The Roadhouse
- Friday 5-7pm
Genre:
Arts & Culture Interviews & Live Music
This program officially starts the weekend along the North Shore and across the North Woods. Buck Benson, Bob Carter and producer Ann Possis provide two hours packed with insightful interviews, weekend happenings, local features and toe-tapping music. You never know quite what to expect on the Roadhouse!
Arts, cultural and history features on WTIP are made possible in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Check out other programs and features funded in part with support from the Heritage Fund.
What's On:
James Moors plays Studio A
-Buck and Bob welcomed James Moors back to The Roadhouse Mar. 11 for original songs and gorgeous guitar.
Max Bichel & Pete Kavanaugh play Studio A
-Pete Kavanaugh on guitar, and Max Bichel on violin, visited The Roadhouse for a delightful session of music and chatter March 4 with Bob and Ann.
The untold history of how the land of the Dakota & Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota
-Bob spoke March 4 with Mary Lethert Wingerd, author of "North Country: The Making of Minnesota," the story of Minnesota's true origins that have often been ignored in favor of a far more romantic legend.
Eddie Mac rocks Studio A
-Ann and Buck welcomed the Eddie Mac Band (Chris J, Jimmy Baker & Paul Cherba) Feb. 18 on their way up the Trail for a weekend gig at Hungry Jack Lodge. High energy fun on The Roadhouse!
Minnesota rancher specializes in bison, wild boar
-Buck spoke Feb. 18 with Mike Fogel, owner with his wife Valerie, of Money Creek Buffalo Ranch in Houston, MN, about his longtime business raising and selling bison and wild boar.
Everything you want to know about the 2011 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon
-Beargrease race marshal and Grand Marais resident Matthew Brown joined Ann Possis and Buck Benson Jan. 28 to talk about this year's big run.
Man vs. tiger, an amazing true story, on The Roadhouse
-John Vaillant, author of "The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival," talked with Buck Jan. 28 about his gripping tale of man and nature that leads to a final showdown in a clearing deep in Russia's Far East.
Catching up with the Community Youth Guitar Project
-Todd Miller leads the Community Youth Guitar Project, a program to help Cook County students develop their musical and performance skills in a group setting. He stopped by Studio A Jan. 28 to chat with Ann Possis and Buck Benson. Two students involved in the project, Sarah Warren and Andrew Thompson, joined him.
The Urban Hillbilly Quartet plays Studio A
-Buck and Bob welcomed the Urban Hillbilly Quartet (Erik Brandt, Dave Strahan and Milo Mietzner) in their Cook County debut Jan. 14 on The Roadhouse.
'Basically' an 'epic, no-fail' survey of banished words for 2011
-Tom Pink of Lake Superior State University in Michigan joined Buck and Bob Jan. 14 for their annual chat about the list of banished words for 2011. Don't miss this 'aha moment.'
