Jazz88’s Peter Solomon spoke with guitarist Martin Taylor about his musical influences and his collaboration “Great Guitars” with Ulf Wakenius and Bireli Lagrene. Taylor and Wakenius perform together at the Dakota Monday evening 4/14. Lagrene cannot make the show because of an injury.Read More

Jazz88’s Peter Solomon speaks with vocalist Jane Monheit in advance of her appearance Tuesday, July 30th at the Dakota. Monheit talks about her musical influences, the way she’s learned to manage expectations as a female performer, lessons learned from working with legendary producer Joel Dorn, and her upcoming eponymous release on Club 44 Records. More...Read More

Craig Rice from the MSP Film Society talks about films coming and going from their virtual cinema, and what’s showing free as part of the community screenings and conversations. Starting Friday, June 26, you can see the Ella Fitzgerald documentary Just One of Those Things. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20200625074926-MSPFilmtocontinueCommunityScreeningsandConversations.mp3 Originally aired Thursday, June 25, 2020 on the Morning...Read More