Ep 516 Chris and Karl from Bogart's - Celebrating 50 years this Saturday!
Brian Oake Show
This Saturday, September 20th, beloved Apple Valley-based venue Bogart's Entertainment Center will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a huge outdoor concert! Co-owner Chris Loth and events manager Karl Xavier III stop by to talk about the event lineup, the state of independent venues across the country and how it's easier than ever to bowl a 300. Enjoy the podcast, then come and join us this Saturday!
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Ep 515 Mary Bue
Brian Oake Show
She's back! Mary Bue makes a more than welcome return to talk about her music, her yoga, and her journey back from Lyme Disease. We also talk Taos, Tae Kwon Do and The Partridge Family. If you are growing weary from conctantly raging against the dying of the light, Mary's got you. She's a freaking sunbeam! Your day will be brighter for listening. Enjoy!
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514 Cindy Lawson and Barb Brynstad for Do Re #Metoo at the Parkway on 9/12
Brian Oake Show
Another fantastic episode! Two of the coolest women in Minnesota Music, Cindy Lawson (The Clams, Cindy Lawson) and Barb Brynstad (Turn Turn Turn) join us to talk about the 5th Annual Do Re #MeToo event happening this Friday at The Parkway Theater. It's an evening of 'sexist songs destroyed by righteous feminists' that features the cream of the female Minnesota Music crop. This episode also features two of the most terrible songs we have ever played on the show. You're welcome.
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Ep 513 DJ Tricky Miki and Janey Winterbauer-forDo Re #Me Too 9/5 at The Parkway
Brian Oake Show
WOW! What an episode! Today we sat down with the inimitable Tricky Miki and Minnesota musical mainstay Janey WInterbauer, two of the featured vocalists for an exceptional evening of music coming up on Friday. The 5th annual Do Re #MeToo event, an evening of 'sexist songs destroyed by righteous feminists' is going down Friday, September 12th at The Parkway Theater. This episodes also boasts what is easly the greatest sing-along ever featured!
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Ep 512 Scarlet Rivera (Bob Dylan's Violin/Fiddle player)
Brian Oake Show
It's not every day that Bob Dylan pulls the car over and spots you on the street and then asks you to come to the studio to hear you play...her story doesn't end there. Scarlet Rivera has had an amazing life, and it's only getting better. She has a new album dropping in January, and she'll be performing tomorrow night (9/5) at the Silver Bay music festival Indoors. Check out her great songs, and I promise, this is worth the listen!
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Ep 511 JC Lippold
Brian Oake Show
JC Lippold is one of a kind. A Minnesota musician with an inspirational mission statement. We do a deep dive on his music, our mutual cultural nostalgia and the importance of service. The word of the day: Enoughness. Enjoy!
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Ep 510 - Ryan Rud - The Rabbit Hole Radio on LIve365
Brian Oake Show
Today, our guest is Ryan Rud. Ryan (along with his brother Matt) is founder, program director and show host of Rabbit Hole Radio, an internet radio station found on Live365. We talk music, our shared history of growing up in Coon Rapids, and the importance of certain sartorial choices, even in a non-visual medium. Enjoy!
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Ep 509 Sherwin & Pam Linton!!
Brian Oake Show
We were joined by country music royalty in Sherwin & Pam Linton today! Sherwin has played the Gand Old Opry and most likely in your town in the upper Midwest. He just celebrated his 86th birthday and they'll be playing in Silver Bay on Thursday and the South Dakota County Fair soon. Pam drops a new music video soon too.
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Ep 508 Matt Levitt
Brian Oake Show
Matt Levitt (Sycamore Gap, Ledfoot Larry) stops by to talk about Treylor, his Taylor Swift tribute band. We talk Taylor, the decades-long impact of The Cure, and get all medieval on the Renaissance Festival, pirate pants are NOT optional. Enjoy!
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Ep 507 Jon Copeland
Brian Oake Show
Our favorite punk-rock librarian visited us from Vermont. Jon Copeland has been through hell and back with medical issues and spent nearly a month and a half in the hospital. He's back! He's seeing tons of shows again. Listen to his story. So glad he's okay!
info_outlineDave Egemo returns for his 4th visit to the SmartStart MN studio to promote the 3rd Annual Parkinson's Foundation Fundraiser feat. Flamin' Oh's and Annie & The Bang Bang. A great lineup for an even better cause. Listen, learn and come out to The Hook & Ladder on the 16th. Cheers!