Highway 89

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 tunes, more than 20 instruments, and even some dancing shoes. Their band brings and all-American feel to their music, filling this episode with an upbeat and enjoyable set of tunes. 

Songs featured: Oh! Susanna, Half-Priced Wagon, Home, Alley Cat, Down to the Valley, Fighting Through, I've Got You, Foggy Mountain Top, Has Anybody Seen My Girl, Wild Pig, Magnetic North, These Days, Plukke, Young in the Mountains

Find out more about them here: https://www.facebook.com/thewduo/

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(Not pictured: Jesse Christopher)

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 other creatives supporting her ever-expanding musical ideas. She is currently putting the finishing touches on a stage show that's part music, part trampoline art, part costume, and part dance. The show is called "I Said Yes To Everything" which is perhaps the best description of Wrenne's feelings about making art and living life. 

Learn more about her here. 

Songs featured: All of Everything, Ready/Brothers Road, Far Away, Dance Song, One More Day, Sorry, Running to Orion, Dandelion, I Do, You Are More, Puzzle Place, So Goes Time

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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 other creatives supporting her ever-expanding musical ideas. She is currently putting the finishing touches on a stage show that's part music, part trampoline art, part costume, and part dance. The show is called "I Said Yes To Everything" which is perhaps the best description of Wrenne's feelings about making art and living life. 

Learn more about her here. 

Songs featured: All of Everything, Ready/Brothers Road, Far Away, Dance Song, One More Day, Sorry, Running to Orion, Dandelion, I Do, You Are More, Puzzle Place, So Goes Time

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

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 as commissioned works by living composers, and other surprises too.

Our guest on this episode includes Dr. Vedrana Subotic, Intermezzo series music director and the pianist at the center of the Mozart piano quartet we'll enjoy today. Dr. Subotic is joined by violinist Alex Martin, violinist Carl Johanesen, and cellist Louis-Phillipe Robbilard. 

Songs featured: Mozart Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Allegro, Mozart Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Andante, Mozart Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Rondo

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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 of these gentlemen and others who share their zeal for Utah history at the Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts website, www.upharts.org. 

Learn more about Clive here: http://www.cliveromney.com/

Songs featured: The Old Spanish Trail, Get Us Over This Mountain Lord, Sticky Ta Tudy, Set in Stone, What I See, Use It Up, Don't Let Them Be Forgotten

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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 of these gentlemen and others who share their zeal for Utah history at the Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts website, www.upharts.org. 

Learn more about Clive here: http://www.cliveromney.com/

Songs featured: The Old Spanish Trail, Get Us Over This Mountain Lord, Sticky Ta Tudy, Set in Stone, What I See, Use It Up, Don't Let Them Be Forgotten

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

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 as commissioned works by living composers, and other surprises too.

Our guest on this episode includes Dr. Vedrana Subotic, Intermezzo series music director and the pianist at the center of the Mozart piano quartet we'll enjoy today. Dr. Subotic is joined by violinist Alex Martin, violinist Carl Johanesen, and cellist Louis-Phillipe Robbilard. 

Songs featured: Mozart Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Allegro, Mozart Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Andante, Mozart Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, Rondo

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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 program, onto the stage bursts a young guy surrounded by band mates, all on acoustic instruments, performing an original tune that gets the whole crowd cheering. Someone we had worked with every day wound up having a secret identity as a terrific singer. Since then, Highway 89 has had its eye on Solomon Reynolds and we've long wanted to invite him to the show to chat and perform.

 

Songs featured: Emma Dear, I Still, Home and Heart, Everything, Father's Day, For Anna, Social Anxiety, My oh My

Find out more about Solomon: https://www.facebook.com/SolomonReynoldsMusic/

Listen to his music: https://soundcloud.com/solomon-reynolds

 

See the video for "Emma Dear": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4aNooE3QOM 

 

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

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 program, onto the stage bursts a young guy surrounded by band mates, all on acoustic instruments, performing an original tune that gets the whole crowd cheering. Someone we had worked with every day wound up having a secret identity as a terrific singer. Since then, Highway 89 has had its eye on Solomon Reynolds and we've long wanted to invite him to the show to chat and perform.

Songs featured: Emma Dear, I Still, Home and Heart, Everything, Father's Day, For Anna, Social Anxiety, My oh My

Find out more about Solomon: https://www.facebook.com/SolomonReynoldsMusic/

Listen to his music: https://soundcloud.com/solomon-reynolds

See the video for "Emma Dear": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4aNooE3QOM 

Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89

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 music includes Celtic, folk, blues, bluegrass, and even pop and rock influences. We thouroughly enjoyed hearing them play and engaging in fun conversation including how the name "Molly in the Mineshaft" came to be. 

Songs featured: Bill's Reel, Minor/Stranger, Billy Dooley, Fair Maid, Gets Me Through, Raise a Ruckus, Fiddler's Despair, These Words Meant for You, Kolb, All Creatures, The Parting Glass

Find more about them here: https://mollyinthemineshaft.com/

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