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Pianist and harmonica player Corky Siegel and Randy Sabien play together this weekend at Crooners Supper Club. Corky called into the Morning Show to talk about the gigs.

Students can now apply for summer internships through the Step-Up program with the city of Minneapolis. Program Manager Theresa Angelopoulos stopped by the Morning Show to discuss Step-Up's application process.

Dave King, drummer and founding member of The Bad Plus talks about their upcoming holiday residency at the Dakota.

Good Morning Bedlam is a contemporary folk group from Minneapolis. Catch the group at 7PM Friday Dec 29 at the Aster in Minneapolis. Good morning Bedlam hangs its hat on detailed arrangements of original songs. Isaak Elker writes a lot of the group’s songs, so Phil Nusbaum asked Isaak about the craft of songwriting.

Singer/songwriter Paul Metsa celebrates forty years of gigging in the Twin Cities at the Parkway Theater tonight at 7:00.

Singer Peg Carrothers is doing a show in the beautiful Dunsmore Room at Crooners Supper Club Thursday, Dec. 26 at 6.

Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays represents Larry McDonough’s Irreverent Jazz take on Christmas with a little influence from the Seinfeld TV show. Catch it at the Black Dog on Monday evening December 23. When Larry talked to Phil Nusbaum, Larry told where the inspiration for the irreverent Christmas comes from.

KBEM's new station manager, Dan Larkin, stopped by the Morning Show to talk about his new role at Jazz88.

Liz Draperand Tasha Baron. Liz plays the bass, Tasha the keyboards. Catch their act at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, Saturday night Dec 21 from 6 to 9 PM. When Phil Nusbaum talked with Liz and Tasha, Liz responded to Phil’s question about what keeps this duet together.

Pianist Larry McDonough stopped by the Morning Show to talk about his upcoming show called "Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays"

Singer/songwriter Mankwe Ndosi is presenting a series of concerts called Great Black Music Mondays at Icehouse in December.

Mankwe Ndosi presents Great Black music December Mondays at 9PM at the Icehouse in Minneapolis. This Monday’s performance is by Solar Sistren. Solar Sistren is an improvisational group. One instrument might take the playing in a direction. Then, subtle changes occur and you wind up going in another. Phil Nusbaum went to one of the rehearsals. Let’s check out a little.

Vocalist Marilyn Maye will sing four shows in two days at Crooners Supper Club beginning Sunday.

Vocalist Connie Evingson has a busy month, starting with a show Thursday night at Nord Social Hall in Uptown.

Kolyada, the Ukrainian word for Christmas carol, is the title of a performance by musicians representing such local groups as Orkestar Bez Ime and Mila Vocal Ensemble. Kolyada creates a narrative of Christmas traditions of countries around the Black Sea. It will be performed at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, Sunday Dec 15 at 7PM. Phil Nusbaum talked with Colleen Bertsch and Natalie Nowy...

Blues pianist Tom Hunter and Nashville guitarist Frank Johns meet up for a holiday show at Crooners this weekend.

Pianist Geoffrey Keezer plays two shows at Crooners Supper Club on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019.

Renowned Minnesota songwriter Becky Schlegel is joining forces with the High 48s Bluegrass Band for a show at the Aster in Minneapolis, 9PM Friday December 13. It promises to be a night where the artists mix up the familiar with the unexpected. High 48s fiddler Eric Christopher told Phil Nusbaum that the group has long admired the work of Becky Schlegel.

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.