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Tonight’s Twin Cities Weekend focuses on a Thursday thing. But to the swing dancers at the Wabasha Caves in Saint Paul, Thursday is part of the Weekend. This Thursday the music is provided by The Moonlight Serenaders. Phil Nusbaum talked to Linda Ness about the group.

Ashley Musana from AchieveMpls stopped by Jazz88 to talk about upcoming career events for high school students in the metro area.

Debbie Duncan and Andrew Walesch, Minnesota jazz icons meet Monday night at 7:30 at Crooners to celebrate the holiday season. Phil Nusbaum visited Debbie and Andrew as they sat at the piano working on their show.

The jug Sluggers eclectic acoustic trio has been singing and playing together for decades. The group plays this Friday at 7PM at Dun Brothers on Grand in Saint Paul. Tom Cornish and Russ Rayfield got together with interviewer Phil Nusbaum to talk about this most unusual acoustic group, and they were talking about one of their songs, My Home is on the Prairie.

Singer Mick Sterling performs An Andy & Bing Christmas with singer (and Super Bowl Champion) Ben Utecht. Sterling's 30 Days Foundation presents Sunday's concert free.

Singer/songwriter Nancy Harms talks about her new album "She" and her upcoming show at Crooners.

Eric Christopher the fiddler and Anthony ihrig on the banjo, members of the High 48s for about a dozen years. You can catch the act Wed November 27 at 8PM at Café 318 is Excelsior. When Eric and Anthony talked to Phil Nusbaum, Eric was saying that duet treatments of tunes like Jean Marie, written for Erik’s wife, freshens up the tunes.

Heather Masse called into the Morning Show to talk about her new album with pianist Jed Wilson and the upcoming Prairie Home Christmas Show.

Natania & Ticket to Brasil will celebrate their CD release with a party at Icehouse Sunday, Nov. 24 at 6. Guitarist and composer Pavel Jany stopped by the Morning Show.

Christian McCleary from the St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium, Trey Edwards and DJ Brooks talk about the Rites of Passage Pathway and the Council for Black Male Success on Jazz88's Morning Show.

The multi-genre American Roots Revue convened by Larry Long is back with its original cast at the Dakota in Minneapolis, this Saturday at 7 and 9:30 PM. The participants enjoy sharing their idioms with each other as when Tanya Hughes sings with Larry Long. Larry was interviewed by Phil Nusbaum.

Davina Lozier from Davina and the Vagabonds talks about their upcoming three-night stand at Crooners.

Sixteen-year-old Sophia Kickhofel stopped by Jazz88's Morning Show to talk about her upcoming gig at Crooners in the Dunsmore Room.

Saturday Nov 23 marks the 287th consecutive week that Steve trumpeter Kenny has booked jazz into the Black in Saint Paul. And on that night at 7PM, Volume 3 of the Twin Cities jazz sampler will be released to the public. Groups led by Ted Olsen, Lila Ammons and Steve Kenny will perform. When Steve talked to Phil Nusbaum, they spoke first of the Ted Olsen Quintet.

Guitarist, vocalist and composer "Radio Joe" Demko has his CD release party with his band the Jazzbos on Monday, Nov. 18 at Mancini's in St. Paul.

Vocal quartet Moore by Four performs the Main Stage at Crooners Supper Club Monday, Nov. 18.

Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski talks about her upcoming show with pianist Jeremy Walker, bassist Anthony Cox and drummer JT Bates at the Dakota on Sunday, Nov. 17.

Choral conductor, composer and all-around legend Dr. André Thomas conducts the Midwest premiere of his Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy with VocalEssence

Retired U of MN professor Dr. John Wright was integral to the University adopting an African Studies program and played a powerful role during the takeover of Morrill Hall in 1969. He spoke with Jazz88's Emily Reese about that day, his life, and jazz.

Thursday November 14 at 7:30, the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis presents Odd Measures Evening. The show brings to the public a group of seven artists who pursue musical goals that are anything but mainstream. The show will be curated by Ritika Ganguly, who spoke with Phil Nusbaum.

Jazz pros Doug Little and Charlie Lincoln lead a group of middle and high school jazz musicians known as the Twin Cities Jazz Workshop. The group performs at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Sunday November 10 at 3:30PM. We’re at a rehearsal of the group, and Doug Little is addressing the band.

Dancer Erinn Liebhard and trumpeter Bob DeBoer talk about their upcoming show at Icehouse on Sunday, Nov. 3.

The annual Zeitgeist new Music Ensemble annual Hallowe’en event takes place Thursday October 31 through Sunday Nov 3 at Studio Z in St Paul. The event features haunting sounds, spooky stories and commissioned musical works with Hallowe’en themes. Phil Nusbaum spoke with some Zeitgeist New Music people including bass clarinetist Pat O’Keefe, who composed one of the pieces Zeitgeist will perform.

Next, Phil Nusbaum talks to Pavel Jany about the release of a new CD by Natania & Ticket to Brasil. The release party will be at the Dakota in Minneapolis, Sunday Nov 3 at 7PM. The self-titled CD has original music plus pieces that have been around awhile. But, Pavel told Phil Nusbaum that even the bossa nova classics everybody knows get new spins from Ticket to Brasil.

The Ebony, Ivory & Spruce Trio stopped by the Morning Show to talk about blending classical and jazz, and their upcoming performance in White Bear Lake on Sunday, Oct. 27.