Annie Bartholomew, KTOO

Last month, more than 900 people attended GLITZ, Juneau’s largest drag show and fundraiser for Southeast Alaska Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Questioning Alliance’s biggest fundraiser. The event supports the annual Juneau Pride celebration and contributes to SEAGLA’s scholarship and mini-grant program.

The Grammy Award-winning Tex-Mex conjunto band Los Texmaniacs dropped by KTOO to record their songs as part of KTOO’s Red Carpet Concert series. The 2019 Alaska Folk Festival guest artists performed a medley of their songs “Soy de San Luis” and “Mexico Americano” from their 2018 album, “Cruzando Borders.”

Created in collaboration with Justin Smith of Rusty Recordings in Gustavus, this video is part of our Red Carpet Concert series, an ongoing music video project by KTOO Public Media. Watch this video and other Red Carpet Concerts, including QUEENS, at KTOO.org

For the past three years, Gustavus sound engineer Justin Smith has visited Juneau to help record KTOO’s Red Carpet Concert series. This year, he stepped in front of the camera to play his original song “Rolling Tune” during the 2019 Alaska Folk Festival. The instrumental guitarist was a member of the Cook County Blues Band and owns the music production company Rusty Recordings.

Created in collaboration with Justin Smith of Rusty Recordings in Gustavus, this video is part of our Red Carpet Concert series, an ongoing music video project by KTOO Public Media. Watch this video and other Red Carpet Concerts, including Homer bluegrass band Burnt Down House, at KTOO.org.

The Homer bluegrass band Burnt Down House stopped by KTOO to perform “Weary Bones” as part of KTOO’s Red Carpet Concert series. The song was written by bass player and lead vocalist Angela Brock. The six-piece acoustic band describes themselves as “True County” and features Katie Klann on fiddle, Josh Kennedy on banjo, Geddy Miller on mandolin and Dylan Weiser on guitar.

Created in collaboration with Justin Smith of Rusty Recordings in Gustavus, this video is part of our Red Carpet Concert series, an ongoing music video project by KTOO Public Media. Watch this video and other Red Carpet Concerts, including Nicole Church, at KTOO.org

Arkansas songwriter Willi Carlisle stopped by KTOO to play his original tune, “Boy Howdy, Hot Dog!” as part of KTOO’s Red Carpet Concert series. The song was inspired by things his uncle said to him while growing up.

Created in collaboration with Justin Smith of Rusty Recordings in Gustavus, this video is part of our Red Carpet Concert series, an ongoing music video project by KTOO Public Media. Watch this video and other Red Carpet Concerts, including QUEENS, at KTOO.org

The eight-person choral ensemble QUEENS stopped by KTOO to perform a new composition by Juneau songwriter Marian Call titled “Know-So” as part of KTOO’s Red Carpet Concert series.

The all-woman lineup included Wendy Byrnes, Elizabeth Ekins, Zoe Grueskin, Rashah McChesney, Cate Ross, Asia Ver, and founding artist Taylor Vidic.

Created in collaboration with Justin Smith of Rusty Recordings in Gustavus, the video is part of our Red Carpet Concert series, an ongoing music video project by KTOO Public Media. Watch this video and other Red Carpet Concerts, including Nicole Church and Sarah Hamilton, at KTOO.org.