Local Music Project

Local Music Project on WTIP, photo courtesy of Mark Trockman

  • 3rd Thursday 4-5pm
  • 3rd Saturday 2-3pm
Genre: 
Local music/documentary

Each month the Local Music Project highlights a different musician from our area as well as those visiting our neck of the woods. Tune in on the third Thursday of the month at 4 pm and third Saturday at 2 pm to catch the latest edition of the Local Music Project.

Photo courtesy of Mark Trockman, trockstock.com.


 
What's On:
Amanda Hand and her daughter Elsa

Local Music Project: Amanda Hand and her Music Together Class

Each week a group of parents and their kids head to the Grand Marais Art Colony to participate in the Music Together class offered by local teacher, singer and musician Amanda Hand.  In this edit


Swedish pimples

Local fish report for Friday, January 18

According to fishing expert John Muhich of Buck’s Hardware the walleye action is picking.


 
Amy Marie Schmidt

Local Music Project: Amy Marie Schmidt

Amy Marie Schmidt lives in Hovland with her husband and young daughter. She moved to the North Shore from Iowa about 6 years ago.


Sue performs with the Portage Band at Radiowaves 2011 (Matthew Brown)

Local Music Project: Sue Maijala

Sue Maijala has lived in Cook County for over 20 years. She grew up in rural northwestern Minnesota near the Red River Valley in a farming town of 300 people called Middle River.


 
Butch Deschampe

Butch Deschampe on the Local Music Project

Butch Deschampe is a lifelong resident of Cook County, playing and singing in a number of local bands over the years.  He's currently with the popular country band "Portage."&


David Grinstead

David Grinstead on the Local Music Project

David Grinstead grew up in Edwardsville, Illinois, but has called Cook County home for many years. At age 13 he formed the Princetons.