The Music Room takes its traveling holiday express up to Greenbush, Minnesota as the Greenbush- Middle River High School Music Department, under the direction of Joan Peterson, present their Christmas Memories concert. In this hour, your ears will be treated to the many talented vocalists and musicians that make up the Greebush- Middle River High school Jazz Band, Concert Band and Choir.

The following was recorded December 16, 2014 at the high school gymnasium in Greenbush, Minnesota.

The Holiday season is in full effect on this episode of the Music Room as we present the Thief River Falls Lincoln High School Bands Winter Celebration Concert. Directed by the ever capable Katie Hahn, the program features the Lincoln High School Jazz Band, Concert, a Wind Ensemble and big combined band holiday jam to wrap up the evening.
The following was recorded December 1, 2014 at the Lincoln High School Auditorium in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Songs of winter & cruel weather dominate this show, plus we play some requests and read a poem by Ogden Nash

Hour 1

Snowfalls – Barbara Jean
Winterwalk – Starfolk
Mind of Winter – Paul Spring
Wintersong – Michael Monroe
Leaving Minnesota – John Kimball
Slept Through the Winter – Danielle Diamond
Midwinter’s Lullabye – Dave Carpenter & Friends
Miss the Snow – Lisa Dixon
North Country – Hugh Bob & the Hustle (Wisconsin)
Winter – David Stoddard
Snowflakes – David Meeks
Winter’s Calling – Bob Muscovitz
Snowfort – Chris Ucis
Winter Ghost – Great Uncle Helmer
The Hottest Day of Winter – Chresten Hyde

Hour Two

Winter Rundown – Little Winter
Winter Embrace – Michael Monroe
8 Feet of Snow – Mary Bue
Without the Snow – Ash St. John
Blue in the Cheeks – Luke Warm & the Cool Hands
The Cruel North Wind – Chris Ray
Blue Wind Blow – BrakeAway (Milligan)
Strong Winds – Jill Holly
Cold Wind Feat – Anne & Paul Drinkwine
When It Snows on Christmas Eve – Michael Riddle
The Storm – Bob Muscovitz
Out in the Cold – John Kimball

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Singer-songwriter, Wayne Hamilton, just released a new CD titled “You Never Knew.” On this episode, we play each song and opine on Wayne’s career and his thoughts on songwriting. Then we end the show with a stream of Wayne’s previously released songs. Enjoy!

Hour 1
A Packrat’s Mind
Crazy Heart
You Never Knew
The Ghost in Rebel Gray
Uncommon Ground
Gettysburg
Far Side of Gone
Northfield
That Kind of Trouble

Hour 2
Bad Company
A Christmas Song for You
Lucky That Way
Sixty One
Pappy’s Pithy Phrases
The Wooden Floor
Mama’s Music
I Wonder If She’s Mine
Looking for You
Eye to Eye
Lullabye
Generations
Love at the Five & Dime
Whatshername
Qualified Reciprocation Blues

The Empire Arts Center of downtown Grand Forks presents the “Backstage Project”, featuring “The Lovely Dozen” a semi-professional troupe of belly dancers from Grand Forks. The Lovely Dozen will perform on stage on Saturday, January 24th at 8pm, at the Empire Arts Center of Grand Forks.

The Sunday Concerts in the Galleries continues at the North Dakota Museum of Art, based on the UND campus in Grand Forks, on Sunday, January 25th. Performing on-stage will be the Ragmala Dance Company from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The dancers perform ancestral and contemporary dances. Performance time is 2pm on Sunday, January 25th at the North Dakota Museum of Art, in Grand Forks.

The Saint Paul Winter Carnival, will be held at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds.

On Saturday, January 31st, a Candlelight Ski event will be held at the Old Mill State Park near Argyle, Minnesota from 6 until 8pm.

Ice caves, frozen waterfalls, and glaciers formed into towering organic archways, tunnels, slot canyons, stalactites and frozen thrones will be on display this weekend in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.