Folk, Jazz & World

• Sharing a swingin' archive
  Bob DeFlores' film archive is one of the largest private collections in the country. A new partnership with Normandale Community College will make many of his rare, historical films available for educational institutions.May 1, 2008
• Lucy Wainwright Roche performs in The Current studios
  So if your parents are musicians and your siblings and all of your friends are also musicians, it's in the stars that YOU would become a musician. Right? "Nope", says Lucy Wainwright Roche.May 1, 2008
• The New Roots Duo performs in The Current studios
  The New Roots Duo is comprised of a pair of local fingerstyle guitarists, Ben Woolman and Dan Schwartz. Both have successful individual careers in the music industry, but found that their playing styles fit well together.April 30, 2008
• Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman perform in The Current studio
  Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman are making a pass through Minnesota. The duo, from upstate New York, originally started as a band, but have honed their sound down to a duo with Pete's amazing guitar work and Karen's voice and love for percussion.April 24, 2008
• Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion perform in The Current studio
  Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion have been busy. They're on the road, complete with guitars, pens, paper, and kids.April 23, 2008
• The joy of pipa
  Gao Hong is the master of the ancient Chinese lute known as the pipa. Since arriving in Minnesota, she's taken the instrument into surprising new territories by collaborating with musicians from a diverse range of cultures and traditions. She's making her Carnegie Hall debut this month.April 18, 2008
• Peter Ostroushko performs in The Current studio
  "Lordy Lucas!" That was almost the name of the Peter Ostroushko's Heartland Band, but an executive nixed it. No matter what you call it, Ostroushko's band and concerts over the past several years in the Midwest have gathered fans for the local musician.April 17, 2008
• A triumph on the trombone
  A member of the first family of jazz, Delfeayo Marsalis, plays a tribute to a New Orleans great Louis Armstrong.Midmorning, April 17, 2008
• Storyhill performs in The Current studios
  Following the success of their Red House Records debut recording, Storyhill has been constantly touring, playing coffee houses, colleges, festivals and winning songwriting contests. And somehow, through all the miles Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson have also found time to write.April 11, 2008
• Peter Lang performs in The Current studio
  It seems at one time or another in a music legend's life, he returns to the music that got him into the career in the first place. That's what Peter Lang did. His twelfth album is being released this week and after a career being labeled a folk and fingerstyle guitar ace, Lang is returning to his blues roots.April 9, 2008
• Pat Donohue performs in The Current studio
  Pat Donohue is no stranger to public radio listeners all across the country as the ace guitarist of the Guy's All Star Shoe Band on A Prairie Home Companion. He's also from Minnesota, based in St. Paul, and can be seen with various combinations of musicians around the area.March 26, 2008
• Boiled In Lead performs in The Current studios
  It's been 25 years since Boiled In Lead started playing music in the Twin Cities area. Over the years, the band has released several records, seen bars and nightclubs come and go (and crash and burn) and has had a few personnel changes too.March 17, 2008
• Pert' Near Sandstone performs in The Current studio
  Local bluegrass band Pert' Near Sandstone performs in studio to promote elementary music fundraiser at First Avenue.March 13, 2008
• Hanners and King perform in The Current studio
  David Hanners and Bernie King are among several Twin Cities musicians are gathering on the anniversary of Townes Van Zandt's birthday, March 6,2008 at Lee's Liquor Lounge to pay tribute to the late songwriter.March 6, 2008
• The Brass Kings perform in The Current studio
  Everything but the kitchen sink. That's what your stage looks like when The Brass Kings show up to play a gig. They haul in a washboard, part of a refrigerator door, an old washtub, some rope, a pole, and an arm load of various guitars.February 28, 2008

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