Musician's Spotlight
Tues. 7 p.m.
Today's most talented and compelling musicians visit Musicians' Spotlight to "talk shop" and give you a deeper insight into their music. Host and producer John Floridis brings his own musical expertise along with over a decade and a half of experience conducting interviews.
Guests on the show have included legendary musicians like B.B King; Alison Krauss; Lyle Lovett; Wilco; Brandi Carlile; Daryl Jones of the Rolling Stones; The Cowboy Junkies; Richard Thompson; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Bruce Cockburn; Shawn Colvin; and Chris Hillman of the Byrds; along with talented Montana artists like Jeni Flemming, Tom Catmull, Martha Scanlan, John Dunnigan, Jenn Adams, Jack Gladstone and Eden Atwood.
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Stefan and Kerrie Szabo of National Park Radio visit with host John Floridis. Stefan and Kerrie discuss the origins of the group and how Kerrie became a more prominent singer on stage with little to no previous experience beyond singing with friends at a nursing home. -
Saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis visits with host John Floridis to talk about his 40 year career as a performer, recording artist, actor and educator.
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A special Musician's Spotlight featuring two multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriters, Shawn Colvin and Marc Cohn. The two artists have had a decades long friendship and have collaborated on tours and recording projects.
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Suzanne Bona, renowned host of Sunday Baroque and the flutist of the Sylvan Trio joins host John Floridis for her first Spotlight interview.
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Singer songwriter Jeffrey Foucault returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis and discuss his most recent release "Deadstock."
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Drummer and composer Sunny Jain, the creative force behind the Bhangra fusion of Red Baraat as well as numerous other projects visits with host John Floridis.
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Chicago based blues singer and guitarist Melody Angel joins host John Floridis to talk about her career, her blues pedigree (cousin of the iconic musician Otis Rush), her strong family support once she started on her musical path and the influence Prince had on her from the moment she watched the opening scenes of "Purple Rain."
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Saxophonist, flutist, singer and composer Erica Von Kleist and Trombonist and composer Naomi Moon Siegel visit with John Floridis.
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World renowned Nuvo traditional Scottish music duo fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas return to Musician's Spotlight after 15 years to check in on the last decade and a half of recording, touring and generally growing as their journey continues.
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Songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Katzman visits with host John Floridis. Katzman discusses the way he balances the multiple musical "voices" that he brings to projects.
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