Pam Without Boundaries

We welcomed Taylor Robert—whom you may also know as Taylor Baggott—to the studio this morning to talk about his new album and release party at Hell’s Kitchen on Saturday, May 11th. Taylor has been on the music scene in the Twin Cities for more than 5 years, releasing his first full-length in 2009. In that time, he’s stuck to a sound he now calls “roll n’ soul,” although he went through a few incarnations at the suggestion of experienced friends to get to this point. We’ll keep in touch with Taylor Robert on PWB. We also heard new music from AM & Shawn Lee, Joshua Redman and local band Chicane Theory. Check the playlist for more!

This Earth Day-ish date meant a rather obvious start to the show with Dramarama’s “What Are We Gonna Do?” but it was fun to hear that cautionary song, now a couple decades old.

The pledge drive edition of PWB brought guests Ellen Stanley of “Womenfolk” and Al B. Ware of “Songs of Praise” to the morning’s festivities, as well as a call from a Walker Church-era volunteer, Scott G. Hansen. It was fun to hear form him in honor of the pledge drive as the station looks at its 35th anniversary: Scott was one of the last people to broadcast from the church’s belfry so long ago.

New music this morning from Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merrit in advance of their gig in April at the Dakota, also Bajofondo, Caitlin Rose and Low. There’s a new album from The Cave Singers I think will be getting a lot of attention from music-lovers soon…