Yonci speaks with Eli Awada of local crew Room3, ahead of their residency at Berlin, Sundays in November 2026. Room3 is a jazz fusion wild card rooted in tradition yet driven by experimentation. Their sound is imaginative, melodic, and rhythmically sharp, mixing elements of bebop, contemporary jazz, prog rock, funk, and more. The collective operates...Read More
Yonci chats with Jason Marsalis ahead of his Berlin debut on October 17th 2026, featuring local talent Kavyesh Kaviraj, Dan Carpel, and Abinnet Berhanu. Read More
Yonci spoke with Dakota Jazz Club Founder, Lowell Pickett, ahead of this year’s Dakota Block Party on 9/26/26. Dakota Block Party 2026 When: Saturday, SEP 26, 2026 | 2–10pm Where: Nicollet Mall Cost: Free and open to the public OUTSIDE ON NICOLLET MALL Nicollet Stage Live Music Lineup: L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE at 2pm Nathan & The...Read More
There’s a new jazz festival on the block! The Northside Jazz and Heritage festival kicks off Sunday July 26th, 11am-7pm at West Broadway Ave and West River Parkway in North Minneapolis. Yonci sat down with festival founders Kenya McKnight-Ahad, Kristel Porter, and performer Truth Maze to talk about the origins, inspirations behind this first-time festival....Read More
Yonci sits down with legendary guitarist Stanley Jordan, discussing a new single, a forthcoming album (the first in over a decade) and a new tandem guitar technique ahead of a solo show at the Dakota. Originally aired 6/26/26 More Posts for Show: This Just InRead More
Jazz88 is honoring a new set of notable Minnesota artists with Jazz Legends 2026. This year, we featured vocalist and radio personality Arne Fogel, bassist and educator, Gary Raynor, Drummer and innovator, Gary Gauger and Twin Cities jazz vocalist, the late Shirley Witherspoon, who toured with Duke Ellington. I was honored to be the host...Read More
Todd Harper Leads 6-Piece group into Metronome in Saint Paul, Saturday night May 16 at 7:30pm. Group members have played off and on with various combinations of each other literally for decades. Todd leads the group through a lot of original music. But when Todd talked to Phil Nusbaum, Todd talked about the inspiration for...Read More
Jazz88 has brand-new studio spaces and boy are they impressive! We want to invite households, with a current 8th grade or high school student, to an exclusive open house. See the station, meet our hosts, visit our student production spaces, and learn how any Minneapolis High School students can be involved with Jazz88 for a...Read More
Patty Peterson spoke with Jarrod Lawson before his concert TONIGHT at Dakota. The secret’s out about Jarrod Lawson. The smoky-voiced soul singer from Portland, Oregon (now residing in Nashville) has exploded as an international sensation, topping charts, garnering awards, and leading the way forward into a renaissance of message-focused, modern soul-jazz fusion. Heavily inspired by...Read More
This week, I had the privilege of interview one of the icons in the contemporary jazz world: Saxophonist/arranger Bob Mintzer. He, along with The YellowJackets are coming to town on Jan 21 at Dakota for one night of highly creative jazz. Every time they circle back to the Twin Cities to perform, they have the...Read More
