Honeybutter is a Twin Cities folk-jazz-bossa-nova-pop band. It’s eclectic because its members, Clara Wicklund, Andreas Fenner and Zak Khan come from varied musical backgrounds. Check out Honeybutter at 7PM, Wednesday June 8 at the Dakota in Minneapolis. Because different music styles have differing ways of arranging songs, when Andreas and Clara got together with Phil Nusbaum, Phil asked about the group process of arranging.

Manny Hill talks with MPS Superintendent Ed Graff for the last time on Jazz88. The Superintendent congratulates the class of 2022, speaks on upcoming summer programs at MPS, and the transition to new leadership for the district.

We talk all things Twin Cities Cinema with RacketMN.com cofounder Keith Harris

Yellowjackets Saxophonist (and writer, arranger) Bob Mintzer with Jazz88's Patty Peterson ahead of Yellowjackets' performance at The Dakota.

After four tornado touch downs in Minnesota this week, we spoke to MN DNR State Climatologist Luigi Romolo about the requirements to classify a storms as a tornado, but details on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Margo Ashmore of the Northeaster Newspaper joins the Morning Show to highlight Speak MPLS, a new way for members to create broadcast quality productions, plus some highlights from Art-a-Whirl you might have missed!

The Southside Aces celebrates its new CD June 3 at the Dakota in Minneapolis. Performing New Orleans jazz means playing from a catalog of thousands of songs spanning at least a hundred years. But the new Southside Aces recording presents fifteen new pieces, all composed by Southside Aces bandleader Tony Balluff. When Tony got together with Phil Nusbaum, Phil asked Tony bluntly, with all of that music already out there, why compose?

Multi-faceted Minneapolis singer Connie Evingson shows her string jazz side in two performances this week with Patty and the Buttons. The group plays Wednesday June 1 at the Minneapolis Women’s Club and Saturday June 4th at Crooners. When Connie spoke with Phil Nusbaum, she related why she loves string jazz.

Julius Collins, of Dr. Mambo's Combo, stopped by the Afternoon Cruise to chat with Sean McPherson in advance of the group's two show stand at the Capri Theater this weekend. The show is called "Let's Go Crazy" and it's a Prince tribute.

Ahead of The Capri Theater's tribute to Prince, Legends: Let's Go Crazy, Patty Peterson discusses the Minneapolis music icon's influence on the scene with Doctor Mambo's Combo members Ashley Commodore and Brian Ziemniak