Today's most talented and compelling musicians visit Musicians' Spotlight to "talk shop" and give you a deeper insight into their music. Host and producer John Floridis brings his own musical expertise along with over a decade and a half of experience conducting interviews. Guests on the show have included legendary musicians like B.B King; Alison Krauss; Lyle Lovett; Wilco; Brandi Carlile; Daryl Jones of the Rolling Stones; The Cowboy Junkies; Richard Thompson; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Bruce Cockburn; Shawn Colvin; and Chris Hillman of the Byrds; along with talented Montana artists like Jeni Flemming, Tom Catmull, Martha Scanlan, John Dunnigan, Jenn Adams, Jack Gladstone and Eden Atwood.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 2 hours 21 minutes
Josh Farmer Fashions Music Out Of Life's Hand-me-Downs
Missoula's Josh Farmer is a whirlwind of joyous musical creativity whose roles include but are not limited to: pianist, bandleader, performing singer-songwriter, teacher, choir director and community music organizer. With the album Mental Picture , Josh
Hilary Hahn's Violin Evokes The City Of Light
She's won three Grammies, recorded twenty feature albums, commissioned a…
Hilary Hahn's Violin Evokes The City Of Light
Acclaimed classical violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Musician’s Spotlight on the heels of the release of her latest recording, Paris . She's won three Grammy awards, recorded twenty feature albums, commissioned several works (including a Pulitzer Prize
Lake Street Dive Transmutes Audience Energy Into Music
Bassist and vocalist Bridget Kearney of Lake Street Dive joins host John…
Lake Street Dive Transmutes Audience Energy Into Music
Bassist and vocalist Bridget Kearney of Lake Street Dive joins host John Floridis in conversation from her basement studio in Brooklyn, New York on Halloween Eve, 2020.
Jayme Stone's 'AWake' Synthesizes Kaleidoscopic Art Out Of Grief
Self-described "instigator" Jayme Stone returns to Musician’s Spotlight to talk about AWake , a recording that "sings from a white-hot core of love and loss." It's accompanied by a lush, immersive website containing a virtual listening post, a visual art
Jayme Stone's 'AWake' Synthesizes Kaleidoscopic Art Out Of Grief
Self-described "instigator" Jayme Stone returns to Musician’s Spotlight to talk…
The 'Other John Roberts' Plays Trombone In A Billings Salsa Band
In grade school in Malta, Montana, eleven-year-old John Roberts — the trombone…
The 'Other John Roberts' Plays Trombone In A Billings Salsa Band
In grade school in Malta, Montana, eleven-year-old John Roberts — the trombone player, not the Supreme Court justice — watched as the band director, playing a blues solo, muted the bell of his trombone with a handleless toilet plunger. Roberts's destiny
Bettye LaVette Doesn't Sing A Song; She Wrestles It To The Ground
Bettye LaVette's big ears, wide-open mind and ability to get inside a song's…