Park Falls native debuts album on WRNC

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Posted by dkaeding on April 27, 2012 at 8:44 am

Park Falls musician James Corbett

The Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP will feature local musician James Corbett on the next installment of “Studio Sessions” on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Corbett will discuss his debut album “Coming Home,” which he released in January.

James Corbett is a singer-songwriter from Park Falls, Wisconsin. After graduating high school, he attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Corbett returned home and began playing acoustic folk music, drawing influences from artists like Chuck Ragan and Dustin Kensrue. The Park Falls native writes personal songs with universal themes.

“[The album is] kind of looking back on past things in your life and deciding I’m not going to worry about those anymore and I’m moving on from this point. It’s kind of about forgetting about the mistakes you may have made and forgiving yourself for that and moving on to a better place,” says Corbett.

Corbett says he wants people to connect with his music on a personal level. He’s working on a new project with friends and family in Park Falls. He hopes to release another album sometime this summer.

To learn more about Corbett, tune in Friday at 7:30 p.m. on 97.7 WRNC-LP. Listeners can stream the show online at www.wrnclp.org. People can also listen to his debut album online at www.jamescorbett.bandcamp.com. For more information on upcoming shows, call (715) 682-1664 or email md@wrnclp.org. WRNC welcomes local musicians who live in and around the Chequamegon Bay area to be interviewed on the program.

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Small Boat Voyageur on Studio Sessions

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Posted by dkaeding on April 11, 2012 at 9:15 am

Local musician Marlin Ledin

The Northland College radio station, 97.7 WRNC-LP, will feature local musician and Washburn native Marlin Ledin on the next segment of “Studio Sessions” on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. WRNC Music Director and Northland student Jeremiah Cornehl interviews Ledin about his life as a musician and what influences his work. Ledin performs a selection of songs from his EP “Home” with themes touching on common people, hometowns and Lake Superior.

Ledin learned how to play music at a young age, honing his talents on drums and bass. Since then, his musical repertoire has featured a variety of instruments, such as the tenor banjo, harmonica, accordion, and more. He lives on his 20-foot sailboat, recordingsongs under the moniker Small Boat Voyageur. Ledin has released his EP “Home” ahead of his plan to sail around Lake Superior this summer to record his debut album.

“I’m just going to vagabond around the lake and I’m bringing my guitar and my recording device and video camera,” says Ledin. “I’ll be making a bunch of field recordings of all different things from around the lake whether it’s sounds of ore boats or waves crashing or interviews with old fisherman.”

Ledin hopes to create a documentary from his experiences during the trip around Lake Superior. For more information about Marlin Ledin, go to www.smallboatvoyageur.com.

WRNC welcomes local musicians who live in the Chequamegon Bay area to be interviewed on “Studio Sessions.” Musicians are encouraged to share their thoughts about why music is important to them, as well as what inspires or influences them. Programs are recorded ahead of time and aired at a later date. Any local artists interested in being interviewed on the show may call (715) 682-1664 for more information or email md@wrnclp.org. Listeners can stream the show online at www.wrnclp.org.

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Nepstad & Yazmin on Studio Sessions

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Posted by dkaeding on March 29, 2012 at 5:01 pm

Local musician Danielle Nepstad

Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP features two talented young women performing on the local music scene this Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. Local musicians Danielle Nepstad and Yazmin Bowers are the next featured guests during a special one-hour installment of “Studio Sessions.” WRNC Music Director and Northland student Jeremiah Cornehl hosts the radio segment, interviewing local artists and bands about the music they create. Musicians perform live in-studio or bring tracks from their latest work for broadcast.

WRNC web audio special:

Danielle Nepstad started singing as a child while living in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1998, her family moved to the shores of Lake Superior, settling in Washburn. Nepstad says the Chequamegon Bay area has helped her grow and thrive as a musician.

“This tiny little area just amazes me, and it was just a blessing to grow up here where I could have my talent and let it mature with me,” says Nepstad.

Nepstad, who writes her own songs, won Big Top Chautauqua’s first “Big Top Idol” competition in 2010. The next year she was cast as a member of Big Top Chautauqua’s recurring show, “Ladies of the Canyon.” She graduated from Washburn High School in 2011 and is recording her first album in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nepstad hopes to release the album sometime this summer.

Local musicians Yazmin & Bruce Bowers

Yazmin Bowers is a member of the father-daughter duo Beat Zero. Bowers has been performing with her father, Bruce Bowers, for the last two years. She also performs her own original songs in Beat Zero. Bowers says as the daughter of two professional musicians — her father plays violin and guitar while her mother, Hope McLeod, writes songs — that she was “reared on a steady diet of diverse, worldly music emanating from inside The Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua.”

WRNC web audio special:

“In playing music on stage, the biggest thing I hope my audience comes away with and what makes me feel like I’ve done my job is when someone says to me that they’re inspired to do their own music or dance or whatever,” says Yazmin Bowers.

“When I play music, I feel better,” added father Bruce Bowers. “It’s almost like I’ve got a little bit of illness when I’m not playing music.”

Yazmin Bowers won first place at Big Top Chautauqua’s “Songwriter of the Year Competition” with her song “Working in the Shadows” in summer 2010. In 2011, she released an EP entitled ‘Solo,’ touring solo around the Midwest and in California with Beat Zero.

Bruce Bowers is an award-winning violinist, guitarist and composer. Bowers plays with the Blue Canvas Orchestra of the Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua.

WRNC welcomes local musicians who live in the Chequamegon Bay area to be interviewed on “Studio Sessions.” Musicians are encouraged to share their thoughts about why music is important to them, as well as what inspires or influences them. Programs are recordedahead of time and aired at a later date. Any local artists interested in being interviewed on the show may call (715) 682-1664 for more information or email md@wrnclp.org. Listeners may stream the show online at www.wrnclp.org.

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