Jedd Beaudoin
Strange Currency Host | Into Music Podcast HostJedd Beaudoin is host and producer of the syndicated music show Strange Currency, which he launched in 2008. In addition to that role, he serves as an arts reporter for the station, primarily covering music with occasional explorations of books and theatre. More recently, he launched the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State University where he has also taught in the Department of English and College of Fine Arts. As a freelance writer, he spent years acquiring bylines in a variety of publications including No Depression, PopMatters, and Keyboard.
He enjoys heavy metal concerts and record hunting.
Jedd can be reached by email at beaudoin@kmuw.org.
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Johanna Samuels discusses Sorry, Kid, a look back at her younger self with a sense of wisdom and empathy. -
The critically acclaimed Minneapolis musical duo The Cactus Blossoms have two performances in Kansas this weekend. -
Veteran singer-songwriter Shannon Lay returns with positive, thoughtful new LP and a new label. -
Wichita band The Velvet Fever releases its newest recording, "Freewriter," this weekend. The band's Jason and Katie Hendry say the collection's title track was partially inspired by a photo taken by bassist Brian Bontrager, and with it, they wanted to create musical settings that closely reflected the lyrics. -
Sarah Nagourney discusses the origins of the She Creates Noise podcast. -
New music by The Cleaners From Venus, Wesley Stace, Emma Ruth Rundle, and more. -
Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto of hackedepicciotto discuss the end of their nomadic days (for now, maybe) and the secret of their long-running partnership. -
Veteran bassist Kira Roessler returns with second solo outing, Enigma. -
The band Men At Work are best known for songs such as "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under." In both the songs and the music videos that accompanied them in the early 1980s, the group's wry humor was on display. -
Despite having maintained a steady lineup in his band over the decades, James McMurtry says that being a band leader didn't come naturally to him.
