Music

Listen: Pledge week performances live from Studio B

Montana Public Radio | By Christopher Moyles

Published March 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM MDT

Graphic featuring three side-by-side concert posters on a black background with colorful accents.

Left poster: “Live Performance” with the duo Needle and Thread, showing two women playing string instruments outdoors. Text lists March 24 at 8 p.m., “Montana Public Radio Live from Studio B,” and “Listen from anywhere at mtpr.org.”

Center poster: “Live Performance” with Tom Catmull’s Last Resort, featuring a black-and-white photo of a man playing guitar and singing into a microphone. Text lists March 27 at 7 p.m., with the same Montana Public Radio and streaming details.

Right poster: “Live Performance” with Owen Ross and Friends, showing a man playing guitar indoors. Text lists March 29 at 2 p.m., along with Montana Public Radio Studio B and mtpr.org listening information. — Tune in for Needle and Thread, Tom Catmull and Owen Ross and Friends live from Studio B.

Coming up live on Montana Public Radio: Needle and Thread, Owen Ross and Friends, and Tom Catmull's Last Resort. Support the local music you love. Montana music lives here, live on Montana Public Radio.

Needle and Thread

Join us on Tuesday, March 24, at 8 p.m. as we welcome Needle and Thread to MTPR's Studio B for a special live pledge performance.

Needle & Thread is Ella and Maddy Zuellig, a banjo, fiddle, guitar-playing, singing sister duo from Missoula. Surrounded by traditional music since birth, they perform old ballads, songs, and tunes from early American music. They keep the tradition alive with their sister harmonies and authentic style that will take you back to the past.

Our amazing resident folk-ologist Sarah Aronson will interview and Bryan Ramirez will host.

Tom Catmull's Last Resort

Join us on Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m. as we welcome Tom Catmull's Last Resort to MTPR's Studio B for a special live pledge performance.

When it comes to singer/songwriters, Tom is a Montana legend. He says it best himself: "The tricks useful to achieving this feat include infectious melody, thoughtful arrangement, storytelling, some finger picking and a clean shirt."

For this broadcast, he will be joined by a couple other well-known Montana-centric musicians; Travis Yost on bass, and Drew Barker on drums. We are very much looking forward to an evening of story and melody.

Owen Ross and Friends

Join us on Sunday, March 29th, at 2 p.m. as we welcome Owen Ross and Friends back to MTPR's Studio B for a special live Pledge performance.

Owen Ross is a jazz guitarist, composer, and producer whose music is imbued with influences of hard bop, modern jazz, funk, and R&B. Ross has captivated audiences around the world with his soulful playing and compositions, both as a solo artist, sideman, and with his organ trio, Diplomats of Funk.

Based in Montana and New England, Ross serves as a faculty member at the University of Montana School of Music, and as an in-house engineer and arranger at Oak Hill Music and Studio Metronome in New Hampshire.

His Studio B session was a highlight for us last year, and we can't wait to see what surprises he brings us this year. Sit back on Sunday afternoon and enjoy.