He keeps on his black winter jacket, zipped chin-high, throughout the interview. Even after 24 years of living in Minnesota, he still likes to wrap…
Talking to Mpambara
Author: slb2
Susan Budig draws from music and poetry to create her own poems that she uses to bring healing and recovering from grief to others.
Tannahill Weavers show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
submitted by Susan Budig I feel as though I’ve lived the last forty years of my life wearing static-playing earphones embedded into my ears. This…
Ellika Frisell and Solo Cissokho show
By Susan Budig Amazingly, I’ve found that I have something in common with Bill Gates. We both have been in the presence of great wealth.…
Wellstone World Music Day
Paul Wellstone, a US Senator from Minnesota, was killed nearly a year ago, along with his wife, daughter, and three of his campaign workers, when…
Diane Jarvi: whimsy and gritty
A CD review by Susan Budig Diane Jarvi – Flying Into Blue (Lupine Records, 1999) Diane Jarvi told me this CD was made to appeal…
Show Review of Dan Rumsey in St. Paul, Minnesota
by Susan Budig I’ve found something better to do than sleep-in on a Sunday morning. Instead of indulging in sweet slumber, on July 20th ,…
Mpambara–a Minneapolis, Minnesota show review
Mpambara-a Minneapolis, Minnesota gig review by Susan Budig Leafing through the Minneapolis Summer Jazz Festival booklet I spy a new name. It’s the first time…
Bruce Molsky – a Show Review from Madison, Wisconsin
Running late on this mild spring evening, I angle into the nearest parking spot and run up the steps of an old, gutted, church, transformed…