Music

Author Christopher Vondracek is with us. We'll talk about his memoir "Dancing with Welk." We'll explore the literature of place and the stories we tell about what matters and who matters in South Dakota.

Humbletown is out with a new album. The Black Hills duo features Morgan Carnes and Dylan Lewis. Their latest collection of songs was recorded with Dalton Coffey and will be released on October 7 at Aby’s brewing company. Carnes and Lewis stop by our SDPB Black Hills Surgical Hospital Studio for a live Moment in Sound and to talk about their new album "The Path I Chose to Walk."

Scott Simpson creates music while tucked into his indie studio in Spearfish canyon. He had released more than 30 albums. His latest includes songs he wrote and performed for strangers.

Avera Health is notifying patients whose data was stolen in a breach. We bring you a Tech Radio segment that explores what to do when your information is snatched. We'll also talk tech and artificial intelligence. Are machines already "thinking" for themselves? Plus Eric Holm joins us in studio for a Levitt at the Falls Moment in Sound.

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra celebrates 100 years in a season finale celebration this weekend. We hear from Maestro Delta David Gier and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams.

Lung is a commanding alt-punk rock duo comprised of Kate Wakefield with vocals and electric cello and Daisy Caplan on drums. Lung has a sound that is dark and foreboding. It blends opera with grungy undertones.

Tim Wolf is alt rock/americana musician based in Nashville, TN. He grew up on a farm near Huron, South Dakota. Wolf's South Dakota roots influence his song writing. His music contains images of rural life and memories of his childhood including attending a one-room schoolhouse.

Scotti Clifford & Spirits Cry is a Native American rock trio based out of the southern Badlands of South Dakota. The band is made up of Scotti Clifford with his son, Welby June and daughter Wahpe Louella on drums. They toured with the band, Dispatch in 2018. They've also performed at the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood, CA and at several other notable spaces across the United States. Their EP, "Stars Fall," was released in 2019 and they are looking forward to recording and releasing music in 2022.

“Were I with Thee” is a line from the Emily Dickinson Poem “Wild Nights – Wild Nights.” Michaelle Areyzaga and pianist Dana Brown have put Dickinson’s words, along with the words of Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gabriela Mistral, and others to song.

Spearfish artist Scott Simpson submitted music in 2021, and he's submitted a new song this year. Take a moment to hear Simpson's 2022 Tiny Desk entry "This Growing Old"