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Folk, Jazz & World

• Claudia Russell performs in The Current studio
  Claudia Russell admits to once having a "love/hate" relationship with California, until she found a home in Berkeley. But she absolutely loves the midwest and returns here annually to see Minnesota and Wisconsin in the summertime. She and her husband, Bruce Kaplan, visited us over a year ago when Claudia had a bad head cold. So she's back to do a "make good" performance.July 12, 2007
• Jimmy LaFave performs in the Current studio
  Austin, TX has loads of good songwriters. To be good songwriter them and to be making a living at it puts you in pretty good company. Jimmy LaFave is there.July 2, 2007
• Fiddler explores music to die for
  Hardanger fiddle music is not exactly a chart topper in this country. Even so, a Minneapolis musician is devoting her life to helping audiences appreciate the centuries-old Norwegian musical tradition. Karen Torkelson Solgard is also giving the music an unmistakable American accent.June 28, 2007
• Monroe Crossing perform in the Current studio
  Monroe Crossing does it the old-fashioned way: by standing around one microphone, leaning in and backing off when they have to balance the overall sound of the five instruments and vocal harmonies. It's a dance they make about 150 times a year in concerts all over the Midwest.June 28, 2007
• Xavier Rudd performs in the Current studio
  On his newest CD, "White Moth," Australian Xavier Rudd charts his spiritual journey over the past few years. On this release, he pays respect to Australia's indigenous people, and features guest vocals from Aboriginal singers.June 20, 2007
• Clearwater Hot Club peform in the Current studio
  Twenty-two year old Guitarist Sam Miltich is in the process of releasing his third album. He and his father Matthew formed the Clearwater Hot Club some years ago to play the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli.June 20, 2007
• Willy Mason performs in the Current studio
  Do you tell your kids to go directly to college after high school, or do you tell them to take a year off and figure out their life? Maybe you're like Willy Mason: he was planning to go to college, but ended up touring at age 17.June 19, 2007
• The Pines live in the Current studio
  The Pines now call Minneapolis home, but the both David Huckfeldt and Benson Ramsey hail from Iowa. The duo blend folk, blues, and country and share the singing and songwriting duties on their Red House Records debut "Sparrow in the Bell."June 6, 2007
• Charlie Parr performs live in the Current studios
  The new album from Bluesman Charlie Parr was recorded in his neighbor's garage - birds chirping, water on the floor, kids running by - and he feels that the setting allowed him to perform like he wanted.May 30, 2007
• Rachel Ries performs in the Current studios
  When we last met our hero she had driven all night to join us in Jackson for our live show at the Historic State Theater last summer.May 24, 2007
• West Bank festival has Pan-African vision
  Organizers are developing the Twin Cities' first Pan-African cultural festival. "Afrifest" is designed to introduce Minnesota's African immigrants to each other and the larger population.May 18, 2007
• A musician who bridges musical worlds
  Jazz great Branford Marsalis joins Midmorning to discuss his music, the meaning of jazz, and a career that has seen him work with artists from Miles Davis to Sting to the Grateful Dead.Midmorning, May 16, 2007
• Cliff Eberhardt performs in the Current studio
  Cliff Eberhardt was on the verge of ending his career after recovering from a serious car accident, but the songs kept coming and led him to record another album for Red House Records.May 7, 2007
• Susan Werner performs in The Current studios
  Susan Werner brings to her music a background in classical, jazz, folk and rock music. She's no stranger to several instruments and has been known to launch into an aria during her folk concert tours.May 2, 2007
• Gang Font performs in studio
  It's a band that rocks the proverbial boat with a punk-ish gait supplanted by youthful vigor. On this outing, bassist Greg Norton (Husker Du), keyboardist Craig Taborn, drummer Dave King (Bad Plus), and bassist/guitarist Eric Fratzke (Happy Apple) pursue unbalanced injections of prog-rock, topped-off with angst-ridden licks, pounding beats and more.April 25, 2007

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