Davina from Davina and The Vagabonds swung through the Afternoon Cruise to talk about the upcoming show for the Vagabonds. Davina also mentioned how the pandemic has changed their goals and life outlook.

Gary Hines, the leader of Sounds of Blackness connected with Sean from the Afternoon Cruise to discuss the group's new single, "Woke" as well as their upcoming Juneteenth show at Allianz Field.

Manny Hill, the executive producer of MPS Voices, was nice enough to swing through the Afternoon Cruise and talk about the new service designed to let more listeners discover the talents of the Minneapolis Public Schools community.

Cody Steinmann visited the Afternoon Cruise to discuss his upcoming concerts, his monthly jam session and his love of the Twin Cities. He was raised in Milwaukee but relocated to the Twin Cities about five years ago. Sean McPherson also quizzed him about Milwaukee's not so famous food, hoppel poppel.

Jevetta Steele caught up with Sean from the Afternoon Cruise as she was preparing for her appearance with the Minnesota Orchestra for their Juneteenth Celebration on June 23.

Ernest Bisong, an accomplished violinist based out of the Twin Cities swung through the Jazz88 studios to talk about the role of violin in jazz music and to discuss his upcoming summer camp for string players.

Legendary guitarist, vocalist and radio host John Pizzarelli hopped on the phone with Jazz88 to discuss his new album and his recent travels with his trio.

Dave King of the Bad Plus hopped on the phone to talk with Sean from Jazz88 about the Bad Plus's new quartet lineup and their upcoming show at First Ave on June 10. Plus, they discussed Dave King's work with Julian Lage and King's connection to the Twin Cities.

Brandon Commodore, the leader of the NRG project, stopped by the Afternoon Cruise to chat about his concert on May 26 at The Commons in downtown Minneapolis.

Celebrated producer and saxophonist Terrace Martin hopped onto a ZOOM with Sean from the Afternoon Cruise to discuss his upcoming run of shows at the Dakota. During the conversation Martin shared his deep knowledge of the Twin Cities music scene, including gracing the stage of Arnellia's in St. Paul and taking in a performance at JT's Jazz Implosion at the Turf Club.