Pianist Richard Johnson and his trio will play Dave Brubeck’s Time Out album in its entirety this week at Vieux-Carre. He talked with Jazz88’s Emily Reese about the importance and uniqueness of the album, and hinted that he has new music of his own on the way. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20190206111156-RichardJohnsonTimeOutVieuxCarre2018.mp3 Originally aired Wednesday, Feb. 6th on the...Read More

State Climatologist Luigi Romolo joined the Morning Show to talk about this week’s snow event, and how far we are from our average snowfall this year. He explains how freezing rain forms, and we talk about fallout from last week’s polar vortex. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20190205094429-StateClimatologistLuigiRomolo190205.mp3 Originally aired Tuesday, Feb. 5th on the Morning Show with Emily Reese....Read More

State climatologist Luigi Romolo joined the Morning Show to talk about the dangerously cold wind chills terrorizing the Midwest this week, and explains what the difference is between a climatologist and a meteorologist. We’ll be talking with Luigi each Tuesday morning at 8:20 on the Morning Show about the weather we experience as Minnesotans. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20190129102527-ClimatologistLuigiRomolo190129.mp3...Read More

The folk trio Sprig of That joined Kevin Barnes for a performance and interview from Jazz88’s Studio 1. Sprig of That is Isabel Dammann on violin, Ilan Blanck on guitar, and Krissy Bergmark on tabla. Live From Studio 1 is brought to you by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Originally aired during String...Read More

Sommelier Jill Mott came to Jazz88 to talk about how to buy wine, how to describe what you want and why money matters. She also spoke about knowing your importers, and how that can help you find wines you like. Here is a list of importers she discussed: Jenny & Francois: http://www.jennyandfrancois.com/ Louis Dressner: http://louisdressner.com/ Selection Massale: https://www.selectionmassale.com/...Read More