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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
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"Smells Like Teen Spirit," in particular sounds like a modal jazz tune. That's one of the funniest things to me. It says so much about people's att...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 16:32
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 1
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"We have a mixture of many elements from the world. The classical music from Europe- the sense of melody and deep harmonic sense- and on the other ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
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"I always thought of the acoustic bass as the quintessential jazz instrument... I knew that jazz meant cool, and hip, and on the cutting edge, and ...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Benny Goodman
In the 1930’s, the clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, brought jazz stylings to mainstream America. With this short feature jazz historian a...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus is considered one of the most creative and original voices in American jazz. Uniquely sensitive to the plight of the dispossessed, h...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Lonnie Smith
"They name it -- they just come up with all kinds of names..."'Funk'... 'jazz' or... 'acid jazz.' Or they named it 'boogaloo.' We don't know anyth...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 10:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze and hosts discuss the Santa Fe and Chihuahuan desert and how vastness comes through in the pace of poems. Sze reads the Poem of the Wee...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Julie Gard is a prose poet that lives in Duluth and teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She writes about art, travel, family, ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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Anthony Swann likes music, physical books, coffee houses and he lives with his cat, Samba, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Here, Swann presents his poem, "B...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
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Bob Dylan’s voice has been compared to sandpaper and described as "a catarrhal death rattle." Blues music aficionado Devon Strolovitch discusses th...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Filmmaker Duncan Riddell joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his new film, "Older Children," which premieres in Chicago November 10th.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 23:10
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Actor/filmmaker Danny Rhodes joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his upcoming directorial debut, "Released."

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 23:33
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Filmmaker Stephen Cone joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his acclaimed ensemble drama, "The Wise Kids."

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 45:17
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"I felt like I had to do more in order for people to think of what they would think of another musician—about the level of intellect or artistry of...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 17:44
  • Purchases: 1
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"Sometimes I hear jazz and it sounds like hip cats playing for other hip cats to dig instead of taking more of a chance by trying to relate to the ...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode features melodies of the Sukkot holiday, a classic holiday prayer, & tunes celebrating the harvest.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Actress Allison Torem joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss her acclaimed work in David Schwimmer's stage version of "Trust" and Stephen Cone's indi...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:39
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Andy features varied Sephardic music and an interview with Kat Parra on this episode. Enjoy!

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Connie Evingson - "Sweet Happy Life"
Renowned jazz musician Sam Miltich interviews Connie Evingson about her career in Minnesota's music scene. We also hear music from Alison Scott, Ch...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Filmmaker James Francis Flynn joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his upcoming picture, "The Stick-Up Kid."

  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 28:56