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MINNEAPOLIS MUSIC MONTH ON "UPPER ROOM WITH JOE KELLEY & GI DUSSAULT "
RADIO SHOW

TWIN CITIES MUSIC CELEBRATED ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH WITH INTERVIEWS, PERFORMANCES, AND MUSIC. 24 HOUR INTERNET BROADCAST AND WEEKLY LIVE SHOW ON WVOF . ONE WEEK FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON THE MUSIC OF PRINCE.


Bridgeport, Connecticut (Feb. 22nd, 2005) The "Upper Room with Joe Kelley & Gi Dussault " radio show announces its annual Minneapolis Music Month in March. The special will begin Monday Feb. 28th and run through the end of March. There will be new daily shows, interviews and performances. The show is broadcast 24/7 on the internet at www.upperroomwithjoekelley.com and live on Mondays 4-8pm (NYC time) on 88.5 WVOF FM in Fairfield, Connecticut on www.wvof.org.

Guests will include keyboardist and David Sanborn band director Ricky Peterson, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples, latin-jazz artist Nachito Herrera, original members of The Time Jellybean Johnson and Monte Moir, jazz vocalist Bruce A. Henry, Prince and the NPG drummer John Blackwell, Sheila Raye Charles (Ray Charles' daughter), Gary Hines of the Grammy-Award winning Sounds of Blackness, original Prince band member Gayle Chapman, Dave Anania of Greazy Meal and the Blue Man Group,former Prince keyboardist and vocalist Kip Blackshire, Time and Fishbone guitarist Tori Ruffin, Michael B. Nelson of the Hornheads, the band Latona, an in-studio concert with Miles Davis bassist Foley, MPLS musician historian JD Silva and several surprise guests.

The "Upper Room" will focus the entire week of March 7th- 13th on the music of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Prince. You will hear music spanning Prince's entire career and also interviews with members of Prince's past and current bands.

In addition, the "Upper Room" will be airing archived interviews from Rhonda Smith ,Chance Howard and Greg Boyer of Prince's current band the NPG, Kat Dyson, Estaire Godinez, Kirk Johnson, 94 East, Dr. Fink, Eric Leeds ,Timothy Moore of Heart, Mind and Soul, Taja Sevelle, Jacqui Thompson, Michael Bland, Tommy Barbarella and Sonny Thompson of NPG, St. Paul Peterson and Jeannie Peterson, Larry Graham, Jill Jones and Ian Ginsberg of the Grand Royals, Brown Mark and Dez Dickerson of Prince and the Revolution, Sheila E, Guyocious of Days of Wild, Shel Riser of Sonny Boy and Mazarati, Jake Schlichter of Semisonic, Damon Dickson, and many more.

The "Upper Room with Joe Kelley & Gi Dussault" has been on the air since 1982 and is well-respected in music circles as a radio home for creative music, interviews and in-house concerts. The show is also featured on TV and the internet. Prince featured the "Upper Room with Joe Kelley and Gi Dussault" on his official website www.npgmusicclub.com.

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