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Local singer-songwriter Barbara Jean on her blossoming music career
-Buck Benson & Dave Seaton welcomed local musician Barbara Jean to Studio A Sept. 28, fresh from her Mountain Stage performance and release of her new album, "The Great Escape." She was joined by David Huckfelt, guitarist for The Pines.
Singer-songwriter Eric Frost plays The Roadhouse
-Local singer-songwriter Eric Frost dropped by Studio A Sept. 21. He chatted with Buck and Bob and played several original tunes, accompanied by local musician Bill Hansen.
Artist Betsy Bowen & birding expert Laura Erickson on their newest book, "Hawk Ridge"
-Bob chatted Sept. 21 with Laura Erickson, producer of "For the Birds," and Betsy Bowen, woodcut printmaker and painter, about their newest collaboration, "Hawk Ridge: Minnesota's Birds of Prey." The book includes every hawk that's ever been reported at Hawk Ridge in Duluth.
Moments in Time: The Ghost of Bucko Bushman
-The past is never that far away. Everything that has happened in this tiny corner of the world is present today.
Anishinaabe Way: Robert DesJarlait
-Red Lake Anishinaabe Robert DesJarlait is a writer, journalist, artist, a co-founder of the group "Protect our Manoomin" and a member of the University of Minnesota Council of Elders. He recently told the story of the spiritual connection between the Anishinaabeg and the wolf (ma'aingan). It is a cautionary tale of man and animal's intertwined fate. Robert signs his works of art with the symbol of a wolf's paw to honor this historic and ancient connection.
Gunflint Notebook: Taking It Slow
Steve Ramberg-As summer comes to a close, Steve heads out on a canoe trip with his kids in the BWCAW.
Author Beryl Singleton Bissell
-Beryl Singleton Bissell left the monastery to marry a former priest.
Local Music Project: Sue Maijala
Cathy Quinn-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.
Bill Camplin & Randy Sabien stop by The Roadhouse
-Bob and Buck welcomed Bill Camplin (guitar & vocals) and Randy Sabien (fiddle AND violin) to Studio A Sept. 7 on the eve of their Radio Waves Music Festival Performance.
Anishinaabe Way: John & Patrick Pierre
-Brothers John and Patrick Pierre have served as Grand Portage Royalty for the last three and four years. WTIP producer Staci Drouillard met with them on the Grand Portage Reservation at the annual Rendezvous and Pow Wow. The day before the interview John and Patrick had passed along their banners to the new, incoming Royalty.
In this edition of Anishinaabe Way, Staci speaks with them about their responsibilities as Tiny Tot Brave and Jr. Brave, their travels and any advice they might have for the next young tribal representatives.
