Musician's Spotlight
Tues. 7 p.m.
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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One of the most versatile musicians of any genre: Mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Sam Bush returns to Musician's Spotlight, his third appearance on the program. -
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Renowned multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien returns to Musician's Spotlight this time with life partner and musical collaborator Jan Fabricius. O'Brien is a Grammy winner and has been recording and touring for the past four decades. -
Born in Byrdstown Tennessee, Sierra Hull was immersed in the rural bluegrass culture there, and then added a Berkley School of Music degree into the mix in her early teens. That blend of old school and formal school education is apparent in her style of playing and singing with pristine technique and deep, earthy authenticity. -
Singer songwriter and guitarist Alex Cuba joins host John Floridis for this edition of Musician's Spotlight. -
Kris Delmhorst returns to Musician's Spotlight to visit with host John Floridis. The conversation in particular highlights Kris' new album "Ghosts In The Garden." Folk Alley says "Like the poems of Keats, Shelley, and Emily Dickinson, Delmhorst’s songs flourish as odes to impermanence and memory." -
Congolese guitarist, composer and singer Niwel Tsumbu joins host John Floridis. Niwel shares his remarkable story that begins growing up with five siblings in a single parent home in a poverty stricken area in the megacity of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Montana honky tonk legend Russ Nasset is honored in this encore combination of two programs from the Montana Public Radio archives. Nasset, a fixture of the Montana music scene for more than four decades as both a solo artist as well as with his signature band The Revelators passed away in April of 2025. -
Brazilian singer, songwriter, arranger and producer Luciane Dom join Musician's Spotlight host John Floridis for an in depth conversation about her boundary pushing mix of jazz, Afro beat, reggae and Ijexá. -
Scottish singer songwriter, looping artist and theater composer KT Tunstall returns to Musician's Spotlight for a conversation with host John Floridis.
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