Alicia Witt, Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN- 12/18/25

Alicia Witt
Electric Fetus
Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 22nd, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS402)

Lineage: Zoom H2 internal mics

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.aliciawittmusic.com/

1. Intro
2. I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You
3. O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam cover)
4. Weird Time of Year
5. Lonely Holy Christmas
6. December 26th

Archive.org / Google Drive

Monday, December 22nd at 12:30 pm, award-winning singer/pianist/actor Alicia Witt will celebrate the holidays at Electric Fetus with an in-store performance! Following her performance, Alicia will sign copies of I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You on vinyl and CD. This event is free and open to all ages.

I Think I'm Spending Christmas With You is Alicia Witt's 7th release and debut as solo producer. It includes her original renditions of Christmas classics like “O Holy Night,” “The First Noel,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” alongside nine new original holiday songs, including the title track.

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Tapers notes: My last recording of 2025, and it was deinitely a fun one. I knew of Alicia more from her acting, but I really enjoyed her Christmas album, so I was excited when I saw this show pop up. She was in town to play a full band show at the Dakota later that night, but at this in-store appearance it was just her and a keyboard, but that was really all that was needed, her voice carried the songs just fine. 2025 was a fun year in music, I made my 400th recording, saw some new artists, spent time with artists I've known for years, and met some great people along the way. Looking forward to 2026, I've already got a handful of shows on the list!

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Cornbread Harris, Hook And Ladder Theater, Minneapolis, MN- 12/18/25

Cornbread Harris
Hook And Ladder Theater
Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 18th, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS401)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float)

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

https://cornbreadharris.bandcamp.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. Blue Blue Blue
3. Deeper Blues
4. Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) (Trad.)
5. When I Been Drinking (Big Bill Broonzy cover)
6. Merry Christmas, Baby (Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers cover)
7. Candy Man
8. Blue Christmas (Doye O’Dell cover)
9. Intermission Riff

Set 2

1. ?
2. What Child Is This? (William Chatterton Dix cover)
3. ?
4. The Little Drummer Boy (The Trapp Family Singers cover)
5. Night Train (Jimmy Forrest cover)
6. Please Come Home for Christmas (Charles Brown cover)
7. Pennies From Heaven (Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra cover)
8. Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont cover)
9. Twas the Night Before Christmas (Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians cover)
10. ?

Cornbread Harris- Vocals, Piano
Steve Clark- Saxophone, Flute
Benjamin Link- Trombone
Maurice Jacox- Saxophone, Vocals
Doug Hill- Drums
Scott Soule- Bass, Vocals
Jon Pederson- Guitar
Nathan Berry- Trombone, Cornet
Sam Brooks- Saxophone
Bobby Jay- Trumpet

Archive.org / Google Drive

The Hook and Ladder Theater is proud to again host this very special, intimate Holiday Blues Show with the one and only Cornbread Harris and Friends on Thursday, December 18th at The Hook and Ladder Theater. 

James Samuel “Cornbread” Harris, Sr. (born April 23, 1927) is an American musician and Twin Cities legend. The Cornbread, as he often refers to himself, has been playing blues, boogie-woogie and rock n roll piano for Twin Cities audiences for decades…roughly 7 of them now. Yes, Cornbread opened for The King (Elvis). Yes, a young Cornbread appeared on MN’s first recorded rock & roll record (with Augie Garcia). Yes, Cornbread has been the recipient of numerous prestigious (Blues Hall of Fame, Sally Award, etc.) recognitions. Yes, Cornbread is Jimmy Jam’s dad.

 

But, the fact that Cornbread still holds down weekly and monthly gigs across the Twin Cities at restaurants like The Loring Pasta Bar and Hells Kitchen, as well as playing local music venues, weddings, churches, old folks homes and private events as often as he can, is what might just make him the most special artist in our artist-rich community.

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Tapers notes: None.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Erik Koskinen, Oak Center General Store, Lake City, MN- 12/13/25

Erik Koskinen
Oak Center General Store
Lake City, MN
Dec. 13th, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS400)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float)

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Erik for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://erikkoskinen.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. Devil's Blues
3. Long Drive
4. Pocket Full of Money
5. Treat Me So Bad
6. The Unemployment Line
7. On Christmas Day
8. First Time in Years
9. Broke Down

Set 2

1. Intro
2. Darlin'
3. Big Plane
4. Free Money
5. Cruising Paradise the Long Way Around
6. Gun
7. Keep My Baby With Me
8. Pony to Ride
9. Six Pack of Beer and a Pack of Cigarettes
10. 4th of July

Erik Koskinen- Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Josh Gravelin- Bass Guitar
Richard Medek- Drums
Kora Melia- Fiddle

Archive.org / Google Drive

Erik Koskinen is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, whose music is not categorized by sub-genres. Stylistically he is on his own while heavily influenced by American roots music. The rhythmic integrity and musical tone is as important as the lyrical content and the artistic intent. Koskinen has reverently entered the anthology of uniquely crafted wry songs with the likes of Woody Guthrie and Ry Cooder while speaking as plainly as your neighbor. The Minneapolis Star Tribune calls Koskinen “the real deal” and “The best country songwriter in Minnesota”

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Tapers notes: None.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Josie Sanken, River House Kitchen + Drinks, Hutchinson, MN- 12/12/25

Josie Sanken
River House Kitchen + Drinks
Hutchinson, MN
Dec. 12th, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS399)

Lineage: SBD > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) + Zoom H4Essential Internals

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Josie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/JSANKENMUSIC/

Set 1

1. It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas (Perry Como cover)
2. White Christmas (Irving Berlin cover)
3. Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
4. Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover)
5. Stuck Like Glue (Sugarland cover)
6. Blue Christmas (Doye O’Dell cover)
7. Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont cover)
8. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
9. I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons cover)
10. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston cover)
11. The First Noel (Trad.)
12. Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt cover)
13. A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay cover)
14. Ring of Fire (Merle Kilgore cover)
15. Something in the Orange (Zach Bryan cover)
16. Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
17. I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) (Bing Crosby cover)
18. Last Christmas (Wham! cover)
19. O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam cover)
20. Automatic (Miranda Lambert cover)
21. Royals (Lorde cover)

Set 2

1. Drift Away (Mentor Williams cover)
2. Silver Bells (Bing Crosby cover)
3. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee cover)
4. Parachute (Chris Stapleton cover)
5. When the Stars Go Blue (Ryan Adams cover)
6. Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C. Riley cover)
7. In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke cover)
8. Deck the Halls (Trad.)
9. Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
10. Heads Carolina, Tails California (Jo Dee Messina cover)
11. We Danced Anyway (Deana Carter cover)
12. Someone Like You (Adele cover)
13. Boondocks (Little Big Town cover)
14. Wagon Wheel (Bob Dylan cover)
15. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

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Tapers notes: None.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Josie Sanken, River House Kitchen + Drinks, Hutchinson, MN- 12/4/25

Josie Sanken
River House Kitchen + Drinks
Hutchinson, MN
Dec. 4th, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS398)

Lineage: SBD > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) + Zoom H4Essential Internals

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Josie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/JSANKENMUSIC/

Set 1

1. It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas (Perry Como cover)
2. Blue Christmas (Doye O’Dell cover)
3. Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
4. Stuck Like Glue (Sugarland cover)
5. Silver Bells (Bing Crosby cover)
6. Silent Night (John Freeman Young cover)
7. Ring of Fire (Merle Kilgore cover)
8. Tennessee Whiskey (David Allan Coe cover)
9. Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt cover)
10. Deck the Halls (Trad.)
11. I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons cover)
12. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
13. Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont cover)
14. O Holy Night (Adolphe Adam cover)
15. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
16. Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
17. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey cover)
18. Something in the Orange (Zach Bryan cover)
19. White Christmas (Irving Berlin cover)

Set 2

1. I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) (Bing Crosby cover)
2. The Little Drummer Boy (The Trapp Family Singers cover)
3. Last Christmas (Wham! cover)
4. The First Noel (Trad.)
5. In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke cover)
6. Drift Away (Mentor Williams cover)
7. Silent Night (John Freeman Young cover)

8. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

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Tapers notes: Josie's vocals are down in the mix for some reason, I did some work in iZotope to rebalance them with the guitar, so it's a bit better than the original. I didn't want to go too far because at a certain point it added some digi-noise, so this is about as good as I could get it without ruining it.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Josie Sanken, Main Street Sports Bar, Hutchinson, MN- 10/16/25

Josie Sanken
Main Street Sports Bar
Hutchinson, MN
Oct. 16th, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS397)

Lineage: SBD > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) + Zoom H4Essential Internals

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Josie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/JSANKENMUSIC/

Set 1

1. Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
2. Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
3. Royals (Lorde cover)
4. Something in the Orange (Zach Bryan cover)
5. Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
6. Ring of Fire (Merle Kilgore cover)
7. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston cover)
8. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
9. What's Up? (4 Non Blondes cover)
10. No One Else on Earth (Wynonna Judd cover)
11. Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
12. Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter cover)
13. Tennessee Whiskey (David Allan Coe cover)
14. It Is Well (Bethel Music cover)
15. What Are You Listening To? (Chris Stapleton cover)
16. Free Fallin' (Tom Petty cover)
17. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
18. Stuck Like Glue (Sugarland cover)
19. Automatic (Miranda Lambert cover)
20. Don't Stop Believin' (Journey cover)

Set 2

1. Drift Away (Mentor Williams cover)
2. Parachute (Chris Stapleton cover)
3. When the Stars Go Blue (Ryan Adams cover)
4. Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C. Riley cover)
5. Someone Like You (Adele cover)
6. We Danced Anyway (Deana Carter cover)
7. Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
8. Rescue (Lauren Daigle cover)
9. Sweet Child o' Mine (Guns N’ Roses cover)
10. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson cover)
11. Tin Man (Miranda Lambert cover)
12. I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons cover)
13. Wagon Wheel (Bob Dylan cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

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Tapers notes: Big thanks to Josie for singing a request of mine (It Is Well), I had heard the song played at Charlie Kirk's memorial and realized Josie had sang it once before, so I was appreciatve of her pulling it back out again for this show.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Gigi Amal, Ambi Wine Bar, Anoka, MN- 10/15/25

Gigi Amal
Ambi Wine Bar
Anoka, MN
Oct. 15th, 2025

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS396)

Lineage: SBD > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) + Zoom H4Essential Internals

-Feel free to remaster, share freely anywhere else, or convert to MP3. Please don't sell it or profit from it in any way. If you enjoy this show, support the artist by buying/streaming their music, attending a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Gigi for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://ggtheukulady.wixsite.com/music

Set 1

1. Intro
2. Hey There Delilah (Plain White T’s cover)
3. What I Like About You (The Romantics cover)
4. Better Than Disney
5. I'm Yours (Jason Mraz cover)
6. Moon River (Henry Mancini cover)
7. Little Talks (Of Monsters and Men cover)
8. Fins (Jimmy Buffett cover)
9. Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover)
10. Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol cover)
11. Midnight on the Interstate (Trampled by Turtles cover)
12. Blinding Light
13. Rockstar (Nickelback cover)
14. She Loves You (The Beatles cover)
15. Heaven (Bryan Adams cover)
16. Flowers (Miley Cyrus cover)
17. Drive Thru
18. Float On (Modest Mouse cover)

Set 2

1. Intro
2. Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond cover)
3. You Ain't a Bad Man
4. Any Man of Mine (Shania Twain cover)
5. Little Bitty (Alan Jackson cover)
6. I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons cover)
7. Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams cover)
8. Charleston Girl (Tyler Childers cover)
9. Me More Cowboy Than You (The Brudi Brothers cover)
10. How You Remind Me (Nickelback cover)
11. Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison cover)
12. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (Green Day cover)
13. My Own Worst Enemy (Lit cover)
14. Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard cover)
15. Valerie (The Zutons cover)
16. Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton cover)
17. Into the Blue
18. Fishin' in the Dark (Ed Bruce cover)
19. Friends in Low Places (Dewayne Blackwell cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

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Tapers notes: None.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"