A call from a storage unit manager led guitar icon George Benson down the path to releasing one of the most majestic and compelling albums of his entire career. Hear George Benson in conversation with Jazz88’s Sean McPherson, as he reflects on the recording sessions that led up to this new release, Dreams Do Come...Read More

Moore by Four is getting ready for a show this Friday, August 9, over at Crooners. Members Ginger and Ashley Commodore stopped by to talk about the group’s thirty-plus year history and what gives them their staying power. Full interview: This interview aired on The Afternoon Cruise 08/06/24     More Posts for Show: The...Read More

Twin Cities-based guitarist Pavel Jany and his Global Jazz Collegium are back with their latest disc, Labyrinth. Jany and many of the other members of the Collegium also work in the group Ticket to Brasil, but for this group, they follow their interests beyond Brazil and explore many of the international sounds that have become...Read More

 Joyann Parker isn’t one to slow down. Since finding blues and soul music in her mid-thirties, she has been on a campaign to learn, celebrate, and perform Black American music. She’s doing just that on Friday night, July 26, at The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. She and Lori Dokken from The Woman’s Club stopped by...Read More

Peter Solomon spoke with Cathy McLeer, State Director for AARP Minnesota, about the Twin Cities Winter Jazz Fest. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with singer Jamecia Bennett about her concert Friday, February 23rd at the Ordway, which she says will celebrate the the evolution of music from African roots to jazz, blues, and soul. Bennett is a resident artist at the Ordway. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, popularly known as Taj Mahal, is an American music treasure. Over the last 50 years, Taj has helped to reshape the definition and scope of the blues by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, and the South Pacific. Friday night, June 7th,  Bluesville host Kevin Barnes interviewed...Read More

Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater headlines the Twin Cities Jazz Festival Saturday, June 23 at 8:30 p.m. at Mears Park in St. Paul. She talked with Jazz88’s Emily Reese about her newest album, “Memphis…Yes, I’m Ready” and Saturday’s show. Bridgewater was born in Memphis but moved away when she was 3 years old. She returned to...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