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Highway 89 Podcast

Highway 89 is a live performance and interview program that originates in BYUradio’s state-of-the-art recording studio. International, national, and local artists from a wide range of musical genres are featured.

  1. 06/02/2021

    Alex and Sam Bigney

    The tale of our guests today begins, perhaps, in a home in which the father, a painter, exchanged some of his paintings for musical instruments. His sons, soon to be a harpist, a fiddler, and a guitarist, grew up to be Kirkmount, a Celtic band that, when the boys were still very young, kept up a rigorous schedule performing at festivals and in concert halls, making recordings, and they even won A Prairie Home Companion's "Talent from Towns Under Two Thousand" contest. Two of those brothers, Harpist Alex Bigney and fiddler Sam Bigney join us in the studio for an hour of medleys featuring traditional tunes and original pieces. Songs featured: Late Summer Aire, Home on the Columbia, Homecoming, Jerry's Jigs, Rosey's Waltz, Wandering.

    56 min

  2. 30/01/2021

    Anton Nel

    Anton Nel enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured first prizes in all the major South African competitions while still in his teens, toured his native country extensively and became a well-known radio and television personality. As recitalist he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection in New York, at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Davies Hall in San Francisco, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Eager to pursue dual careers in teaching and performing he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in his early twenties, followed by professorships at the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan, where he was chairman of the piano department. In...

    57 min

  3. 23/01/2021

    The New Time Ensemble: Celtic Trio

    The New Time Ensemble plays traditional Irish tunes on unconventional instruments with porch-jamming earthiness. Leslie Ann Harrison (flutes), Frederic Pouille (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Liz Davis Maxfield (cello) met while studying music at the University of Limerick in Ireland. They recorded an album “A Year in Ireland” at the end of their studies and have toured in Ireland, Scotland, England and the United States.

    53 min

  4. 16/01/2021

    Paul Jacobsen

    Singer/Songwriter Paul Jacobsen has performed with Sheryl Crow, the Jayhawks, John Hiatt, and many others. He’s been a finalist in both the Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriter contests, is a regular member of The Lower Lights, and has release 2 solo albums with one on the way. Tonight he plays all original music, including multiple tracks from his yet-unreleased new album, and chats with host Steven Kapp Perry about twins, Neil Young benefit concerts, and spontaneous Wyoming meteor showers. Songs featured: Two Headed Heart, Some Amazing Grace, Western Skies, You're the Song, The Same Night's Waiting for us All, Muslin Dress, and Time.

    57 min

  5. 09/01/2021

    Micky and the Motorcars

    From the Sawtooth mountains of Stanley, Idaho to downtown Nashville, Tennessee to the city limits of Austin Texas, Micky and the Motorcars spend 200 days a year jamming in every nook of the nation. They've released 7 full-length records so far, their latest of which is "Hearts from Above." Micky and the Motorcars is normally a five-man group, but today we got a special unplugged three-man performance. Tour bus malfunctions can't keep the music down! Brothers Micky and Gary Braun and guitarist Dustin "Sunshine" Shaefer perform acoustic versions of some of the band's top hits, including the title track from their newest album. Host: Steven Kapp Perry Songs featured: "Hearts from Above," "Carolina Morning," "Long Road to Nowhere," "Led Me the Wrong Way," "Long and Lonely Highway," "Fall Apart," "Casino."

    56 min

  6. 02/01/2021

    Camille Nelson

    We didn’t make Camille Nelson bring all of the instruments she plays into the studio today, which is a good thing – there may not have been room for them all. Camille Nelson is a classically trained artist whose new album, "Lead Me Home," can be found near the top of a number of different Billboard charts. For Camille, studying violin at age 6 was the doorway through which she stepped to develop a close relationship with the guitar, and then piano, banjo, mandolin, and more. All of that have given her the ability to experiment with classical, folk, pop, and new age sounds, and all of those influences have found a comfortable home in her recordings. She has distinguished herself as an athlete, a public speaker, an educator, an author, and more. Camille has lived in South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, and she speaks German and Italian fluently. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Utah and her Ph.D. from Gonzaga University. She currentl...

    55 min

  7. 26/12/2020

    Ben Reneer

    Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.” Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's it Gonna Take?), Orange Avenue, Senseless, Swallow, Songbird

    43 min

  8. 19/12/2020

    Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen

    Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen became good friends when they performed on Broadway together in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Susan was singing the lead, Christine Daae, and Jerry was conducting. But when the show ended their paths diverged and they lost contact. A decade later they serendipitously bumped into each other in the Salt Lake airport. Susan was moving to Utah from New Jersey and Jerry had become Principal Pops Conductor of Utah Symphony. Today they perform Broadway tunes together including “Think of Me” from Phantom for the grand finale! Eric Glissmeyer chats with Susan about stage mishaps, touring with her young family and landing the big role. He also chats with Jerry Steichen about his Oklahoma roots and current projects.

    51 min
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Highway 89 is a live performance and interview program that originates in BYUradio’s state-of-the-art recording studio. International, national, and local artists from a wide range of musical genres are featured.

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  • Channel
    BYUradio
  • Creator
    BYUradio
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2021
  • Episodes
    386
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 BYU Broadcasting
  • Show Website
    Highway 89

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