet Soul Sewage]
The Jayhawks - Take Me With You [Scrapple]
Alicia Corbett - Slide It In [Alicia Corbett]

The Scintillating Soul-Pop of Keri Noble
I had never heard of the term "soul-pop" before listening to Keri Noble, and with her clear and powerful voice and catchy, melodic music she introduces the genre very well. Her music falls into the pop category, but her vocals definitely have that soulful edge. With a Pastor father, Keri was raised in a religious home in Detroit and you can hear the gospel influence in her music. As she grew older in Minneapolis she started questioning the judgment and exclusion side of religion and wondered why there wasn't more prominence of love and acceptance - something she sings about in her amazing song "Born Again". Read More...

The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Uncle Frank's Basement [Sing!]
Bob Dylan - Ragged and Dirty [World Gone Wrong]
The Brothers Burn Mountain - Everything Red [Partly in the Blue, the White]

Tim Kliphuis and the Clearwater Hot Club - Nica's Dream [Louisiana Ferry Tale]

7/8/10 - Alison Scott
Red Horse - I Am A Child [Red Horse]
Meat Raffle Road - Thunder God [Eaten by Crows]
The Brothers Burn Mountain - In the Sunset Breeze [Partly in the Blue, the White]

Kazyak - Sharks & Whales [A Beautiful Brontosaurus]
Uncle Shurley - Did Ya Know [In Bemidji]

Minneapolis Singer/Songwriter Alison Scott
Singer/ songwriter Alison Scott has a beautiful voice to stun the masses. Based in Minneapolis, Alison works with her band composed of Grammy-winning guitarist Kevin Bowe, drummer Peter Anderson, and bassist Steve Price. Her new CD was listed as one of the year’s top 10 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Read More...

Mayda - My Circuitry [The Interrogation]
Sick of Sarah - Not Listening [Sick of Sarah]

Lance Benson - Who I Am [Mornings and Afternoons]

7/1/10 - Lake Effect
Kazyak - Join the Band [A Beautiful Bronotosaurus]
Ross William Perry - Everything's Alright [Live: Blues in Greenville]
Keri Noble - Go Proud [Krei Noble]

Jenny Graupman of Lake Effect
The human voice can do a lot - from throat-singing to yodeling (I'm still waiting for the forward thinking performer who combines those...). Multiple voices combined take it even further - they can create a powerful wall of sound with intricacies and melodies that go from the lowest lows to dizzying highs. Lake Effect, a vocal jazz ensemble out of Duluth, have a released their first CD, "Live!" and this is a conversation with lead vocalist Jenny Graupmann. Read More...

Mark Olson - More Hours [Many Colored Kite]
Deb Harley - Life is Great, Life is Hard [Flung Wide Open]
Wookiefoot - Always Is [Be Fearless and Play]

Portrait of a Drowned Man - The Marina is Too Shallow [Nov. 2006]
The Magic Castles - Letterbox [Dreams of Dreams of Dreams]
trYke - Aili's Cat [facTory]

The Brothers Burns Mountain - The Procession [Partly in the Blue, the White]

6/24/10 - Mayda Live in Concert
Mayda Live on Centerstage MN
Her voice is clear, emotional, powerful. Her music is clever, engaging, intimate. Her name is Mayda, and she performed live at the KAXE Studios June 24th on Centerstage MN. An adoptee from Korea, CSMN host Doug MacRostie said, "her music is so emotional and consuming, so intimate and personal. It's like there is a wildfire blazing away inside of her, and it burns through her music setting anyone who listens ablaze."

More info:
Mayda: www.myspace.com/imaydasong
KAXE: www.kaxe.org

Check out a video from the performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuTgmqz1wE

6/17/10 Mayda Feature
Mayda - Little Ginkgo [Eyes on the Water]
Dalia - Pass You By [Tree Tops and Telephone Wires]
More Than Lights - Fireflies [The Electric Prescription For All Your Funky Illz]

The Darbuki Kings - Khartoum [Lawrence of Suberbia]

Mayda - If You Don't Say It [Eyes on the Water]
Marc Gartband - Abu Dhabi [I Am A Fool For You]
Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy - Under the Radar [DeTour EP]

Trampled by Turtles - Help You [Palomino]
Teague Alexy and the Feelin' Band - Geese Are Headed Southbound [The New Folklore]
Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl - Whistling Past the Graveyard [White Boys Lost in the Blues]
Mason Jennings - Machines [180° South: Conquerors of the Useless]

Mayda - Eyes on the Water [Eyes on the Water]

6/10/10 - The Magic Castles
Paul Westerberg - Knockin' On Mine [14 Songs]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Travelling Show [Travelling Show]
Prudence Johnson - Who Woulda Thunk It [Songs of Greg Brown]

Jason Edmonds of The Magic Castles about their sophomore release 'Dreams of Dreams of Dreams'
The Magic Castles: http://www.myspace.com/themagiccastles

Shannon Murray - Maybe It's Just Fate [You and a Six String]
Leo Kottke - Morning is the Long Way Home [One Guitar, No Vocals]
Nikki and the Ruemates - Burning Up [We All Live Together]

6/3/10 - Courtney Yasmineh
Janiva Magness - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down [The Devil is an Angel Too]
The Hold Steady - The Weekenders [Heaven is Whenever]
The Jayhawks - Good Long Time [The Jayhawks (The Bunkhouse Record)]
Mark Olson - Scholastica [Many Colored Kite]

The Beautiful and Lonely Courtney Yasmineh
While dreams of being a rockstar and performing around the world are in the hearts and minds of many aspiring songwriters, the reality of the music industry can be a cold, hard place. Through hard work and dedication Courtney Yasmineh has taken her music not only all over the U.S., but around the world and her latest release, "Beautiful Lonely" has taken her revealing and emotional songwriting in more of a rock direction sonically with highlights of pop...Read More...

High Bongo - The Seventh Son [2 Blue]
Brianna Lane - Downpour [Radiator]
Keri Noble - Emily [Keri Noble]

Trampled by Turtles - Sounds Like a Movie [Palomino]

5/27/10 - Sam Miltich and the Big Dipper Jazz Band
Wookiefoot - At Last [Be Fearless and Play]
Lake Effect - Lua Soberana [Live!]

Sam Miltich and the Big Dipper Jazz Band
"Sometimes it's hard to get enough bread to pass around...but I'm dedicated to the art form," said Sam Miltich of Grand Rapids about his new group The Big Dipper Jazz Band. While only a few weeks old now, Sam's impressive band of 6 musicians are already booked to headline the annual Dylan Days celebration in Hibbing and also for KAXE's Annual Membership Meeting and Dance (that's when you know you've REALLY made it BIG ;D). Read More...

Mark Olson - Little Bird of Freedom [Many Colored Kite]

5/20/10 Steve Kaul of The Brass Kings
Two Many Banjos - Absent [POW]
Peter Ostroushko - The Nine Years Waltz [When the Last Morning Glory Blooms]

Steve Kaul: The Brass King Himself
The difference between seeing a band live and hearing a band on CD can be night and day. The reason for this is simple: it's hard to recreate the energy that flows between an artist and audience when working in-studio. So, bands often release live albums - sometimes good, sometimes bad. In the case of The Brass Kings new release "Live Humdinger," it's very, very good - and singer/songwriter Steve Kaul will be my guest this week on Centerstage MN to talk about it...Read More...
http://www.myspace.com/brasskings

Keri Noble - Born Again [Keri Noble]
Janiva Magness - Weeds Like Us [The Devil Is An Angel Too]
More Than Lights - Everywhere We Go [The Electric Prescription for All Your Funky Illz]

5/13/10 - Roma Di Luna and Underground MN Hip-Hop
High Drama Blues - Sugar [Recorded Live on Centerstage MN]
Sela Oveson - Are You Satisfied [Recorded Live on Centerstage MN]

Roma Di Luna
The band name Roma Di Luna translates to 'Gypsies of the Moon' - the name is a mish-mash of different languages and cultures; 'Roma' references the gypsy life-style and the sound in Eastern European folk music, and 'Di Luna' meaning 'the moon' in European and American cultures. This combining of cultures and styles serves as a perfect name to represent the unique and exciting sound that is Roma Di Luna...Read More...
http://www.myspace.com/romadiluna

MN Underground Hip-Hop with Alex Aldrich
...Alex is 24 years old. He joined the military when he was 17 and served in Iraq. He told me that when he was young(er), he didn't have a huge emotional connection with music. His older sister started sending him music while he was overseas, which helped to fill the long voids of staring out at the desert on duty and waiting during down time. This is when his passion and connection with music was born. I can't imagine the situation, but I can understand developing an intimate connection with music, which we'll be talking about...Read More...

The Tisdales - Lovin' Arms of Life [Out with the New]

5/6/10 Aaron Kaercher
Sela Oveson - I Have Arrived [Live on Centerstage MN]
Brianna Lane - The Porchlight Song [Let You In]
Charity Huot - Secret of Truth [Tangled Directions]
Pieta Brown - It Wasn't That [One and All]

Aaron Kaercher: User Friendly Centerstage MN
Aaron Kaercher is a singer/songwriter from Ely who writes unique music that blends many different styles. He released his first solo CD, "User Friendly Radio" last year, and while there definitely is a thread that ties all the music together, the range of sounds and genres is impressive. From the friendly and fun "smile" to the moody and edgy "She," the album covers as many emotions and feelings as it does styles...Read More...
http://aaronkaercher.com/

The Tisdales - Let the Beast Run [Out With the New]

Trampled by Turtles - Victory [Palomino]
The Brass Kings - Western Lands [Live Humdinger]

4/29/10 Peter Ostrouchko
Charity Huot - Cradle Me [Tangled Directoins]
Aaron Kaercher - After Breakfast Time [User Friendly Radio]

Story of a Song
John Berquist of Eveleth has been telling stories and performing traditional music of Scandanavian-Americans for almost 40 years. Here’s a story from John about a song – a song that came right out of the grain harvest season long ago in Northwestern MN and North Dakota. http://www.johnberquist.com/

MN Legend Peter Ostroushko
A conversation with MN Legend Peter Ostroushko, one of the most accomplished instrumentalists and gifted composers of his generation. http://www.peterostroushko.com/

Album Review of Brother Ali's "Us"
KAXE Intern Tim Kreuth, a.k.a. “Timtern,” reviews “Us” – the new CD from Minneapolis Hip-hop artist Brother Ali. http://www.brotherali.com/

Marcy Playground - Flag and Finger [MP3]

4/22/10 Willie Murphy
The Tisdales - Anything You Want To [Out With The New]

Legendary MN musician Willie Murphy joined us to talk about his new release "A Shot of Love in a Time of Need / Autobiographical Notes."
Willie Murphy: http://www.williemurphy.net/  

The Tisdales - Songs of Chaos [Out With The New]
The Replacements - Attitude [All Shook Down]
Courtney Yasmineh - Brother [Beauitufl Lonely]

The Tisdales - Wait For It [Out With The New]

4/15/10 The Urban Hillbilly Quartet
Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long [Palomino]

Mino Biimadiziwin - Indigenous Holocaust
Brother Ali - The Travelers [Us]
More Than Lights - Legacy (Band Version) [The Electric Prescription For All Your Funky Illz]

Trampled By Turtles - Bloodshot Eyes [Palomino]

Erik Brandt and the Urban Hillbilly Quartet joined us in-studio for music and conversation about their latest CD "Bring In The Sails."
The Urban Hillbilly Quartet: http://urbanhillbillyquartet.com/

Trampled by Turtles - It's A War [Palomino]

4/8/10 Pat Surface & Marcy Playground
More Than Lights - Without a Home f. Parallax [The Electric Prescription For All Your Funky Illz]

John Wozniak of Marcy Playground about the new album "Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage"
Marcy Playground: http://www.marcyplayground.com/

Pat Surface of the Boundary Water Boys about the new CD "Holy Wind."
Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys: http://www.spiritwoodmusic.com/artist.php?Artist=17

4/1/10 High Drama Blues
Uncle Shurley - Sultry Eyes [Stellar Echoes]
Janiva Magness - The Devil Is An Angel [The Devil Is An Angel Too]

Gina Nordquist, Rob Wheeler and Marty Halverson of Chisholm's High Drama Blues join us in-studio for live music and conversation.

Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys - Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Amazing Grace [Holy Wind]
Steven Earl Howard & the Blue Drifters - Early [Easy to Get Lost in the World]
Jaspar Lepak - Minneapolis [Send Me Home]
Gary Burt - I'm On a Journey [I'm On a Journey]
Bill Isles - Nerissa's Journey [Early Risers]

Cult of the Sunny Jims - Open Up Jam [Shoebox Sessions: Vol. 2]

3/25/10 Women's History Celebration / SisterSong
Janiva Magness - Bad Blood [Do I Move You]
The Bad Plus joined by Wendy Lewis - How Deep Is Your Love [For All I Care]
Alicia Corbett - Slide it In [Alicia Corbett]
Pieta Brown - Shake [One and All]

Shannon Murray on the 3rd Annual SisterSong: A Celebration of Women and Their Music, March 27th at Wild Rose in Bemidji.
SisterSong: http://www.myspace.com/sistersongbemidji

Mary LaPlant - Bee's Wings Hornpipe [Serenity]
Jaspar Lepak - Send Me Home [Send Me Home]
Tina and the B-Side Movement - Young Americans [A-Sides: Best of TBS]
Nikki and the Ruemates - I Can't Be Satisfied [We All Live Together]

Meredith Fierke - Train's Song [The Procession]
Barb Ryman - The Great Invisible Woman [Earthbound]

High Drama Blues - Dirty Laundry [High Drama Blues]

3/18/10 St. Patty's Day
Boiled in Lead - Jolly Tinker [Silver]
Todd Menton - Rowdledum/Polkas [Where Will You Land]
Willowgreen - Greenstone [Inland Sea]

Duluth Celtic band McInnis' Kitchen recorded live in the KAXE Studios, Oct of 2008
McInnis' Kitchen: http://www.mcinniskitchen.com/ 

Paul Imholte of Ring of Kerry, an Irish music group from the St. Cloud area.
Ring of Kerry: http://www.myspace.com/ringofkerry 

Brian Miller & Norah Rendell - Grogan's / Felix the Cat [Wait There Pretty One]
Caleigh - St. Patrick's Day Medley [Branching Out]
The Gaels - The Rocky Road to Dublin [Whack Fol La Di La]

3/11/10 - Duluth Homegrown Music Festival
Courtney Yasmineh - In Common [Beautiful Lonely]
Brother Ali - Crown Jewel [Us]
Alison Scott - The Beat Goes On [Hiding Under the Covers]

Sweet Papa Dave - Day to Day [Evil Gonna Getcha]
Mark Henderson & Mojosaurus Blues Band - Take the Money and Go [Take the Money and Go]

Shana David-Massett, the new organizer for Duluth Homegrown Music Festival, talk with us about the festival (the first week of May) and highlighted country-rockers The Boomchucks, improv chellist Cathy McTavich and string player/foot stomper Kip Jones.
Duluth Homegrown: http://www.duluthhomegrown.com/

The Brass Kings - Tin Man [Live Humdinger]
The Urban Hillbilly Quartet - Escape Route [Bring In the Sails]
Dustin Lee - Hawkeye Prairie Heartbeat [On My Way Back Home]
Coyote - One Time [When It All Comes Down]

The Tisdales - Wait For It [Out With the New]

3/4/10 - Jake Dilley & Oji-Cree Round Dance Invitational
Charlie Roth - Candy Cane [Broken Ground]

Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy about their latest "DeTour" EP
Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy: http://www.myspace.com/jakedilley 

Alison Scott - You Haven't Done Nothing [Hiding Under the Covers]

Rayna Churchill-Mattinas and Pete Gahbow about the Oji-Cree Round Dance Invitational

High Bongo - The Subprime Blues [2 Blue]

2/25/10 - Matt Ray & Those Damn Horses
We were joined by a live studio audience for Matt Ray and Those Damn Horses from the Iron Range for a special concert during our Fundspeil Fundraiser.

2/18/10 Sela Oveson and Mark Kreitzer
The Brass Kings - Bigville [Live Humdinger]
Clawthroat - Cold K [Know Yr Roots]

We were joined in-studio by Sela Oveson from Orr for live music and conversation
Sela Oveson: http://www.myspace.com/selaoveson 

The Pines - Heart & Bones [Tremolo]
Marcy Playground - Devil Woman [Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage]

Scott Hall talked with Mark Kreitzer about his music
Mark Kreitzer band: http://www.markkreitzerband.com/ 

Matt Ray - Old Crow [Old Crow]

2/11/10 Podipto
High Bongo - Dreams Can Die [2 Blue]
Cult of the Sunny Jims - Old Angel Midnight [Shoebox Sessions Vol. 2]
Podipto - Love of the One [Podipto]

Josh Collins, son of the late Podipto founder John Collins, shares stories and unreleased recordings of Podipto.
Podipto: http://podipto.com/ 

Coyote - Birds Go On [When It All Comes Down]
Portrait of a Drowned Man - No Movement [Nov. 2006]
Brothers Burn Mountain - Where We May Meet [Wild Cat Road]

Matt Ray - Nothings Gonna Change [Old Crow]
The Gypsy Prophets - Freedom Is; [Juxtapose]

2/4/10 Solid Gold & The Pines
Maddi Frick interviews Solid Gold, electro/rockers from Minneapolis, about their new release "Synchronize"
Solid Gold: http://www.myspace.com/solidgold 

The Pines with live music and conversation about their new album "Tremolo"
The Pines: http://www.myspace.com/thepinesspace 

Cory Wong - Upstream [Becoming]

1/28/10 - Tom and Alan Dowling / Mason Jennings
High Bongo - Big Money [High Bongo 2 Blue]

Tom and Alan Dowling with live music and conversation

Mason Jennings talks about his new CD "Blood of Man"
Mason Jennings: http://www.masonjennings.com/ 

Bingham & Thorne - Slow & Steady [Bingham and Thorne 2]

1/21/10 - Charmin Michelle
Pick 3 MN Favs with Maddi Frick:
A Night in the Box - The Garden [Write a Letter]
Solid Gold - Bible Thumper [Bodies of Water]
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapels - Special party Time for Everyone

Charmin Michelle, jazz vocalist from Minneapolis, talked with us about her music.
Charmin Michelle: http://www.charmsongs.com/ 

Mark Henderson & Mojosaurus Blues Band - Small Talk [Take the Money and Run]
Blew Munday - evry munday [Live 1992-2010]

Brother Ali - The Preacher [Us]

1/14/10 - Marc Gartband
The Gypsy Prophets - Rudyard [Juxtapose]

Marc Gartman joined us to talk about "All I Want Is You," the new album from The Marc Gartband, one of his many projects.
The Marc Gartband: http://www.myspace.com/marcgartband 

The Rosebud Social - Clown Song [demo]
Zombie Season - County Song [Our Living Funeral]
Pat Deal - Influenza [Land of Expansion[

Charmin Michelle - My Heart Belongs to Daddy [Hot]

1/7/10 - Uncle Shurley
Lance Benson - Riverside [Mornings and Afternoons]

Caleb Fricke and Norwood Hall of Uncle Shurley talk about the album "Stellar Echoes"
Uncle Shurley: http://www.myspace.com/uncleshurley 

Tim Kliphuis and the Clearwater Hot Club - Blackberry Blossom [Louisiana Fairy Tale]
Charmin & Shapira - Straight, No Chaser [Pure Imagination]

Marc Gartband - Abu Dhabi [I Am A Fool For You]

12/31/09 - Jeffrey Clarke
High Bongo - It's Plain to See [High Bongo 2 Blue]
Marc Gartband - Abu Dhabi [I'm A Fool For You]
Pert Near Sandstone - Little Maggie [Out On a Spree]

Jeffrey Clarke joined us in-studio for live music and conversation about his latest CD "Feelin' Fine."
Jeffrey Clarke: http://www.eoerecords.com/ 

Charmin & Shapira - On Green Dolphin Street [Pure Imagination]
Tim Kliphuis & the Clearwater Hot Club - La Bocca Grand Marias [Louisiana Fairy Tale] 

Brother Ali - Tight Rope [Us]

12/24/09 - Amy and Adams
Paul Metsa - Christmas at Molly's [Lincoln's Bedroom]
Pogmotone - On and On [Christmas Jam II]

Mark and Amy Adams-Westin of Amy and Adams talked with us about their latest release "Dancing Through Time."
Amy and Adams: http://www.amyandadams.com/ 

Amy Marie - Do You Hear What I Hear [Simple Gifts]
Robi Meyerson - All I Want for Christmas Is You [Single]

Mr.Pumpkinhead Quartet - Christmas Jazz recorded live on Centerstage MN

12/17/09 - Terry Walsh of St. Dominic's Trio
One Man Dan - Wichita [No Such Thing]
The Tisdales - Petty Things [Bakers Dozen]
Terry Walsh and Two a.m. - Sleep, Please Take Me Now [Work & Hope]

Terry Walsh of St. Dominic's Trio about the new CD "Switch" and Terry is joined by Rich Mattson for some live music.
St. Dominic's Trio: http://www.myspace.com/stdominicstrio 

Jeffrey Clarke - Showdown [Feelin' Fine]
Amy & Adams - Hippie at Heart [Dancing Through Time]

Tim Kliphuis and the Clearwater Hot Club - I Can't Give You Anything But Love [Louisianna Fairytale]

12/10/09 Christmas Jazz Concert with The Mr. Pumpkinhead Quartet
Don Vidal, Sam Miltich, Tim Wick and Pat Downing performed live on Centerstage MN.

Steve Downing shares the story of how Don Vidal earned the nick-name 'Mr. Pumpkinhead'

12/3/09 - The Brothers Burn Mountain
Brother Ali - Breakin' Dawn [Us]
Kritical Kontact with Christine Hoberg - Alright [Evolution of Revolution]
Dalia - Pass You By [Treetops and Telephone Wires]
Junkyard Empire with Desdamona - Original Assumption [Rebellion Politik]
Cercey the Native Pitbull - Roll Slow Homie

Ryan and Jesse Dermody of The Brothers Burn Mountain joined us for a live session.
The Brothers Burn Mountain:
http://www.thebrothersburnmountain.com/  

The Mr. Pumpkinhead Quartet recorded live on Centerstage MN.

11/19/09 - Willie Murphy
The Pines - Meadows at Dawn [Tremolo]
The Brothers Burn Mountain - Stay [The Blood of a Thousand Clouds]

Legendary MN musician Willie Murphy joined us to talk about his new release "A Shot of Love in a Time of Need / Autobiographical Notes."
Willie Murphy: http://www.williemurphy.net/  

Take Cover - Resolution [Live & Acoustic on Centerstage MN]

11/12/09 - Pat Surface
The Marc Gartband - Please Understand / Till There's Nothing Left [I Am A Fool For You]
Little Gray House - I'm Much Too Young [Howlin' Moon]

Pat Surface of The Boundary Water Boys talked about their new CD "Canoe Grass Revival"
Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys: http://www.spiritwoodmusic.com/ 

Nancy Harms - Bye Bye Blackbird [In the Indigo]
Marvelle - Gospel [Marvelle]

Willie Murphy - Land of 1000 Dances [A Shot of Love in a Time of Need]

11/5/09 - Erik Brandt
Willie Murphy - Action Speaks Louder Than Words [A Shot of Live in a Time of Need]
High Drama Blues - Dirty Laundry [High Drama Blues]

Erik Brandt of the Urban Hillbilly Quartet about his new solo CD "Sometimes" which was recorded in Budapest, Hungary.
Erik Brandt: http://www.erikbrandt.com/ 

Aaron Kaercher - She [User Friendly Radio]
The Tisdales - Faces [Bakers Dozen]

Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys - In My Shoes [Canoe Grass Revival]

10/22/09 - Red Lake Singers
Ann Aitken - Joy/Sorrow/Walking in Two Worlds [Minotam Injichaag]

Johnny Smith, founding member of The Red Lake Singers, talks about their new release "Old Times."
The Red Lake Singers: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Lake-Singers/90462399209 

Annie Humphrey-Jimenez & John Trudell - Spirit Horses [The Heron Smiled]

Keith Secola & Melanie Storm recorded live on Centerstage MN

Timmy Haus & John Wilber - What A Time [Road Weary]

10/15/09 - Four Horse Johnson
Marvelle - Dark Matter (Abridged Version) [Marvelle]
Boiled in Lead - Silver Carp [Silver]

Eric Krenz and Karl Sundquist of Four Horse Johnson about their debut "Transmission"
Four Horse Johnson: http://www.myspace.com/fourhorsejohnson 

Timmy Haus and John Wilber - Big Boss Man [Road Weary]
Crows in the Corn - Swampland Jubilee [Swampland Jubilee]
Erik Brandt - Ain't Broke [Sometimes]

Red Lake Singers - Rabbit Song [Old Times]

10/1/09 - The Pines
Friends of Yoder - Kitchen Table [Backdoor]
Four Horse Johnson - I'll Play the Fool [Transmission]

Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy - Killer in the Trees [DeTour]
Mason Jennings - Black Wind [Blood of Man]

The Pines with live music and conversation about their new album "Tremolo"
The Pines: http://www.myspace.com/thepinesspace 

Enchanted Ape - With A Little Help From My Friends [Live at KAXE]

9/24/09 - Mason Jennings
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Good Rockin' Tonight [Road Weary]
Greg Brown - Samson [Dream City: Essential Recordings 97-06]
The Jayhawks - Clouds [Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology]

Mason Jennings talks about his new CD "Blood of Man"
Mason Jennings: http://www.masonjennings.com/ 

Dalia - Stuttering in Suspension [Treetops and Telephone Wires]
Wookiefoot - Welcome Home [Activate]
Stacy K - Little Glass Houses [Little Glass Houses]

The Pines - Shiny Shoes [Tremolo]

9/17/09 - The Brothers Burn Mountain
The Limns - Can't Get You Out of My Head [The Limns]
Friends of Yoder - Driftin' Blues [Backdoor]

Brothers Ryan and Jesse Dermody, The Brothers Burn Mountain performed an in-studio encore session
The Brothers Burn Mountain: http://www.myspace.com/ryanjessedermody 

Steve Kaul - Sho Nuff [Solo Guitar]
Leo Kottke - The Banks of Marble [Try and Stop Me]
The Pines - Lonesome Tremolo Blues [Tremolo]

Mason Jennings - Tourist [Blood of Man]

Drum Jam w Ryan, Jesse & Doug [Live at KAXE]

9/10/09 - Podipto Special w Josh Collins
Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy - Start Over [DeTour]
Mason Jennings - The Field [Blood of Man]
Podipto - Love of the One [Podipto]

Josh Collins, son of the late Podipto founder John Collins, shares stories and unreleased recordings of Podipto.
Podipto: http://podipto.com/ 

Cersey the Native Pittbull - Gotta Stay Grindin' 
Dalia - The Hum (featuring New MC) [Treetops and Telephone Wires]
Kritical Kontact - Alright (featuring Christine Hoberg) [Evolution of Revolution]

The Brothers Burn Mountain - The Tyger [Wild Cat Road]

9/3/09 - Enchanted Ape
Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Traveling Show [Traveling Show]
The Pines - Pray Tell [Tremolo]
Steve Kaul - Blue Mountain Drag [Solo Guitar]

Chris O'Brien of Enchanted Ape about their sophomore CD Off the Ground.
Enchanted Ape: http://www.myspace.com/enchantedape 

Podipto - Mississippi Woman [Podipto]
High Drama Blues - Sugar [High Drama Blues]

Junkyard Empire - Rebellion Politik [Rebellion Politik] 

8/27/09 - Channy & Alexei Moon Casselle of Roma Di Luna
Enchanted Ape - Whisper [Off the Ground]
Dalia - Ally Distribution f. Sean Onen [Treetops and Telephone Lines]
Franki Lee - In the Country [In the Country]

Channy & Alexei Moon Casselle of Roma Di Luna talk about their latest release Casting the Bones.
Roma Di Luna: http://www.myspace.com/romadiluna 

If You Will - Time [Above the Earth EP]
Uncle Shurley - The Tramp [Stellar Echoes]

The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Memphis In Your Head [Traveling Show]
Mason Jennings - Ain't No Friend of Mine [Blood of Man]

8/20/09 - John Wozniak of Marcy Playground
Matt Ray and Rich Mattson about the range music scene & I.R.O.M.A. - The Iron Range Orignal Music Association
I.R.O.M.A.: http:/www.myspace.com/iroma2009 

John Wozniak of Marcy Playground about the new album Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage
Marcy Playground: http://www.marcyplayground.com/

Roma Di Luna - The Romance of Wolves [Casting the Bones]

8/13/09 - Amy & Adams live in-studio
The Tisdales - Find It In Me [Bakers Dozen]
Marcy Playground - Blackbird [Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage]

Amy & Adams live on Centerstage MN
Amy & Adams: http://www.amyandadams.com/ 

Steve Kaul - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime [Solo Guitar]
Virgil Caine - What It's All About [Both Barrels]

Les Crawford on EvTAP; Eveleth Venues in Technology, Art and Performance
EvTAP: http://evtap.spaces.live.com/ 

The Pines - Shine On Moon [Tremolo]
Shannon Murray - Maybe It's Just Fate [You & Six Strings]

Marcy Playground - Gin & Money [Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage]

8/6/09 - 'Sneaky' Pete Bauer
Red Lake Singers - Pow Wow Song [Old Times]
Red Lake Singers - Warrior Song [Old Times]

Roots and blues musicians 'Sneaky' Pete Bauer 
Sneaky Pete Bauer: http://www.myspace.com/sneakypetebauer 

The Idles Hands - Liver & Brains [The Hearts We Broke on the Way to the Show]
Marcy Playground - Devil Woman [Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage]

Wookiefoot - Always Is [Album to be released at Harvest Fest 09]
Franki Lee - Hell on Earth [In the Country]

Amy & Adams - Here Comes My Baby [Live: Under the Covers]

7/30/09 - Jericho Harp & MN Metal
Two Many Banjos - Can't Slow Me Down [Can't Slow Me Down]

Steve Downing on the late 60's and 70's folk-rock band Jericho Harp

Cloud Cult - No One Said It Would Be Easy [Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornados)] 

JJ Snell with highlights from the MN Metal Scene

"Sneaky" Pete Bauer - Back-Ally Blues [Sing Alones]

7/16/09 - Mississippi River Festival Preview
music and conversation highlights with Hans Blix and the Weapons Inspectors, The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Clawthroat and Sick of Sarah.

7/9/09 w Matt Ray
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Love Don't Kill [Sing!]
Broken Billy - Cold Country Afternoon [Broken Billy]
Teague Alexy and the Feelin' Band - Anything But Blue [The New Folklore]

Embarrass singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Ray about his new CD 'Old Crow'
Matt Ray: http://www.mattray.org/ 

The Idle Hands - Secretary [The Hearts We Broke on the Way to the Show]
Tapes 'N Tapes - Headshock [Walk It Off]
Marcy Playground - Star Baby [Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage]

Hans Blix & the Weapons Inspectors - Shady Grove [Secret Demo]

7/2/09 w Faith Boblett Live In-Studio and Janiva Magness
Wookiefoot - Active [Activate: The Story of Nothing and the Monkey Part Too: Good for Nothing]
Clawthroat - Big Country [Know Yr Roots]

Outing singer-songwriter Faith Boblett for live music and conversation.
Faith Boblett: http://www.myspace.com/faithboblett 

Russ Brown - Thrift Store Suit [The Fugitive Peace]
Marcy Playground - Good Times [Leaving Wonderland...In a Fit of Rage]

R&B and Blues singer Janiva Magness, recent winner at the Blues Music Awards.
Janiva Magness: http://www.janivamagness.com/ 

Janiva Magness - That's What Love Will Make You Do [What Love Will Do]
Sick of Sarah - Bittersweet [Sick of Sarah

Matt Ray - Come Out On Top [Old Crow]

6/25/09 w Jason Edmonds of The Magic Castles
Marcy Playground - Emporer [Leaving Wonderland...in a Fit of Rage]
Matt Ray - Nothings Gonna Change [Old Crow]
Nikki & the Ruemates - Burning Up [We All Live Together]
Adam Hallam - Armageddon [Demo]

Jason Edmonds of The Magic Castles about their sophomore release 'Dreams of Dreams of Dreams'
The Magic Castles: http://www.myspace.com/themagiccastles

Aaron Kaercher - She [User Friendly Radio]
The Lamont Cranston Blues Band f Pat Hayes - You Don't Even Know
Janiva Magness - You Sound Pretty Good [What Love Will Do]

6/18/09 w Ian and Teague Alexy of The Hobo Nephews 
Joseph Downing of Clawthroat - untitled acoustic recording from CSMN

an exclusive interview w Ian and Teague Alexy of The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank about their limited edition EP 'One for the Time Capsule'
The Hobo Nephews: http://www.myspace.com/hobonephewsofunclefrank

Shannon Murray - recorded live on Centerstage MN

The Magic Castles - The Life of Gemini [Dreams of Dreams of Dreams]

6/11/09 w Take Cover Live & Acoustic
Take Cover from Minneapolis Live & Acoustic on Centerstage MN
Take Cover: http://www.myspace.com/takecoverofficial

The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Uncle Frank's Basement [Sing!]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - It Happens All the Time [One for the Time Capsule]

Clawthroat - Cold K [Know Yr Roots]
Clawthroat - Halifax [Know Yr Roots]

Sick of Sarah - Daises [Sick of Sarah]
Sick of Sarah - Breakdown [Sick of Sarah]

The Brothers Burn Mountain - A New Face [The Blood of a Thousand Clouds]
The Magic Castles - Miss You (When I'm Gone) [Dreams of Dreams of Dreams]

The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - 'Ed, You Look Like a Madman' [One for the Time Capsule]

6/4/09 w The Brothers Burn Mountain Live In-Studio
Uncle Shurley - Boots [In Bemidji]
Matt Ray - Old Crow [Old Crow]
Sally Dworsky - As the Snow [Boxes]

The Brothers Burn Mountain LIVE on Centerstage MN
The Brothers Burn Mountain: http://www.myspace.com/ryanjessedermody

The Magic Castles - Letterbox [Dreams of Dreams of Dreams\
Alia Farah - Gypsy [Playground]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - It Happens All the Time [One for the Time Capsule]

The Darbuki Kings - The Breath of the Cobra [Been Laden You Too Long]

Take Cover - Dangerous [EP]

5/28/09 w/ special guests Rich and Tony of The Tisdales
Rich Mattson - Runner [Inspiral Notebooks]
The Hotel Coral Essex - Can't Avoid the Fire [Glisten]

Tony Derrick and Rich Mattson of The Tisdales talk about their debut release Bakers Dozen
The Tisdales: http://www.myspace.com/wearethetisdales 

Meredith Fierke - The Procession [TheProcession]
Uncle Shurley - Ghost in the Machine [Stellar Echoes]

The Brothers Burn Mountain - Where We May Meet [Wild Cat Road]

5/21/09 w/ special guest Joseph Downing of Clawthroat
Bob Dylan calls and interrupts Centerstage MN
Bob Dylan - It's All Good [Together Through Life]

Doug talks with Joseph Downing of Clawthroat about their new EP "Know Yr Roots
More on Clawthroat: http://www.myspace.com/clawthroat 

Ol' Yeller - Under the Tree [Nuzzle]
The Hotel Coral Essex - Little Unknowns [Glisten]

The Tisdales - I'm Getting Out [Bakers Dozen]

5/14/09 w/ special guest Marc Gartman of Two Many Banjos
Uncle Shurley - In Bemidji [In Bemidji]
The Magic Castles - Country Store [Dreams of Dreams of Dreams]

Doug talks with Marc Gartman of Two Many Banjos about the new CD "Can't Slow Me Down"
Two Many Banjos: http://www.myspace.com/twomanybanjos 

Clawthroat - Cold K [Know Yr Roots]

The Darbuki Kings - Zimbob Way Out [Been Laden You Too Long]

5/7/09 w/ special guest Sam Miltich
Clawthroat - Big Country [Know Yr Roots]
Two Many Banjos - Maybelle [Can't Slow Me Down]

Dylan voice mail left for Doug
Bob Dylan - My Wife's Hometown [Together Through Life]
Roma Di Luna - Tamar [Casting the Bones]

Scott Hall talks with Sam Miltich about his new CD with Dave Karr called "Darn That Dream."

Haley Bonar - May Day [Big Star]
The Magic Castles - Autumn Sun [The Lore of Mysticore]
The Brothers Burn Mountain - Bless Me Child With Your Touch [Wild Cat Road]

Sick of Sarah - Not Listening [Sick of Sarah]
The Tisdales - Faces [Bakers Dozen]

4/30/09 w/ special guest Sick of Sarah
The Tisdales - Younger Than You [Bakers Dozen
Take Cover - Dangerous [EP]

Doug talked with Abisha Uhl and Jamie Holm of the Minneapolis indie rockers Sick of Sarah about their self-titled debut.
On the web: www.myspace.com/sickofsarah 

Bob Dylan - Forgetful Heart [Together Through Life]
Doug tried calling Bob Dylan's cell # again
Trampled by Turtles - Shelter from the Storm [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]
Two Many Banjos - She Perished in the Snow [Can't Slow Me Down]

Clawthroat - Helifax [Know Yr Roots]
The Ericksons - What If [Middle of the Night]

Sam Miltich & Dave Karr - Autumn in NY [Darn That Dream]

4/23/09 Bob Dylan Special
Bob Dylan - I Feel a Change Comin' On [Together Through Life]
Doug tried calling Bob Dylan's cell #
The First Ladies - Father of Night [Duluth Does Dylan]
Bittersweet - Mr. Tambourine Man [Mary and Jay do Bob]

Doug talked with singer songwriter Gene LaFond of The Wild Unknown about Bob Dylan, Dylan Days, Scarlet Rivera and their friend Larry Kegan.
Gene LaFond and the Wild Unknown: http://www.genelafond.com/ 

Mason Jennings - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll [I'm Not There]
Crazy Betty - Knockin' On Heavens Door [Duluth Does Dylan]
The State Champs - Oxford Town [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]

Sick of Sarah - Breakdown [Sick of Sarah]

4/16/09 - Grand Rapids Singer/Songwriter Pat Deal
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Heaven Tries (EP Version) [One for the Time Capsule]
Haley Bonar - The Water [...the Size of Planets]
Matt Hoskins - Your Town Now [Demo]

I was joined by local singer songwriter Pat Deal for some live music and conversation about songwriter and the music scene in Grand Rapids.
More info on Pat Deal at: www.myspace.com/patdeal 

Hattie Peterson - Good Bye [Twnety3 Years into 4teen Songs]
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Roots Down Deep [Road Weary]
The Ophovens Family Band - Out of His love [I Want to be Ready]
Charlie Parr - God Moves on the Water [Roustabout]
Two Many Banjos - God Forgives You [Give Me Time]

Bill & Kate Isles - Ain't It Funny [Matching Baggage]
Dancing Light - This Light Becomes You [unreleased recording]
Take Cover - One More Shot [unreleased acoustic recording]
Sick of Sarah - Give Me a Reason [Sick of Sarah]

4/9/09 - Pick 3 w Rich Mattson
Prince - Ol' Skool Company [MPLSOUND]
Janey - Love [Bits and Pieces of Me]
Prophis - Sunshine [Harmony in Chaos]

The Bad Plus - How Deep is Your Love [For All I Care]

Pick 3 w/ Rich Mattson:
The Flamin' Oh's - I Remember Romance [Famingo]
The Replacements - I Will Dare [Let It Be]
The Jayhawks - I'd Run Away [Tomorrow the Green Grass]

Hat & Tie - Fly [Twenty3 Years Into 4teen Songs]
The Honeydogs - Good Fight [Sunshine Committee]
Sick of Sarah - Bittersweet [Sick of Sarah]
Take Cover - Star-Crossed Lovers [Take Cover EP]

Bob Dylan - I Feel A Change Comin' On [Together Through Life]

4/2/09 - Ryan and Jesse of The Brothers Burn Mountain
Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' [Together Through Life]
Bob Mould - Wasted World [Life & Times]
Peter Himmelman - Good Luck Charm [The Mystery and the Hum]

I talked with Ryan and Jesse Dermody of The Brothers Burn Mountain about their latest release "Wild Cat Road."
More online at: http://www.myspace.com/ryanjessedermody 

Roma Di Luna - Pearls for Pigs [Casting the Bones]
Sick of Sarah - Daises [Sick of Sarah]

Meredith Fierke - Train's Song [The Procession]
The Honeydogs - Fiber Optic Paramour [Sunshine Committee] 

Prince - Crimson & Clover [Lotus Flow3r]

3/26/09 - Shannon Murray w/ SisterSong
Clawthroat - Flying Dreams [Cpt Clawthoat Demo]
Podipto - Mr. Robin [Podipto]
Peter Himmelam - Georgia Clay [The Mystery and the Hum]
The Gypsy Prophets - Dreamers Waltz [Juxtapose]

I talked with Bemidji singer, songwriter, activist and community organizer Shannon Murray about the 2nd Annual SisterSong Concert.
Shannon Murray: http://www.shannonmurray.com/ 

The Bad Plus - Comfortably Numb [For All I Care]

Take Cover - Dangerous [Take Cover EP]
My My Misfire - Gypsie [pre-release]

The Brothers Burn Mountain - Three Flames [Wild Cat Road]

3/19/09 Cory Wong
Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club f/ Dave Karr - Ain't Misbehavin' [Just You, Just Me]
The Bad Plus - Semi-Simple Variation (Alt) [For All I Care]
St. Dominic's Trio - Free & Alive [Switch]

I talked Minneapolis jazz guitarist Cory Wong about his debut jazz fusion release "Just You, Just Me."

The Brothers Burn Mountain - I Sleep All Night [Wild Cat Road]

Prophis - Clear the Haze [Harmony in Chaos]
Kritical Kontact - Alright f/ Christine Hoberg [Evolution of Revolution]

Caleigh - Ralph's Watch / Wayfaring Stranger [From the Northland]

3/5/09 Norwood Hall and Caleb Fricke of Uncle Shurley

I was joined in the studio by Norwood Hall and Caleb Fricke of the Bemidji experimental rock band Uncle Shurley to talk about their latest album "Stellar Echoes."
Uncle Shurley: http://www.myspace.com/uncleshurley 

The Brothers Burn Mountain - I Want A Sun to Burst [Wild Cat Road]
The Tisdales - Isn't It Good [Bakers Dozen]

Two Many Banjos - Ditto Kiddo [Give Me Time]

2/26/09 Jake Dilley

We had an on-air listening party to Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy present The Red Ballon with Jake Dilley talking us through the journey.

Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy: http://www.myspace.com/jakedilley 

2/19/09 Enchanted Ape
Mark Olson & Gary Louris - Bicycle [Ready for the Flood]
Yeltzi - Star / Red Rose / Little Grim's Jig [Snow in August]

I talked with Chris O'Brien of Enchanted Ape about their sophomore CD Off the Ground

Jake Dilley & the Color Pharmacy - Holes [The Red Balloon]
Prophis - Bang Bang [Harmony in Chaos]

The Tisdales - Box of Wine [Bakers Dozen]

2/12/09 Thea Ennen & Lisa Kane
Ann Aitken - Gichi-Gigizheb [Minotam Injichaag]
Holly Simons Newton - Forever [Peacescapes: Live Improvisations]
Emily Antonson - Give A Little More [Solo Demo]

I talked with Thea Ennen and Lisa Kane about songwriting and performing.

The Limns - One True Love [The Limns]
Wookiefoot - The Bitter End [Activate]
Kritical Kontact - Sleep Walkers [Evolution of Revolution]

Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy - Did It Have Me? [The Red Balloon]

2/5/09 - Preemptive Strike
Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy - You Can't Blame Me / My Reflection / I Can't Blame You Either / Red Flags [The Red Balloon]

Trampled by Turtles - White Noise [Duluth]
Charlie Parr - Cropduster [Roustabout]

Uncle Shurley - Kellers [Stellar Echoes]
Swing Dogs - Down the Track [Swing Dogs]

I talked with Mike Randy and Jay of the Floodwood hard rock band Preemptive Strike.

Wookiefoot - Be the Change [Activate: The Story of Nothing and the Monkey Part Too: Good for Nothing]
Kritical Kontact - Celebrity Feat/ Christine Hoberg [Evolution of Revolution]

The Gypsy Prophets - Lessons [Juxtapose]
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Talk to Your Daughter [Road Weary]

Lisa Kane - Liberty [Armstrong Avenue]

1/29/09 - Lehto & Wright
Clawthroat - Big Country [Cpt. Clawthroat and Crooked Teeth]

1-29-09 I talked with John Wright of Lehto & Wright about their brand of progressive folk rock.
Lehto & Wright: www.myspace.com/lehtoandwright

Kritical Kontact - Evolution / Alright [Evolution of Revolution]
Atmosphere - Panic Attack [You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having]

Preemptive Strike - Pitch Dark [1st Shot] 

1/22/09 - Encore edition of The Limns Interview
Wookiefoot - Guntanamo [Activate]
Mark Olson & Gary Louris - Bloody Hands [Ready for the Flood]

I talked with Zacc Fricke, Zeke Fricke and Mathieu Brunet, 3 of the 5 members of The Limns about their new self-titled CD.
The Limns: www.myspace.com/thelimns 

Mason Jennings - Never Knew Your Name [In the Ever]
Uncle Shurley - Lonely Lord [Stellar Echoes]
The Tisdales - I'm Getting Out [Bakers Dozen]

Lehto & Wright f/ Matt Jacobs - World Turned Upside Down [The Thrashing Machine and Other Stories]

12/25/08
an hour with Sam Miltich talking about his career, jazz and the new CD from Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club featuring Dave Karr called "Just You, Just Me". 
More info on Sam and Clearwater Hot Club: www.clearwaterhotclub.com/ 

12/18/08
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Another Foolproof Plan [One for the Time Capsule]
Nikki and the Ruemates - I Can't be Satisfied [We All Live Together]
Charlie Parr - The B&J Ain't Nothin' But a Hole in the Ground [Roustabout]

a convesation with Alia Farah - from Tamarack, now Portland, OR - about her album "Playground"

Sick of Sarah - Daises [Sick of Sarah]
Preemptive Strike - Part of the Land [1st Shot]

The Tisdales - Isn't It Good? [Bakers Dozen]

12/11/08 - Marc Gartband
The Tisdasles - Box of Wine [Bakers Dozen]
The Magic Castles - 10,100 [The Lore of Mysticore]
Clawthroat - In the Barn [Cpt. Clawthroat and Crooked Teeth]
Two Many Banjos - Give Me Time [Give Me Time]

a conversation with Marc Gartman and his new CD "Me and My Big Ego" which he put out as Marc Gartband.

Yeltzi - Cold [Snow in August]
Eliza Blue - Oh My Lord [Screen Doors & Back Doors]

Alia Farah - One of These Days [Playground]

12/4/08 - A Rich Mattson Review:
The Tisdales - Faces [Bakers Dozen]
Rich Mattson - Runner [Inspiral Notebooks]
Ol' Yeller - Country Hilt [Good Luck]

The Bitter Spills - Sparta MN Blues [The Bitter Spills Sing Folk Songs V. 3]

KAXE Vounteer producer Charlie Pulkrabek joined Rich Mattson (Ol' Yeller, The Glendrustles, The Tisdales) in his Iron Range studios to talk about his career from the early days trying to break into the Minneapolis music scene all the way through running a recording studio in northern MN today.

Trampled by Turtles - Nobody Else [Duluth]
Two Many Banjos - Ditto Kiddo [Give Me Time]

The Marc Gartband - Who Decides [Me and My Big Ego]

11/20/08

I spent the hour with Sam Miltich talking about his career, jazz and the new CD from Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club featuring Dave Karr called "Just You, Just Me". 
More info on Sam and Clearwater Hot Club: www.clearwaterhotclub.com/ 

11/13/08
Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys - Feelin' Groovy [Road Scholar: Songs from the First Million Miles]
The Pines - Let's Go [Sparrows in the Bell]
Uncle Shurley - Kellers [Stellar Echoes]

I was joined by Matt Thompson, mandolin player, vocalist and fiddler with Minnesota's premiere bluegrass and gospel band Monroe Crossing.
More info on Monroe Crossing at: www.monroecrossing.com 

Conductor Jack and the Zinghoppers - 12 Gates [Bound for Glory]
Roma Di Luna - The Romance of Wolves [Casting the Bones]

Sam Miltich and the Clearwater Hot Club - Just You, Just Me [Just You, Just Me]

11/6/08
Uncle Shurley - The Tramp [Stellar Echoes]
Trampled by Turtles - Pipe Knot [Duluth]
Leo Kottke - Machine #2 [Mudlark]

Enchanted Ape - Crawl [Off the Ground]
Yasen Marie - Bad Sunday [Yasen Marie]
Alia Farah - Gypsy [Playground]
Wookiefoot -Welcome Home [Activate]

The Marc Gartband - All the Young Stallions [Me and My Big Ego]
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' [Best Of...]

Uncle Shurley - Ghost in the Machine [Stellar Echoes]
Trampled by Turtles - Methodism in Middle America [Duluth]
Leo Kottke - Standing In My Shoes [Mudlark]

Monroe Crossing - Into the Fire [Into the Fire]

10/30/08 w/ a live studio audience

I was joined by K.C. Johnson and Pat Downing of High Bongo for 5 sessions of live music!
More info on High Bongo: http://www.highbongo.com/ 

Plus we heard a couple songs from Timmy Haus's new collaboration CD "Road Weary," more info on Timmy at www.timmysmusic.com 

10/23/08
Bob Dylan - Mississippi [Tell Tale Signs, Vol. 8]
Mason Jennings - The Times They Are A Chanin' [I'm Not There]
The State Champs - Oxford Town [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]

10-23-08 I talked with Timmy Haus about his new collaboration CD Road Weary, which he did with John Wilber.
More info on Timmy Haus: http://www.timmysmusic.com 

Trampled by Turtles - The Darkness and the Light [Duluth]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - High Water [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]

Dan Wilson - Free Life [Live at the World Cafe, Vol. 26]
High Bongo - Big Yellow Taxi [High Bongo

10/16/08
Pick 3 with KAXE Intern Deborah Dowling:
The Jayhawks - Blue [Tomorrow the Green Grass]
Mason Jennings - Fighter Girl [In the Ever]
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright [The Freewheelin']

Grock - Comfortably Numb [Live @ 91.7 KAXE]

10-16-08 I talked with Chris O'Brien of Enchanted Ape about their sophomore CD Off the Ground.
More info on Enchanted Ape: www.myspace.com/enchantedape 

John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Corn Bread, Peas, Black Molasses [Road Weary]

10/9/08
Rich Lewis Band - One Party Too Many [One Party Too Many]
Robert 'One-Man' Johnson - So Glad to Be Here [Flusteration!]
Peter Lang - Brownsville Road [Testament]

I was joined by Kiki Carter Webb and Greg Webb of Dancing Light for live music and conversation, and they debuted a song in memory of John Lennon, he would have turned 68 on Oct. 9th, the day of the interview.
More info on Dancing Light: www.dancinglight.us 

Jaspar Lepak - Cold Feet [Make a Pretty Thing]
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Big Boss Man [Road Weary]

Enchanted Ape - Pine Tar Jack [Off the Ground]

10/2/08
Enchanted Ape - 27 Miles [Off the Ground]
John Wilber and Timmy Haus - Talk to Your Daughter [Road Weary]
The Marc Gartband - Who Decides [Me and My Big Ego]

I talked with Zacc Fricke, Zeke Fricke and Mathieu Brunet, 3 of the 5 members of The Limns about their new self-titled CD.
The Limns: www.myspace.com/thelimns 

Golden Smog - Love & Mercy [Stay Golden, Smog]
Andy Dee - Drinking Cheap Wine [Sweet Soul Sewage]

Bob Dylan - Red River Shore [Tell Tale Signs: Bootleg Series Vol. 8, '89-'06]

9/25/08
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Roots Down Deep [Road Weary]
Mason Jennings - I Love You and Buddha Too [In the Ever]
The Marc Gartband - All The Young Stallions [Me and My Big Ego]
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - What A Time [Road Weary]

I talked with Jason Emonds from Bemidji - singer, songwriter and musician with The Magic Castles, a Minneapolis based psychedelic band, we talked about their debut CD The Lore of Mysticore.
The Magic Castles: www.myspace.com/themagiccastles 

Trampled by Turtles - Empire [Duluth]
Two Many Banjos - Give Me Time [Give Me Time]

The Limns - Can't Get You Out of My Head [The Limns]
Wookiefoot - St. Peter and the Serpeant [Activate]
Jaysboatcar - Drifting Into Darkness [Gravity]

9/18/08
Marc Gartband - All the Young Stallions [Me and My Big Ego]
Roma Di Luna - Tamar [Casting the Bones]
John Wilber & Timmy Haus - Big Boss Man [Road Weary]

We were joined by Marc Gartman, singer, songwriter and banjo player with the Duluth group Two Many Banjos about their forthcoming release "Give Me Time."
Two Many Banjos: www.myspace.com/twomanybanjos 

Magic Castles - 10,100 [The Lore of Mysticore]
trYke - Who Said I Wasn't Crazy [Factory]

Terramara - Blue Revolution [Dust & Fiction]
The Limns - This Way (High Am I) [The Limns]

9/11/08
Mason Jennings - Fighter Girl [In the Ever]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Babdoll Blues [Sing!]
Paul Mayasich and Andy Dee - Down Along the Cove [The Dough Bros.]

Ugly Beauty - Hindsight [You are Unique: Just Like Everyone Else]
The Hold Steady - Yeah Sapphire [Stay Positive]
Janiva Magness - Bitter Pill [What Love Will Do]

The Limns - One True Love [The Limns]
Meredith Fierke - Backyard [The Procession]
The Wheeler Dealers - Broken Dreams [Side of the Road]

Wookiefoot - Welcome Home [Activate]
Friends of Yoder - Kitchen Table [Backdoor]
Roma Di Luna - Trouble Down the Road [Casting the Bones]

9/4/08 Timothy William & DJ the DJ
Suburbs - Waiting [Best of... (Dream Hog)]
Renowns - No More 
Underbeats - Foot Stompin' [Big Hits of Mid America]
Jimmy Kaye & Coachman - Gloria [Big Hits of Mid America]
High Spirits - I Believe [Big Hits of Mid America]
Unbelievable Uglies - Sorry [CD]

Litter - Action Woman [Distortion]
Sweet Wine - Bringing Me Back Home [45 rpm]
TC Atlantic - 20 Years Ago [Candy Floss]
Blew Munday - Russell Lund [I Got Your Money]
Hüsker Dü - Actual Condition [Warehouse Songs: Stories]
Cain - Queen of the Night [Pound of Flesh]

Becky Schlegel - Hills of South Dakota [For All the World to See]
Astronaut Wife - Pedestal [City Pages (Compilation)]
Haley Bonar - Highway 16 [Iron Country]

Bob Dylan - Dreamin' of You [Single]

8/28/08
Lamont Cranston Blues Band - I Don't Wanna Know [Featuring Pat Hayes]
Ross William Perry - Everything's Alright [Live: Blues in Greenvilee]

The Brass Kings - 17th Crow Wing Lake Breakdown [Washboard Rope Guitar]
Peter Ostroushko - Baghdad Blues [Postcards]

From Stillwater, Tim Fast joined us live in the studio for music and conversation.
Tim Fast: www.myspace.com/timfastmusic 

The Limns - Can't Get You Out of My Head [The Limns]
Jaysboatcar - Cat's Got My Tongue [Gravity]

Bob Dylan - You Gotta Serve Somebody [Best of...]

8/21/08
Wookiefoot - Activate [Activate]
Bug Wu - Black Rain [Tool for Evening]

Ugly Beauty - Love Spell [You Are Unique "Just Like Everyone Else"]
The Jayhawks - Think About It [Sound of Lies]
Trampled by Turtles - Who's Calling [Trouble]

Tim Fast - They [Starlite  Drive-In]
Mark Kreitzer - My Luck
Nita Velo - Monkey Trap

Kristin Mooney - In the Grass [Hydroplane]
Roma Di Luna - The Romance of Wolves [Casting the Bones]

Paul Westerberg - My Daydream [Come Feel Me Tremble]
Lame Johnny Creek - Look At Me [For Our Children's Children]

8/14/08
Wookiefoot - Dead in the Eyes [Activate]
Big Wu - Oxygen [Folktales]

Lamont Cranston - Play the Blues [Roll With Me]
Terramara - Crying Shame [Four Blocks to Hennepin]
Willie Murphy and the Angel Head Hipsters - The World is a Neighborhood [Monkey in the Zoo]

Amy & Adams - Here Comes My Baby [Live: Under the Covers]
Dukes of Hubbard - Somewhere Where [Planet Reid]
Tim Fast - Get In Line [Starlite Drive-In]

The Limns - This Way [Winterland Sessions]
The Darbuki Kings - Yasser Ubetcha [Lawrence of Suburbia]

8/7/08
Kristin Mooney - As We Fly [Hydroplane]
Meredith Fierke - The Procession [The Procession]
Lame Johnny Creek - Save Ourselves [For Our Children's Children]

We were joined live in the studio by St. Paul acoustic folk due Amy & Adams.
Amy & Adams: http://www.amyandadams.com/ 

Dancing Light - Yes It Does [Rice Cakes from the Moon]
Roma Di Luna - I Can't Afford to be Broke [Casting the Bones]

Terramara - Screaming at the Pouring Rain [Dust & Fiction]
Doug Spartz and Friends - Risky World [The One Who's Leaving]

7/31/08
The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer [Stay Positive]
Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart [The Best of...]
Mason Jennings - I Love You and Buddha Too [In the Ever]

Jaysboatcar - Yeasty Beasty [Gravity]
Sony Holland - Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover [Swing, Bossas, Ballads and Blues]
Terramara - Burn Me Up [Dust & Fiction]

Roma Di Luna - Pearls for Pigs [Casting the Bones]
Cpt. Clawthroat and Crooked Teeth - Cold K [demo]
Podipto - Three Days Running [Podipto]

The Cult of the Sunny Jims - Whistlin' Past the Graveyard [The Shoebox Sessions Vo. 2]
Ol' Yeller - We All Gotta Go [Nuzzle]
Dan Wilson - Free Life [Free Life]

7/24/08
Meredith Fierke - Train Song [Pachyderm: So Large We Ran Out of Room]
Roma Di Luna - Wildfire [Casting the Bones]
trYke - Aili's Cat [facTory]

We talked with Rob Meany, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist of the Minneapolis group Terramara – a progressive power-pop rock group, about their new album called Dust and Fiction.
Terramara: www.myspace.com/terramara 

Tim Mahoney - More Than A Moment [Stay / Leave]
Janiva Magness - I Want a Love [What Love Will Do]

7/17/08
Roma Di Luna - The Romance of Wolves [Casting the Bones]
Paul Mayasich and Andy Dee - Mean Old World [The Dough Bros]
Becky Schlegel - I Need Your Love [For All the World to See]

The Replacements - Happy Town [All Shook Down]
Tapes 'N Tapes - Conquest [Walk It Off]
Terramara - Screaming at the Pouring Rain [Dust & Fiction]

Matthew Fox - How Could I Know? [Tall Tales & Plain Lies]
K.C. Johnson and Pat Downing - I'm Looking Through You [High Bongo]
Mason Jennings - Something About Your Love [In the Ever]

Jim Miller - Midnight Ride On an Angels Breath [Amos]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - 2010 [Sing!]
Cpt. Clawthroat and Crooked Teeth - Cold K [demo]

7/3/08
Paul Mayasich & Andy Dee - Down Along the Cove [The Dough Bros]
The Brass Kings - Tin Man [Washboard Rope Guitar]

Mason Jennings - Never Knew Your Name [In the Ever]
The Shook Twins - Wicked Little Witness [You Can Have the Rest]
Gary Louris - Omaha Nights [Vagabonds]

Our guest was Joseph Downing from Grand Rapids, singer, songwriter and guitarist of Cpt. Clawthroat and Crooked Teeth

Matt Hoskins - Hot Coffee Girl
Trampled by Turtles - Arming of Infants [Trouble]

Prince - Guitar [Planet Earth]

6/26/08 "Recorded Live on CenterStage Minnesota"
Jim Miller
Mary and Don LaPlant - Sorrows Joy
High Bongo

Charlie Parr - A Gambler's Blues
Keith Secola with Melanie Storm - Indian Car
Brian Miller and Norah Rendell - Jack Hagerdy
Robin Anders - Jar Juna

Tim Haus and Mike Miller - McGregor
Tim and Cindy Roggenkamp - I Heard the Bluebirds Sing
SilverFox - G-gay-tah
Murzik

BitterSweet - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl

6/19/08
Mason Jennings - Your New Man [In the Ever]
The Carl Michel Group - Jitterbug [(+)]
Rich Lewis Band - One Party Too Many [One Party Too Many]

Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl joined us Live on Centerstage Minnesota.

Lamont Cranston - You Don't Know [Roll With Me]
Bittersweet - Mr. Tambourine Man [Mary and Jay...Do Bob]
GROCK - Lucky Man [KAXE Live: Greatest Show on Earth]

6/12/08
David Levin - Criminal [Criminal]
Peter Himmelman - Forgiveness Shining [Love Thinketh No Evil]
Roma Di Luna - Tree of Life [Find Your Way Home]

trYke - Crash Landing [Factory]
Ely and the Regular Guys - Dreamt About You [Ely's Diary]
Shook Twins - Wild Fire [You Can Have the Rest]

Cadillac Kolstad & the Flats - Deep Elem Blues [Cadillac Kolstad & the Flats]
Gene LaFond - Some Get the Chair [The Wild Unknown]
Golden Chariots of Mars - Sanctuary [Tales of Talos...and Other Automations]

Steve Ulrich - Biplane [Guy Down the Street]
Sean Egan - Graffito [Alone, Raining]
The Auto Body Experience - EDAJTC [Forgotten Lots]

6/5/08
Shook Twins - Wicked Little Witness [You Can Have the Rest]
Lehto & Wright - East Virginia Blues [The Thrashing Machine and Other Stories]
Sony Holland - Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover [Swing, Bossas, Ballads and Blues]

we were joined by Iron Range musicians Jay Hoiland and Mary Jo Grizzard of BitterSweet to talk about their album "Mary and Jay...Do Bob" and play some Dylan tunes

Ipso Facto - Love the One Your With [Get Ready]
Ruth MacKenzie - Salmon Dance [Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden]

Janiva Magness - That's What Love Will Make You Do [What Love Will Do]
Dancing Light - Suzanne [Rice Cakes from the Moon]

5/29/08
BitterSweet - Mr. Tambourine Man [Mary and Jay...Do Bob]
Tim Mahoney - Theme Song [Stay / Leave]
trYke - Aili's Cat [Factory]

Boiled in Lead - Come in From the Rain [Silver]

Native American flutist SilverFox joined us for music and conversation

High Bongo - You Can't Do That [High Bongo]
Robert Robinson - Bridge Over Troubled Waters [Inspiration]

Terry Price - Homeless [6th Annual Highway 61 Folk Festival]
The Auto Body Experience - Tom Fixed his Spit Valve Spring [Forgotten Lots]

BitterSweet - All Along the Watchtower [Mary and Jay...Do Bob]

5/22/08
We heard a live recording of the Minneapolis band Murzik recorded at Brigids Cross Irish Pub in downtown Bemidji.

5/15/08
Bob Mould - Circles [Body of Songs]
Ol' Yeller - Under the Tree [Nuzzle]

The Bitter Spills - Home Up in the Country [Sing Folk Songs Vol. 3]
The Whistlepigs String Band - You Don't Know My Mind [Fenceline]

Tim and Cindy Roggenkamp joined us from Pequot Lakes for conversation and live traditional country and bluegrass.

Prudence Johnson - Who Woulda Thunk It [The Songs of Greg Brown]
Bob Dylan - Beyond the Horizaon [Modern Times]

The Golden Chariots of Mars - Sanctuary [Tales of Talos...and Other Automations]
Murzik - Oh Woman [Buried]

5/8/08
Live Jazz with Pat Downing, Sam Miltich, Tim Wich and Donnie Vidal as The Mr. Pumpkinhead Quartet.

4/24/08
Dylan Hicks - The Longhorn Days [Poughkeepie]
The Replacements - Kid's Don't Follow [STINK]
The Replacements - Unsatisfied [Let It Be]

Bitter Spills - Home Up in the Country 

KAXE Volunteer Charlie Pulkrabek talked with Rich Mattson about being a working musician in Minnesota.

The Hang Ups - This is the Hand [Comin' Tonight]

4/17/08
K.C. Johnson and Pat Downing - Big Yellow Taxi [High Bongo]
Clearwater Hot Club - All of Me [Sammo]
Randy Casey - All I Ever Wanted [Good Luck]
Ol' Yeller - Jean Jacket [Good Luck]

Tim & Cindy Roggenkamp - We Live in Two Different Worlds [Country and Bluegrass Favorites]
Mary LaPlant - Out of Nowhere [Out of Nowhere]
Bellwether - The Lake [Home Late]
Pat Surface - The Glare [May the Forest Be With You]

Charlie Roth - The Goddamn War [The Rogues of St. Germain]
Bob Dylan - When the Deal Goes Down [Modern Times]
Larry Long - Who Are the Terrorists [Be The Change]

The Minnesota Klezmer Band - Vodka [Gershwin the Klezmer]
Murzik - Dreams Pt. 1 [Buried]

4/10/08
Tim and Cindy Roggenkamp - I Hear the Bluebirds Sing [Country & Bluegrass Favorites]
Paul Metsa - St. Louis County Fair [Whistling Past the Graveyard]

We were joined by songwriter Tim Haus from McGregor and Mike Miller from Grand Rapids.
Check out Tim's website: www.timmysmusic.com

Hattie Peterson - Masters of War [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]
Trampled by Turtles - Shelter from the Storm [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]

Bob Dylan - Friend of the Devil [Stolen Roses]

4/3/08
Janey - Love [Bits & Pieces of Me]
Gary Louris - I Wanna Get High [Vagabonds]
Doug Spartz - Forever Young [The One Who's Leaving]

Local singer and songwriter Matt Hoskins joined us to talk about music, love and inspiration.  More info on Matt is at http://www.myspace.com/matthewhoskins

Podipto - Mr. Robin [Podipto]
Dan Wilson - Free Life [Free Life]

Friends of Yoder - Stealin' [Backdoor]

3/27/08
Bob Mould - Who Needs to Dream [District Line]
Becky Schlegel - Drifter Like Me [Drifter Like Me]
Matthew Hoskins - Hot Coffee Girl [Demo]

Haley Bonar - Highway 16 [Iron County: Compilation]
Boiled in Lead - House Husband's Lament [Alloy: 15 Year Collection]
Astronaut Wife - Pedestal [City Pages Picked to Click - Compilation]
Peter Himmelman - With You [Music in the (MN) Zoo - Compilation]

The Honeydogs - Test Tube Kid [10,000 Years]
G. B. Leighton - Wings Working Overtime [Shake Them Ghosts (Advance)]
Kyx - Something in the Air [The Cave Sessions]

Crow - King of Rock & Roll [Mosaic]
The Electras - This Week's Children [Single, 45rpm]
Koerner, Ray & Glover - Black Dog [Blues, Rags & Hollers]
Sneakers - I Want to be Eccentric [KDWB Original Hometown LP]

Cult of the Sunny Jims - Shakin' Like A Ghost [Shoebox Sessions Vol. 2]

3/20/08
Deeper Blue - Minnesota Rain [Deeper Blue]
Lisa Kane - Mother Nature's Pace [Surroundings]

Mark Tarner talks with members of the Minneapolis progressive blues-rock band Thunderheads.

Mason Jennings - Lilacs [Simple Life]
Alia Farah & The Good Co. - Spring Whimsy [Playground]
The Jayhawks - Stick in the Mud [Sound of Lies]
Big Wu - Break of Day [Spring Reverb]

Boiled in Lead - Ugros (Springtime) [Songs from the Gypsy]
The Brass Kings - When the Springtime Comes [The Brass Kings]

Caleigh - Spring Thunder [Out on a Limb]

3/13/08
Matt Hoskins - Hot Coffee Girl
Friends of Yoder - Kitchen Table [Backdoor]
Prudence Johnson, Ruth Mackenzie & Claudia Schmidt - Grand Inlet [Gales of November: Songs from the acclaimed musical drama "Ten November"]

Leo Kottke - Mockingbird Hill [Try and Stop Me]

St. Cloud musician Charlie Roth joined Rev Dave to talk about his new album Tavern Puzzles.

Boiled in Lead - The Sunset [Silver]
Gary Louris - I Wanna Get High [Vagabonds]

3/6/08
Jaspar Lepak - 8:15 [Good Morning] - Formerly known as Jaspar Loes.
Brian Miller and Norah Rendell - Irish Jigs: Gorgon's and Felix the Cat [Recorded Live on Centerstage Minnesota]

Peter Ostroushko - Baghdad Blues [Our Side of Town: A Red House Records 25th Year Collection]

Mark Tarner talks with Erik Peltoniemi, Minnesota musician and the President of Red House.

Strange Friends - Heads Up Heels Down [Dave's Not Here]
Podipto - Mississippi Woman [Podipto]
Paul Mayasich with Benderheads - Strut (Tah Majal) [Famous Dave's BBQ and Blues Festival 2007]

Janey - Love [Bedroom Project]
David Levin - Sweet Red Wine [Criminal]

2/28/08
Jaysboatcar - Hit It & Quit [Gravity]

A selection of Minnesota Favorites from A.J., John, Seth and Matt from Northern Lights Community School with instructor and KAXE Volunteer Don Vidal:
The Greaseballs - Ride the Texas Surf
Blew Munday - Shoot Out
Kimiwun - Dream Song
Surahoolies - Coming Around the Sun
Bob Dylan - Summer Days
Every Effort Made - Intro

Crazy Betty - Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Duluth Does Dylan]
Leo Kottke - Morning is the Long Way Home [One Guitar, No Vocals]

KAXE Volunteer and local producer Gary Burger talks with Steve Kaul of The Brass Kings.

Thunderheads - Can't Stop Time [Can't Stop Time]

2/21/08
David Levin - Criminal [Criminal]
Golden Smog - Beautiful [Another Fine Day]
Mary Bue - Red Dirt Trails [Homegrown Rawk and/or Roll: Starfire's Mix]

Juniper - Well Well Well
Three Altos - M Mama Bakudala [Camaradas]
Sally Dworsky - Boxes [Boxes]
Charlie Roth - Tavern Puzzles [Tavern Puzzles]

KAXE producer Scott Hall talks with The Renowns, a group of Iron Range teenagers with a hit song in the 1950's

Sweet Papa Dave - Relax Your Mind [Hootin' and a Hollerin']
Thunderheads - The Dream [Can't Stop Time]
Trashville - Wicked Town [Trashville]

Tim Roggenkamp - Makin' A New Home [Northern Lights]
Ol Yeller - When the Ship Comes In [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]

2/14/08
Andy Dee - Lovin' in the Automat [Sweet Soul Sewage]
The Big Wu - Dancing with Lula [Spring Reverb]
Dave Ray - So Glad You're Mind [Snake Eyes]

David Levin - Crazy Fool [Criminal]
Terramara - Crying Shame [Four Blocks to Hennepin]
Deeper Blue - Deeper Blue [Deeper Blue]

Dan Wilson - All Kinds [Free Life]
Sally Dworsky - Sweetest Days [Boxes]
Bellwether - Crooked Heart [Home Late]

Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys - Shangri La [May the Forrest Be With You]
Alia Farah & the Good Co. - Gypsy [Playground]

Charlie Roth - Bed of Coal [Tavern Puzzles]
Podipto - (Lola) You Ease My Achin' Heart [Podipto]

Trampled by Turtles - Still In Love With You [Trouble]

2/7/08
Forty Watt Bulb - Shovel's Length Short [Shovel's Length Short]
Murzik - Feel Like Giving Up [Buried]

KAXE Volunteer of the Year Rev Dave talked with Peter Mitchell from the Minneapolis band Jaysboatcar.

Mark Olson - Winter Song [Salvation Blues]
Monroe Crossing - The Old Cross Road [Into the Fire]

Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants - Left Foot [Brother to the Blues]
Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants - Brother to the Blues [Brother to the Blues]
Little Bobby - Down, Dirty & Mean [Down, Dirty & Mean]

Tangled Roots - Valley Road [Valley Road]

1/31/08
The Brass Kings - Northbound [Washboard Rope Guitar]

Bryan Steenerson from the Minneapolis band Murzik joined us to talk about their upcoming release Buried.

Friends of Yoder - Stealin' [Backdoor]

KAXE Engineer Dan Houg presents audio highlights from a house concert by Bemidji including performances by Eric Carlson, Juniper and Ron Arsenault and Dave Pengra

Lehto and Wright featuring Matt Jacobs - World Turned Upside Down [The Thrashing Machine and Other Stories]
Bob Mould - Return to Dust [District Line]

1/24/08

Dan Wilson - Free Life [Free Life]
Bob Mould - Again and Again [District Line]

Mary Bue - No Turning Back [Boat With No Oars]
Tangletown - Ordinary Freaks [Ordinary Freaks]

KAXE volunteer Gary Burger talk with Charlie Nason, old-time country rocker from Bemidji.

Pick 3 with Jennifer Poenix
Podipto - Good Morning Blues [Podipto]
Junction 51 - Sail Away
Mason Jennings - If You Ain't Got Love [Boneclouds]

Dan Lund - Sleepwalk [Wood & Steel]

1/17/08
Vicky Emerson - Thing or Two [Vicky Emerson]

Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Babydoll Blues [Sing!]
Charlie Roth - Believe [Tavern Puzzles]
Andy Dee - Drinkin' Cheap Wine [Sweet Soul Sewage]
Jaysboatcar - Drifting Into Darkness [Gravity]

Rich Mattson - So Many Faces [Inspiral Notebooks]
Alia Farah - Remix [Playground]

The Wheeler Dealers - Broken Dreams [Side of the Road]
Doug Spartz w/ Tom Gillam - Risky World [The One Who's Leavin']
Steve Carlson - Hey Ho [PleasantVille]

K.C. Johnson and Pat Downing - I Misunderstood [High Bongo]
Roma Di Luna - Ghost Dance [Find Your Way Home]
Gaels - Dark Island [Whack Fol La Di La]
Prudence Johnson - Out of the Night [Little Dreamer...Lullabies for Young and Old]
Marcy Playground - A Cloak of Elven Kind [Marcy Playground]

1/10/08
Big Ditch Road - Country Bar & Grill [Ring] 
The Magnolias - Time Bomb [Better Late Than Never]

Mason Jennings - Living in the Moment [Century Spring]
Pat Surface and the Boundary Water Boys - End of the Road [Due North]

KAXE volunteer Gary Burger talks with Lance Benson, singer-songwriter from Bemidji. [www.lancebenson.com]

Alia Farah & The Good Co. - Good 4 U [Playground]
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank - Love Don't Kill [Sing!]
Trampled by Turtles - Still In Love with You [Trouble]

1/3/08
Alicia Corbett - Slide It In [Alicia Corbett]
Peter Himmelman - A Dog Can Drink Stagnant Water [The Pigeon's Couldn't Sleep]
Dave Pirner - Teach Me to Breathe [Faces and Names]

Singer songwriter Jeffrey Clarke joined us live in the studio to talk about his new album Ghost Town and play some music.

Diane Jarvi - Little Leatherwing Bat [Wild Gardens]
Willow - Vertigo [Island of Light]

The Replacements - Attitude [All Shook Down]

12/27/07
Boiled in Lead - Harout [Orb]
Keith Secola with Moontee Sinquah - 4R Ancestors [Wild Band of Indians]
Murzik - Bluebird [Murkiz]

World Percussionist, Robin Anders, from Boiled in Lead joined us live in the studio.

Roma Di Luna - The Devil Walks [Find Your Way Home]
Jeffrey Clarke - Ghost Town [Ghost Town]

12/20/07
Brenda Weiler - Christmas Sweater [Cold Weather]
Scott Froseth - The Reason for the Season [If You Knew Me]
Boiled In Lead - Arpad's Guz [Old Lead]

We talk with Barb Ryman from Minneapolis about her new album Earthbound.

Matthew Hoskins - Unfinished Song [Demo CD]

Pick 3 with Susan Lick
Prince - Guitar [Planet Earth]
Prudence Johnson - Who Woulda Thunk It [Songs of Greg Brown]
Backroad - Movin' On [Backroad]

Paul Metsa - Christmas at Molly's [Lincoln's Bedroom]

12/13/07
Podipto – Love of the One [Podipto]
Barb Ryman – The Empire is Falling [Earthbound]
Peter Himmelman – The Pigeons Couldn’t Sleep [The Pigeons Couldn’t Sleep]
Boiled In Lead – Son, Oh Son [Orb]

Pick 3 with Rev Dave
Jaysboatcar – Who [Gravity]
Hattie Peterson – Masters of War [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]
Friends of Yoder – Backdoor [Backdoor]

Dan Wilson w/ Sheryl Crow on Harmony Vocals – Sugar [Free Life]
Roma Di Luna – Ghost Dance [Find Your Way Home]
JG Everest – First Snow in Kenai [Parade]
Mary Everett – Night Wish [Little Things]

12/6/07
Steve Hirsh - Namekagon [Black Ice]

KAXE volunteer Gary Burger talks with Caleigh, an eclectic Celtic group from Bemidji.

Pick 3 with D.J. the DJ
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (Bird is the Word) [Surfin' Bird]
The Greaseballs - Froggy Went A-Surfin' [Wake Up and Smell The Greaseballs]
The Greaseballs - Psycho Surf a Go-Go [Tombstone Wax]
The Greaseballs - Cyclop's Surfer [Tombstone Wax]

Rich Mattson - Runner [Inspiral Notebooks]
Bob Dylan - Rollin' and Tumblin' [Modern Times]

Kid Jonny Lang and the Big Bang - Smokin' [Smokin']

11/29/07 with host Timothy William
Litter - Action Woman [Distortions]
Lightning - 1930 [Lightning]
Crow - Evil Woman [Best of...]
Sweet Wine - Things You Told Me [An Old 45rpm]

The Blue Up -Breath You Out [Spool Forka Dish]
Trip Shakespeare - Diane (11/26/91) [Bootlegs Vol. 1 - Live @ 1st Ave
Replacements - I'll Be You [All for Nothing]
Peter Himmelman - Waning Moon [Gematria]
Suburbs - Love is the Law [Ladies and Gentlemen]

Soul Asylum - Down On Up to Me [Hang Time]
The Soviettes - #1 is Number Two [City Pages Picked to Click]
Doug Spartz - Risky World [The One Who's Leaving]
Deb Brown & Blonde Faith - Son of Preacher Man [Deb Brown & Blonde Faith]

Jayhawks - Waiting for the Sun [Live from the Women's Club (Mpls)]

11/22/07 - A performance by Due North recorded live on 91.7 KAXE during the Original Blue Grass Show, Backporch Harmony with Denny Mager.

11/15/07
Dan Wilson - Easy Silence [Free Life]

Keith Secola with Melanie Storm joining on vocals stopped by the studio. [Online at: http://www.myspace.com/keithsecolawildband]

Bemidji native Brian Miller and Canadian flutist and singer Norah Rendell joined us. [Online at: http://www.norahrendell.com/]

Big Ditch Road - County 57 [Ring]

Prince - When Doves Cry [Purple Rain]

11/8/07
Forty Watt Bulb -Laramine [Shovel's Length Short]
Dan Wilson - Free Life [Free Life]

Barb Ryman - The Great Invisible Woman [Earthbound]
Mason Jennings - The Times They are a Changing [I'm Not There]

Dakota Dave Hull interview

Sam Miltich & the Clearwater Hotclub featuring Don Vidal - The Mooche [Some of these Days]
The Moose Wallow Ramblers - I Like It in Duluth [The Moose Wallow Ramblers]

Bill Isles - Headin' North [The Shores of my Hometown]

11/1/07
Monroe Crossing - Who's That Knockin' at My Door [Into the Fire]
Tangled Roots - The One that Got Away [Valley Road]
Mary LaPlant - Runaway Fiddle [Out of Nowhere]

Caleigh - From the Northland [From the Northland]
Pat Surface with the Boundary Water Boys - Our Shangri-la [May the Forest Be With You]

K.C. Johnson - No Friend of Mine [There I Am]
Max J - Next Time [Take Me In]
Alia Farah & the Good Co. - Good 4 U [Playground]
Rich Mattson - Pig's Feet [Inspiral Notebooks]

Andy Dee - Lovin' at the Automat [Sweet Soul Sewage]
Ol' Yeller - Wherever You've Been [Good Luck]

Bob Dylan - One More Cup of Coffee [Desire]

********* - I Like it in Duluth - trivia question

10/25/07
Friends of Yoder - Driftin Blues [Backdoor]
Jonny Lang - Turn Around [Turn Around]
Tina and the B-Sides - No Holding Back [It's All Just the Same]

The Wheeler Dealers - I'll Find My Way [Side of the Road]
Peter Himmelman - The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep [The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep]
Dan Israel - Song for Africa [Turning]

Lance Benson - Something to Hold On To [Mornings and Afternoons]
Barb Ryman - This Empire is Falling [Earthbound]
Bob Nordquist - Cloquet, MN - 1918 [Kettle River]

Bill Isles - The Shores of My Hometown [The Shores of My Hometown]

Hüsker Dü - Friend, You've Got to Fall [Warehouse: Songs & Stories]

10/18/07 Charlie Parr performed a live in-house concert at KAXE.

10/11/07
Dan Israel - Counting on You [Turning]
The Hotel Coral Essex - Little Unknowns [Glisten]
K.C Johnson and Pat Downing of High Bongo interview
Barb Ryman - Road to Who Knows Where [Earthbound]
Golden Smog - You Make It Easy [Another Fine Day]

10/4/07
Bob Nordquist - Cloquet MN - 1918 [Kettle River]
Caleigh - Ralph's Watch/Wayfaring Stranger [From the Northland]
Jaysboatcar - Who [Gravity]

Pick 3 with Timothy William
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone [Essential]
The Litter - Little Red Book [Emerge]
Kyx - Can't Wish It Away [Work-In-Progress]

Mason Jennings - Be Here Now [Boneclouds]
Thea Ennen and the Algorhythms - Baby Zoom Lens [Maintenance Angels]
The Wheeler Dealers - Broken Dreams [Side of the Road]

9/27/07
K.C. Johnson - Whatcha Gotto Do [There I Am]
The Jayhawks - Blue [Tomorrow the Green Grass]
The First Ladies - Father of Night [Duluth Does Dylan]
Brenda Weiler - Scatter [Cold Weather]
Trampled by Turtles - Still In Love With You [Trouble]
Mark Olson Interview
The Brass Kings - Heavy Hands [The Brass Kings]
Koerner, Ray & Glover - Black Dog Blues [One Foot in the Groove]

9/20/07
Tina and the B-Sides - In My Own Time [It's All Just the Same]
Jaysboatcar - Cat's Got My Tongue [Gravity]
Doug Spartz Interview
Semisonic - Temptation [Great Divide]

9/13/07
Christopher Paul - Illusions [With In]
Terramara - Crying Shame [Four Blocks to Hennepin]
Charlie Parr - Blind Willie McTell [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]
Calamity Jean - Shady Side of the Street [Drinking and Driving]
Mary LaPlant Interview
Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello [Blood on the Tracks]
Doug Spartz w/ Eilen Jewell - I've Always Been Crazy [The One Who's Leaving]

9/6/07
Trampled by Turtles - Shelter from the Storm [Duluth Does Dylan Revisited]
Podipto - (Lola) You Ease My Achin' Heart [Podipto]
Miriam Tell - So Long [Dewpoint]
Jim Miller Interview
Bob Dylan - Girl of the North Country [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]
K.C. Johnson and Pat Downing - I'm Looking Through You [High Bongo]
Leo Kottke - Bumble Bee [Anthology]

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