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Highway 89
by BYUradio
Highway 89 is a live performance and interview program that originates in BYUradio’s state-of-the-art recording studio. International, national, and local artists from a wide range of musical genres are featured.
Episodes
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Alex and Sam Bigney
The tale of our guests today begins, perhaps, in a home in which the father, a painter, exchanged some of his paintings for musical instruments. His sons, soon to be a harpist, a fiddler, and a guitarist, grew up to be Kirkmount, a Celtic band that, when the boys were still very young, kept up a...
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Anton Nel
Anton Nel enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured first prizes in...
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The New Time Ensemble: Celtic Trio
The New Time Ensemble plays traditional Irish tunes on unconventional instruments with porch-jamming earthiness. Leslie Ann Harrison (flutes), Frederic Pouille (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Liz Davis Maxfield (cello) met while studying music at the University of Limerick in Ireland. They recorded…
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Paul Jacobsen
Singer/Songwriter Paul Jacobsen has performed with Sheryl Crow, the Jayhawks, John Hiatt, and many others. He’s been a finalist in both the Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriter contests, is a regular member of The Lower Lights, and has release 2 solo albums with...
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Micky and the Motorcars
From the Sawtooth mountains of Stanley, Idaho to downtown Nashville, Tennessee to the city limits of Austin Texas, Micky and the Motorcars spend 200 days a year jamming in every nook of the nation. They've released 7 full-length records so far, their latest of which is "Hearts from Above." Micky...
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Camille Nelson
We didn’t make Camille Nelson bring all of the instruments she plays into the studio today, which is a good thing – there may not have been room for them all. Camille Nelson is a classically trained artist whose new album, "Lead Me Home," can be found near the top of a number of different…
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Ben Reneer
Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.” Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's it Gonna Take?), Orange...
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Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen
Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen became good friends when they performed on Broadway together in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Susan was singing the lead, Christine Daae, and Jerry was conducting. But when the show ended their paths diverged and they lost contact. A decade later...
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Debra Fotheringham
When Debra Fotheringham was a kid, the music from her father’s collection of jazz albums filled up the house, and filled up Debra’s heart. With a heart full of jazz, it’s no wonder that art began to make its way out of her heart and into the world. Debra began to make her mark as a fiction…
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Morgan Snow and John Davis: Triggers and Slips
Together they're sometimes a duo, and sometimes the're a 5-piece band, but Morgan Snow and John Davis are always called "Triggers and Slips". Morgan recently summed up what they do when he tweeted: "I write original songs and sing my guts out when necessary"! Currently split between Nashville...
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Antonio d'Abramo, Clara Hurtado Lee, Isaac Hurtado
Accomplished Italian concert pianist, Antonio d’Abramo is joined by the brother and sister opera duo of Clara Hurtado Lee and Isaac Hurtado. They perform a variety of classical pieces, including piano solos from Antonio, solo pieces from both Clara and Isaac, as well as some duets. Songs…
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Beethoven Festival Trio
Joining us on this episode are Leslie Harlow, Pamela Palmer Jones, and Russel Harlow. They are a trio from The Beethoven Festival. This is a non-profit organization and is the longest running classical music festival in Utah. Pieces featured: Telemann Trio Sonata, Faure Trio Op 120 Mvt 1, Max…
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Michael Barrow and the Tourists
Michael Barrow and the Tourists is a folk rock band from Provo, Utah that has been together since the Spring of 2016. Their music has been praised by reviewers as full of “melodic beauty” and “narrative complexity”. Listen to hear some of their signature songs and the story behind their first...
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Brother.
Live music performances from Studio 6 at BYU Radio.
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Vann Moon
Live music performances from Studio 6 at BYU Radio.
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Roseburg
Roseburg takes its name from a small, green city in Oregon where the founding three band members, Zach Knell, Samuel Sheppard, and Keith Lambson met. They formed the band in early 2018, later adding bassist Soren Buchert. Since then, the young rockers have been busy working with producers like...
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Tribeca Ensemble
The Tribeca Ensemble - a string quartet composed of Jesse Massey, Julie Beistline, Devan Freebairn an Audrey Hudgens - returns to Studio 6 to perform pieces exclusively by modern, Utah-based composers. Songs featured:“No. 11 op. 89” by Nicolet Singleton; “Cloudseeding 10” by Devin Maxwell…
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Mythic Valley
Image may contain: 2 people, guitar Mythic Valley is an indie-folk duo made up of Tommy Gunn and Tony Aman. Their sound “finds its core within the neo-Americana genre.” Their musical influences include James Taylor and Fleet Foxes. Songs featured: Mythic Valley, Whole Again, Steeples, Closed…
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Peter Breinholt, Nancy Hanson, David Tolk & Craig Miner
Peter Breinholt, Nancy Hanson, David Tolk and Craig Miner are a talented group of musicians. They each have their own musical pursuits, but come together every now and again to work on special projects like the one recorded in Studio 6. Songs featured: “Dancing Queen” (ABBA); “Rocket Man” (Elton...
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Ben Reneer
photo by Josh Siebert Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.” Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's…
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Aspen Winds
aspen laugh.jpg Aspen Winds is a string quartet native to Utah. In this epsiode they present a selection of songs that celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completetion of the transcontinental railroad. Songs featured: Surmounting Every Barrier; Irish Jig; Zhang Songs; Summerland; City of...
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Columbia Jones
Image may contain: 1 person, eyeglasses and outdoor Columbia is a singer-songwriter of Americana music who comes from a small town in Maine. He is currently based in Murray, Utah. Songs featured: Run, Twenty-Five, Trouble, Life Changes, Hang My Hat, Save My Soul, Devil’s Music, Call You, Real…
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Copper Hills High School Choir
The Copper Hills High Madrigals Choir, directed by Marc Taylor, is the winner of the 2018 Classical 89 High School Choir Competition. In this episode of Highway 89 they perform a selection of their best music. Songs featured: Walking on the Green Grass; Take Care of This House/My House; It Don't...
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Carl Cranmer
Carl Cranmer is a world-famous pianist performing two differet excerpts from Gabriel Faure and Nikolai Medtner on Highway 89. Songs featured: Nine Préludes, Op. 103 (five of them) 1. D-flat major-Allegro 2. c-sharp minor-Allegro 4. F major-Allegro moderato 5. d minor-Allegro 8. c minor-Allegro;...
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Aimee Nolte
Image result for aimee nolte Aimee Nolte is a jazz singer and pianist, visiting us from LA where she shines in the gigging scene as both a solo artist and the leader of a trio. While she’s primarily a jazz player, she brings her chops to music of all kinds – Aimee knows more than a thousand songs...
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Grizzly Goat
Folk-rock group Grizzly Goat describes their sound as 'Undomesticated Americana.' Listen to discover exactly what that means, what it's like to record in a rural Utah cabin, and why this band wants to write a song about all 50 states! Songs featured: Time; Oh My Road; Virginia, Gentle, Wild…
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VOCES8
In 2005, a group of singers was en route to a festival in Italy. They had the repertoire, they were rehearsed – all ready to wow their waiting audience. All they needed now was a name. Paul Smith, one of those singers, said, "We needed a name to go on stage and there were eight of us and we were…
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Fry Street Quartet with Roger Chase
The Crossroads Project: Rising Tideroger chase Touring music of the masters as well as exciting original works from visionary composers of our time, the Fry Street Quartet has perfected what The Strad calls a "blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity." The quartet has reached...
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NEXT Ensemble
The NEXT Ensemble performs live at Kaffe Mercantile. Their mission is to bring concert music to small coffee-shop venues like this one. Songs featured: Suite No. 1 for Solo Cello in G Major, Prelude; Sonata No. 1 for Solo violin in G Minor, Adagio; Five; B.B. Wolf; PBD19; You Are Not Machines…
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Mountain Strings
When the talented musicians of Brigham Young University’s Mountain Strings play their instruments, the air comes alive with sounds of good, old-fashioned fun. With energetic performances featuring American and international folk music, Mountain Strings plays their way into the hearts of audiences...
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ETHEL
Image result for ethel string quartet In 1998, a string quartet burst onto the New York City music scene, bringing with it the riches of conservatory scholarship and study, and also embracing the intensity of rock, the grooves of jazz and hip hop, the eclecticism of world-beat bands, and more....
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Cherie Call & Brett Raymond
Cherie Headshot 1 Vocalist Cherie Call is accompanied by pianist Brett Raymond share some of their holiday favorites on this Christmas-time Highway 89. Learn more about them here: https://cheriecall.com/; https://brettraymond.com/home/(Vocalist Cherie Call is accompanied by pianist Brett Raymond...
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Jim Brickman
Image result for jim brickman World-renowned pianist Jim Brickman joins Highway 89 at the beginning of his Joyful Christmas tour. Songs featured: Celebration; Thanksgiving; The Gift; Christmas Medley; That Silent Night; Simple Things; Rocket to the Moon; Timeless; Fly; If You Believe Learn more...
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Robert Brandt and Scott Holden
Image result for rob brandt byu November 11, 2018, marked the hundredth anniversary of the end of the first World War – the war to end all wars. It saw the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel. The fighting cost the lives of 9 million combatants and seven million civilians, and...
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Marvin Goldstein and Vanessa Joy
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Deseret String Quartet
The Deseret String Quartet, which comprises cellist Michelle Kessler, violinists Alex Woods and Monte Belknap, and violist Claudine Bigelow, performs a piece by Haydn and a contemporary work by Ethan Wickman, commissioned and first performed right here at Brigham Young University. Songs featured:...
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Alex and Sam Bigney
The tale of our guests today begins, perhaps, in a home in which the father, a painter, exchanged some of his paintings for musical instruments. His sons, soon to be a harpist, a fiddler, and a guitarist, grew up to be Kirkmount, a Celtic band that, when the boys were still very young, kept up a...
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La Farandole de Courtepin
Image result for La Farandole de Courtepin La Farandole de Courtepin is a folk dance and music group from the Alpine town of Courtepin, in the the canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland. The group is made up of about thirty dancers, a brass band of about ten musicians, a team of flag swingers, and...
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Ensign Piano Quartet
Image result for ensign piano quartet The Ensign Piano Quartet recently performed at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and the music you'll hear today was recorded live at that concert by Concerts at Temple Square. In this episode we'll bring you that audio along with...
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Emily Sternfeld-Dunn
Image result for emily sternfeld-dunn Emily Sternfeld-Dunn is certainly a modern artist, sharing the work of contemporary composers in concert halls all over the country, but there's a rich musical heritage to which Emily remains very firmly attached, no matter how far, literally or musically…
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Shane Mickelsen
Sometimes when you hear recordings by Billboard instrumental music chart-toppers like Paul Cardall or The Piano Guys, you're partly hearing the work of our guest today. Shane Mickelsen is a composer, arranger, and coach who works with some of the biggest names in the world of commerical...
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PANTS
In 2017, a group of undergrads from the University of Utah got together to make music, starting a band and naming it after the first letter of their last names spelling "PANTS." The members of PANTS are woodwind players performing with a clarinet, flute, oboe, bassoon, and French horn. PANTS is a...
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The W Duo with American Train
Lyndsey Willis and Russell Wulfenstein have been happily married for years now and happily making music as well. They call themselves the W Duo when they're on stage and together with their band American Train they bring a show to the stage that features original songs, traditional bluegrass…
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Wrenne
Right after getting a college degree in the rocky mountains, a quick car ride away from the town where she grew up, Wrenne wandered away from home to take a job as a nanny in the UK. She's been there ever since, but she's not nannying anymore. Now, she's got a team of designers, producers, and...
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Clive Romney and Willingly
This episode brings Clive Romney into the studio with Bob Morphis, Curtis Woodbury, and Nathanael Davenport. Together they call themselves "Willingly," and they perform music based on stories from Utah history for all kinds of audiences, many of them very young. You can find more about the work…
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Vedrana Subotic and Guests from Intermezzo "Poets" Concert
Each summer, The Intermezzo Chamber Music Series provides an intimate classical music experience in the heart of Salt Lake City, Utah. The Series features superb performers and bold programming interweaving the familiar, the novel, and the obscure. The series features classical favorites, as well...
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Solomon Reynolds
A story of how we discovered Solomon Reynolds: The setting is an evening celebration for the employees of BYU radio and their friends and family- a kind of talent show. Everyone is having a great time laughing at each other's jokes and enjoying the evening together. Somewhere in the middle oft he...
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Molly in the Mineshaft
Many people would describe Molly in the Mineshaft as playing "contemporary folk music for contemporary folks." With instruments lining the studio wall to wall, this band played contemporary tunes and a handful of original songs as well, often patterned on folk pieces they've come to love. Their...
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Paul Cardall
Highway 89 was happy to welcome Paul Cardall to the show a second time, it being a few years since his last visit to our studio. Cardall's career can be described in terms of accolades and public recognition. He has more that 2 billion lifetime digital streams on one platform or another and an...
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Joshua Lindsay
Dr. Joshua Lindsay spent years educating himself as a musician, at Utah State University, the Manhattan School of Music, and Indiana University. After that, he spent years singing in the concert halls of Europe, living in Germany and Austria and racking up more than 500 performances before…
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Highway 89 is a live performance and interview program that originates in BYUradio’s state-of-the-art recording studio. International, national, and local artists from a wide range of musical genres are featured.
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