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Folk, Jazz & World

  • Roger McGuinn, a founding father of folk
    After 50 years in music, Roger McGuinn is credited with founding the jangly guitar sound of the 60s supergroup he founded, the Byrds. He continues to tour, perform and record a folk song every week to pay homage to his roots.Midmorning, September 15, 2009
  • Singer Dar Williams and the Promised Land
    Dar Williams' witty lyrics and feminist folk rock sensibility have made her a star singer/songwriter of the folk festival circuit during her 15-year career.Midmorning, August 21, 2009
  • Charlie Parr performs on Radio Heartland
    Charlie Parr stops by between tours to play some songs from his latest CD, "Roustabout."August 12, 2009
  • 40th anniversary of Woodstock
    It was billed as three days of peace, love, and music, but it turned out to be much bigger than anyone expected. Forty years after the great gathering on Max Yasgur's farm, a nation reflects on the music and the meaning of Woodstock.Midmorning, August 7, 2009
  • Hot Tuna's long journey
    From their high school years through the turbulent times with Jefferson Airplane and their partnership in Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have been making music together for more than 50 years. They join Midmorning to talk about their long-running musical partnership.Midmorning, August 3, 2009
  • The Roe Family Singers on Radio Heartland
    The Roe Family Singers perform songs from "The Earth and All That Is In It" in the studio.July 16, 2009
  • Maguire, Wagner and Glover Celebrate Woody Guthrie
    Charlie Maguire, Pop Wagner and Tony Glover get together to perform Woody Guthrie songs on, what would have been, his 97th birthday.July 9, 2009
  • After 35 years with APHC Keillor looks back and forward
    This weekend a large crowd came to Avon, Minnesota, for the special 35th-anniversary broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.July 1, 2009
  • Two Many Banjos perform on Radio Heartland
    Everybody knows a banjo joke or two. But what happens when the plucky bluegrass instrument takes over a band? Can you have too much of a good thing?June 24, 2009
  • The Orange Mighty Trio performs on Radio Heartland
    Local "bluegrassical" trio, The Orange Mighty Trio, performs songs from their new album in the studio.June 11, 2009
  • Nikki and the RueMates perform on Radio Heartland
    Nikki and the RueMates perform songs from their new album, "We All Live Together".June 3, 2009
  • James Hersch performs on Radio Heartland
    James Hersch has done the coffeehouse circuit and house concerts and sold handfuls of records. But with the audiences changing and listeners' buying habits shifting, he's decided to go a different direction with "The 52 Song Project."May 30, 2009
  • Gypsy Mania performs on Radio Heartland
    "Hot club" jazz isn't new to Minnesota. In fact, there are several bands in the region performing the 20th Century style of jazz attributed to Django Reinhardt and Stephanne Grappelli. And the members of Gypsy Mania say the Twin Cities, in fact, has become the center for that style of music lately.May 30, 2009
  • Saturday Night at the Stage Door Piano Bar
    Dan Chouinard and friends recorded live at the Fitzgerald Theater May 30, 2009.May 30, 2009
  • Tim Sparks performs on Radio Heartland
    Local guitarist Tim Sparks has been all over the musical globe in the past few decades since moving to Minnesota. He was one of the founding members of the jazz trio Rio Nido. He's also recorded albums of European and Mediterranean folk music as well as classical music.May 26, 2009

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