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• The Bad Plus in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio
  It's not easy to categorize the band The Bad Plus. They're a combination of jazz, pop, rock and a little but of Rush thrown in for good measure. They join Marianne Combs in the Maud Moon studio for a live performance and a look back at a decade of confounding musical expectations.Midmorning, December 23, 2011
• A life transformed by song
  Veteran singer and actor T. Mychael Rambo has seen highs and lows in his life. He's gone from a bout with addiction and living at the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul to performing at Carnegie Hall. He joins Midmorning to talk about his career as a performer and his role as a cultural and civic leader in the Twin Cities.Midmorning, December 21, 2011
• Davina and the Vagabonds in the Maud Moon studio
  Davina and the Vagabonds fuse New Orleans jazz, blues, soul and swing into a mix that has been called a musical time machine. They join Midmorning in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio to talk about their music and perform songs from their new album, Black Cloud.Midmorning, December 15, 2011
• New book recounts Minn. Orchestra musician's complex, incredible life
  The sounds of the Minnesota Orchestra are conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - an association that has lasted for over 50 years.December 13, 2011
• 'Funkytown' songwriter leads copyright fight against music industry
  An obscure provision in American copyright law could stir up a massive legal battle between the music industry and some of its biggest stars, and Minnesota's "Funkytown" songwriter Steven Greenberg and his attorney are leading the charge.December 6, 2011
• Christmas Carols that didn't make the cut
  Philip Brunelle and the members of VocalEssence join Kerri Miller in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio for a celebration of Christmas carols odd and obscure.Midmorning, December 1, 2011
• Musician Patty Larkin celebrates 25 years in the business
  Patty Larkin has been called both a "contemplative songwriter" and a "whoop-ass guitarist." To celebrate 25 years in the music business, she's put out an album of 25 of her most requested songs, recorded with 25 of her favorite artists. Recorded on March 28, 2011.Midmorning, November 18, 2011
• The smooth sounds of Al Jarreau
  Jazz singer Al Jarreau has been in the music buiness for 40 years, but music was not always a major force in his life. He joins Midmorning to discuss his career, and explain when he decided that he would make singing his life.Midmorning, November 15, 2011
• Bernice Johnson Reagon: Song leader and scholar
  Singer, scholar and civil rights activist Bernice Johnson Reagon knows from personal experience the powerful connection between music and protest. She joins Midmorning to talk about the music of the civil rights movement and the power of collective singing.Midmorning, November 11, 2011
• Slideshow: Polica at the Turf Club
  Still in its infancy, the new band Polica -- fronted by Channy Casselle formerly of Roma di Luna, and featuring additional members from Marijuana Deathsquads, Vampire Hands and Digitata -- performed to a packed Turf Club on Monday night.November 8, 2011
• Ray Davies rebooted
  Ray Davies has written some of the most memorable songs in the rock 'n' roll canon. On his new album, Davies opens up a few of these songs to reinterpretation with the help of Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne and a host of others. He joins Midmorning to discuss his music, his career and why he felt it was time to revisit some of his greatest hits.Midmorning, November 8, 2011
• Magos Herrera taps Mexico's African roots
  When jazz singer Magos Herrera takes the stage tonight at the Ordway, she won't be trying to channel any of the great voices of her genre's majestic tradition, as much as she admires them.October 28, 2011
• Dessa's new direction
  Hip hop artist Dessa joined Kerri Miller last week in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio to discuss how she started rapping, her song writing process, and why the she felt compelled to rework earlier songs for her new album "Castor, the Twin." She also performed three songs from the album.Midmorning, October 26, 2011
• Mary Jane Alm In Studio
  Mary Jane Alm and friends perform music on Radio Heartland from her new record, "Me and the Wild Blue."October 20, 2011
• The sounds of the Twin Cities
  From Prince to Husker Du to Brother Ali, the Twin Cities music scene has been fluorishing now for more than three decades. Midmorning looks at the elements that have made the Twin Cities a musical hotbed.Midmorning, October 18, 2011

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