Ojibwa humor writer, poet and Vietnam veteran Jim Northrup was scheduled to be the featured performer in the Dec. 6, 2014 Great Northern Radio Show at the Northern Lights Casino in Walker, Minnesota. He is recovering from heart surgery, however, and will have to join us in a future broadcast.
UPDATE: Jim Northrup is recovering from heart surgery and will not be able to join us in Walker on Saturday. We wish him the very best for a speedy recovery!
Hard to believe, but we are about to do the 13th edition of my Great Northern Radio Show. We will defy the bad luck of that number by traveling to the Northern Lights Casino in Walker, Minnesota, where on Saturday, Dec. 6 we will broadcast our live exhibition of music, comedy and storytelling about modern life off the beaten path.
This is our winter show and I’m taking a slightly different approach this year. Our December 2012 show in Bigfork and our December 2013 show last year in Fosston were both traditional “Christmas specials.” This year I’m going for the theme of “Winter Storytelling.” This is in keeping with local Anishinaabe winter storytelling traditions, which will be a part of this program, but will expand beyond that as well.
I’m particularly excited to have one of my favorite Northern Minnesota writers Jim Northrup be a part of this show. He’ll be a featured guest and will perform a number of his touching, funny and/or heartbreaking stories and poems. I’m looking forward to the music of Minneapolis-based Steve Kaul and the Brass Kings and Bemidji singer/songwriter Shannon Murray, too.
This is one of the more ambitious mixes of performers I’ve tried, so tune in for the unpredictable results! Call 218-326-1234 for free tickets. Seating by 4:30 at the casino, for the 5-7 p.m. show on Saturday, Dec. 6. Can’t get there? Listen on the radio or online.
Great Northern Radio Show in Walker
Variety show to broadcast live at Northern Lights Casino December 6th
Steve Kaul and the Brass Kings
WALKER, Minnesota (November 25th, 2014) — The Great Northern Radio Show will bring its entertaining mix of music, stories, and comedy to Walker on Saturday, December 6th.
“We celebrate modern life off the beaten path,” said Aaron Brown, executive producer and host of the traveling variety program. “Our show tells the story of the places we visit, uncovering the culture and history of each place and telling truths the way only locals can. We do this with some of Minnesota’s best musicians and truly hilarious performers from the area and around the state.”
An original production of Northern Community Radio, the Great Northern Radio Show airs from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, December 6th at Northern Lights Casino in Walker. Free tickets are available for those attending the live broadcast. You must be seated by 4:30 p.m. and reservations are recommended by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799.
The December 6th show features
award winning writer and storyteller Jim Northrup. Jim is an Anishinaabe newspaper columnist, poet and performer from the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation.Steve Kaul and the Brass Kings; they play old time instruments in unexpected ways: using metal-bodied resophonic guitars, washtub bass, washboard and fiddles to delve into old-time and bluegrass music. Also performing are Leech Lake drummers and dancers and Bemidji singer-songwriter Shannon Murray.Singer-songwriter Shannon Murray (PHOTO: Northland Press)
The Great Northern Radio Show travels to communities around Northern Minnesota and, starting next year, throughout the state. A rotating cast anchors the Great Northern Radio Players the cast for this show includes C.J. Anderson of Pequot Lakes, Sara Breeze of Bemidji, Britt Aamodt of Elk River and Jason and Louisa Scorich of Duluth. The show is written by Brown, an award-winning Minnesota author and blogger, and Matt Nelson, a Hibbing native who now works for the Washington Post.
The Dec. 6th program will air live on 91.7 FM KAXE in Grand Rapids, Aitkin and the Iron Range, 90.5 KBXE Bagley and Bemidji, 89.9 FM Brainerd and 103.9 FM in Ely. The show can be heard live online or as a podcast at www.kaxe.org,
“You can listen at home, in your car, online or right here in the live studio audience,” said Brown. “We like to think of our show as a blend of an old time format, local setting, and cutting-edge comedy and music.”
Northern Community Radio is excited to announce a partnership with 90.1 KOJB Bena – a community broadcaster with a mission to enhance the history, language, and way of life of the Anishinaabe people .
The Great Northern Radio Show is a production of Northern Community Radio, which operates several radio frequencies serving the rural communities of Northern and Central Minnesota. The Great Northern Radio Show is made possible in part by the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota and a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
This is the last show up north until Summer 2015 in Grand Marais, as we head to the Twin Cities for our March 2015 program. Stay tuned for those shows as well, along with an exciting new schedule that will be announced soon.
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