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Jake Rudh

Jake Rudh

Host, Transmission
Minnesota Public Radio
jrudh@mpr.org


Jake Rudh is host of "Transmission," the program heard on 89.3 The Current every Thursday night at 10pm. Jake has worked in music for over 20 years most recently with alternative favorites REV 105 and Radio K. For the past 10 years, he has been voted "best club DJ" in the Twin Cities by the readers of City Pages magazine and brings the varied mix of the club nights to the airwaves each Thursday night with a different theme to the show. Being named after the Joy Division classic, the program is heavily centered around new wave and British pop and Jake will often host in-studio sessions and interview musicians from those worlds...most recently Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music, Duran Duran's John Taylor, synth-pioneer Thomas Dolby and Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club co-founder Chris Frantz.

Jake Rudh Feature Archive

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Bryan Ferry

Jake Rudh interviews iconic Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry

Singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry is a musical icon whose career spans from the several classic albums released by his band Roxy Music in the '70s and early '80s into a long, eclectic and accomplished solo career. (04/19/2013)
Jake Rudh

Transmission's Top Songs of 2012

Transmission's roots are in the worlds of post-punk, new wave, synth, power & dream pop, shoegaze, psych, mod, space and Krautrock. Here are Jake Rudh's picks for the top Transmission songs of 2012. (01/03/2013)
'In the Pleasure Groove'

Duran Duran's John Taylor speaks with Jake Rudh

John Taylor, the iconic bassist and co-founder of Duran Duran opens up to Transmission host Jake Rudh. (11/30/2012)

Transmission's Top Five Morrissey/Smiths Dancefloor Jams

Morrissey returns to Minneapolis this month. Tranmission's Jake Rudh lists the top Moz/Smiths jams that get folks out on the dance floor for his Transmission dance nights. (10/04/2012)

Thomas Dolby performs in the Current studio

Thomas Dolby has been making music for over 30 years, has collaborated with the likes of David Byrne, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock, been called "a brilliant talent" by David Bowie, wrote the synth patch you hear in many of your cell phones and was zapped into our homes via MTV in the 1980's with a catchy little number called "She Blinded Me with Science" among others. (04/12/2012)