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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Singer, songwriter, composer Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh visits with host John Floridis on this edition of Musician's Spotlight. Sona is a master of the Kora, a harp like instrument from her native country The Gambia.
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Acclaimed concert violinist Kerson Leong visits with host John Floridis to talk about his career and recordings ahead of an appearance in Montana in the Spring of 2024.
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Hailing from the Flathead Valley of Montana, fiddler and singer songwriter Hannah King makes her debut on Musician's Spotlight.
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One of the very finest Irish fiddlers in the world, Eileen Ivers returns to Musician's Spotlight to discuss her immersion into Irish music studies and competitions, her entry into the recording and touring world, her involvement with Riverdance and her performances with the finest symphony orchestras in the world.
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Renowned Irish American fiddler Winifred Hora returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk about her most recent project, Reverie Road.
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World renowned and multiple Grammy Nominated saxophonist Joshua Redman makes his first appearance on Musician's Spotlight. Joshua talks about his newest recording "Where Are We?", and his Blues Brothers story.
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Redd Volkaert the honky tonk legend, the master of the Telecaster makes his first appearance on Musician's Spotlight.
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Missoula based jazz singer and song interpreter Patti Nolan joins host John Floridis for her first visit to Musician's Spotlight.
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World renowned bass guitarist and composer Victor Wooten returns to Musician's Spotlight for a conversation with host John Floridis. Hear some new music by the Wooten Brothers as well as some tunes from Victor's solo albums, a duet with Edgar Meyer and a track from SMV the bassist super group with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller.
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The Portland Cello Project returns to Musician's Spotlight, and this time they are joined by frequent collaborator singer Saeeda Wright. Doug Jenkins of the PCP also joins in on the conversation.
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