Escape the Winter Blues with Jazz88 friends and experience music, art and culture in Panama! Download the brochure/registration form We depart January 17 for a nine-day trip to Panama City and the luxurious resort community of Playa Blanca, including two days at the internationally-renowned Panama City Jazz Festival. E-mail KevinB@Jazz88fm.com to learn more about the...Read More
In October 1997, Kevin Barnes launched String Theory, a unique radio show which explores a world of compelling music, on 88.5 FM. Join as at The Dakota, Sunday, November 12th from 4 to 6 p.m. for a special celebration featuring performances by a wonderfully diverse group of String Theory friends including: Dean Magraw, Steven Hobert,...Read More
String Theory host Kevin Barnes welcomes Ruth Moody, a two-time Juno Award winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ruth is a Founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin’ Jennys. Ruth and her band will be appearing at The Cedar on Sunday, November 5th. Tune in for Ruth’s visit with Kevin and...Read More
Jazz88’s REEL Jazz Film Series is pleased to partner with Larry McDonough and the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project to present the Minnesota premier of Bruce Spiegel’s documentary “Bill Evans Time Remembered – The Life and Music of Bill Evans”, Thursday evening November 9th , 7-9:30 p.m. at the Heights Theater. The documentary was 8 years in...Read More
Now through Saturday, we’re reminding you why 88.5 and Jazz88.fm are your source for jazz, blues, BBC News, traffic reports, soul, funk, gospel, Latin, roots, and bluegrass! Help us succeed by contributing today. Become a new member, or renew your support via the renewal notice that may be waiting on your kitchen table. Or contribute...Read More
It is a great privilege and honor to announce that KBEM has been voted into the Minnesota Blues Society’s Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame in the category of ‘Blues Art, Literature and Media.’ This honor is awarded to an individual or entity with at least twenty years of history performing at the highest level of achievement...Read More
Americana music icon David Bromberg visited with Kevin Barnes Friday night, August 25, to discuss the David Bromberg Band’s August 27th appearance at The Cedar. Also featured were tracks from David’s latest Red House Records release “The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues.” David Bromberg’s musical journey spans five-and-a-half decades and includes...Read More
It was a busy weekend with the Selby Avenue Jazz Fest Saturday, September 9 and the St. Paul Classic Bike Tour Sunday, September 10. We were out at both events. Kevin Barnes visited with fans at the Jazz88 tent. The 16th Annual Selby Avenue Jazz Fest was Saturday, September 9th, 11a to 8p at the intersection of...Read More
Join us for our Jazz88 Last Days of Summer River Cruise on the Magnolia Blossom Riverboat. We push off from Crosby Park on Friday, September 1st , at 7:30 p.m. Come aboard starting at 7 p.m. The Cruise features live music, a dinner buffet, cash bar, prize drawings and more. This is one of our most...Read More
Since 2006, the FLOW Northside Arts Crawl has become both a community celebration and premier art event in North Minneapolis. FLOW is a non-juried, self-guided tour of studios, galleries, theaters and commercial and vacant spaces transformed into open-air arts and cultural presentations over a mile and half of the West Broadway corridor. From b-boys to ballet,...Read More
