Pam Without Boundaries

We enjoyed some beautiful Finnish tango this morning with Sara Pajunen as our guest in the 11:00 hour. One of her projects, Tango Pohjan Tahden, will celebrate the release of a CD on Thursday, May 30th, at the American Swedish Institute. She also spoke about an upcoming concert with her Finnish-American roots duo, Kaivama, playing at The Cedar Cultural Center on Sunday, June 9th.

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. We also heard new Iron and Wine, Charles Bradley, and something from the new compilation dedicated to Nick Drake, “Way To Blue.”