John Floridis
Host and ProducerJohn Floridis, the host and producer of Musician's Spotlight, has been with Montana Public Radio since 1997. He has interviewed over 200 musicians during that time from household names like B.B. King, Alison Krauss and Lyle Lovett, to Montana musicians such as Eden Atwood, Darko Butarac and Tom Catmull. He is also an independent recording and performing artist in his own right and a former registered music therapist.
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Singer songwriter collaborators Nick Spear and Susan O'Dea, together known as Big Sky City Lights join host John Floridis to discuss the origins of the group's music to their present course of recording albums and becoming a western region festival favorite. -
Saxophonist, keyboard player and producer Steve Berlin joins host John Floridis to discuss his four-decade work as a member of the legendary band Los Lobos.
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Acclaimed Irish American multi instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk about his most recent recording project "A Good Winter" which includes collaborations with his partner in music and life, the equally acclaimed vocalist and composer Moira Smiley.
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Multiple Grammy Award winner, the composer of the soundtrack for the Oscar winning film "Birdman" and one of the most respected drummers in any genre, Antonio Sánchez joins host John Floridis on this episode of Musician's Spotlight.
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Quarteto Nuevo merges western classical, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz with an organic feel that packs a wallop!
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What began as an all-female festival collaboration quickly morphed into a serious passion project driven by sisterhood, harmony and humor — along with the shared desire to rage fiddle tunes and smash the patriarchy.
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Acclaimed pianist Margery McDuffie Whatley and her brother, internationally renowned violinist Robert McDuffie, return to Musician's Spotlight for a feature on two virtuoso siblings in the Classical world.
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Los Angeles based singer songwriter Mary Scholz makes her debut appearance on Musician's Spotlight with host John Floridis.
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Vocalist and songwriter Sugaray Rayford joins host John Floridis to review his incendiary performance at the Montana Folk Festival in July, 2022 from which much of the music in this program is featured.
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Grammy Award winning composer and bassist Pedro Giraudo visits with host John Floridis at the historic Finlen Hotel in Butte, Montana where Pedro was performing as part of the 2022 Montana Folk Festival.
