Bassist Erik Fratzke from Happy Apple talks about the trio’s upcoming shows at Crooners Supper Club on Saturday, Apr. 27 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. He talks about some of his favorite Happy Apple tunes (“Ella By Nightlight,” “This is Your Ghost Train,” and “He’s OK”), and the trio’s plans for a new album....Read More

Musician Toshi Reagon and her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, adapted Octavia E. Butler‘s award-winning sci-fi novel, Parable of the Sower, into a folk opera. Toshi joined the Morning Show to talk about the fruition of the project after many years of wanting to adapt the book musically. There is only one performance, Friday, Apr. 26th at...Read More

State Climatologist Luigi Romolo talked with Jazz88’s Morning Show about the winter we survived, our excess of rain and why temperatures feel differently depending on the time of year. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20190423100102-190423ClimatologistLuigiRomolo.mp3 Originally aired on April 23, 2019 on the Morning Show with Emily Reese. More Posts for Show: The Morning ShowRead More

Founder and artistic director of Brownbody, Deneane Richburg, talks about the organizations upcoming figure skating performances called Brownbody: Tracing Sacred Steps. Deneane was joined by Brownbody members Lajuné McMillian and Steven Smith. Brownbody combines modern dance, theater, social justice practice, and figure skating and present artistic work on and off of the ice. Brownbody’s artistic...Read More

Jazz88’s resident foodie, Matt Gundrum, examines new venues for Bibuta, Cheese Louise, and Bark and the Bite.  Also: an obit for soon-to-close Lyn-Lake deli Mevyn, an examination of the food categories in City Pages’ new Best of the Twin Cities list, and a plug for some fine eats at the brand-new home of the Minnesota...Read More