Highway 89

Highway 89

Highway 89 is a live performance and interview program that originates in BYUradio’s state-of-the-art recording studio. International, national, and local artists from a wide range of musical genres are featured.

Episodes

Alex and Sam Bigney

February 6, 2021 • 55 mins
The tale of our guests today begins, perhaps, in a home in which the father, a painter, exchanged some of his paintings for musical instruments. His sons, soon to be a harpist, a fiddler, and a guitarist, grew up to be Kirkmount, a Celtic band that, when the boys were still very young, kept up a rigorous schedule performing at festivals and in concert halls, making recordings, and they even won A Prairie Home Companion's "Talent fr...
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Anton Nel

January 30, 2021 • 56 mins
Anton Nel enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured first prizes in all the major South African competitions while still in his teens, toured his native country extensively and became a well-known radio an...
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The New Time Ensemble: Celtic Trio

January 23, 2021 • 52 mins
The New Time Ensemble plays traditional Irish tunes on unconventional instruments with porch-jamming earthiness. Leslie Ann Harrison (flutes), Frederic Pouille (guitar, banjo, vocals) and Liz Davis Maxfield (cello) met while studying music at the University of Limerick in Ireland. They recorded an album “A Year in Ireland” at the end of their studies and have toured in Ireland, Scotland, England and the United States.
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Paul Jacobsen

January 16, 2021 • 56 mins
Singer/Songwriter Paul Jacobsen has performed with Sheryl Crow, the Jayhawks, John Hiatt, and many others. He’s been a finalist in both the Telluride Bluegrass Troubadour and Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Songwriter contests, is a regular member of The Lower Lights, and has release 2 solo albums with one on the way. Tonight he plays all original music, including multiple tracks from his yet-unreleased new album, and chats with host St...
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Micky and the Motorcars

January 9, 2021 • 56 mins
From the Sawtooth mountains of Stanley, Idaho to downtown Nashville, Tennessee to the city limits of Austin Texas, Micky and the Motorcars spend 200 days a year jamming in every nook of the nation. They've released 7 full-length records so far, their latest of which is "Hearts from Above." Micky and the Motorcars is normally a five-man group, but today we got a special unplugged three-man performance. Tour bus malfunctions can't k...
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Camille Nelson

January 2, 2021 • 54 mins
We didn’t make Camille Nelson bring all of the instruments she plays into the studio today, which is a good thing – there may not have been room for them all. Camille Nelson is a classically trained artist whose new album, "Lead Me Home," can be found near the top of a number of different Billboard charts. For Camille, studying violin at age 6 was the doorway through which she stepped to develop a close relationship with the guit...
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Ben Reneer

December 26, 2020 • 42 mins
Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.” Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's it Gonna Take?), Orange Avenue, Senseless, Swallow, Songbird
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Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen

December 19, 2020 • 51 mins
Susan Facer and Jerry Steichen became good friends when they performed on Broadway together in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Susan was singing the lead, Christine Daae, and Jerry was conducting. But when the show ended their paths diverged and they lost contact. A decade later they serendipitously bumped into each other in the Salt Lake airport. Susan was moving to Utah from New Jersey and Jerry had become Princip...
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Debra Fotheringham

December 12, 2020 • 57 mins
When Debra Fotheringham was a kid, the music from her father’s collection of jazz albums filled up the house, and filled up Debra’s heart. With a heart full of jazz, it’s no wonder that art began to make its way out of her heart and into the world. Debra began to make her mark as a fiction writer, getting invited to writers’ conferences even as a first grader. In Junior High, she discovered the versatility of the acoustic guitar a...
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Morgan Snow and John Davis: Triggers and Slips

December 5, 2020 • 59 mins
Together they're sometimes a duo, and sometimes the're a 5-piece band, but Morgan Snow and John Davis are always called "Triggers and Slips". Morgan recently summed up what they do when he tweeted: "I write original songs and sing my guts out when necessary"! Currently split between Nashville (Morgan) and Utah (John) they're back together to play the Utah Arts festival and other concerts. Today Morgan is on acoustic guitar, harmon...
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Antonio d'Abramo, Clara Hurtado Lee, Isaac Hurtado

November 26, 2019 • 52 mins
Accomplished Italian concert pianist, Antonio d’Abramo is joined by the brother and sister opera duo of Clara Hurtado Lee and Isaac Hurtado. They perform a variety of classical pieces, including piano solos from Antonio, solo pieces from both Clara and Isaac, as well as some duets.  Songs featured: Rachmaninov: Etude-Tableau op. 39 Nº 4, Pozzoli: Etude Nº 30, Puccini: Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut, Mascagni: The Cherry Due...
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Beethoven Festival Trio

November 19, 2019 • 54 mins
Joining us on this episode are Leslie Harlow, Pamela Palmer Jones, and Russel Harlow. They are a trio from The Beethoven Festival. This is a non-profit organization and is the longest running classical music festival in Utah. Pieces featured: Telemann Trio Sonata, Faure Trio Op 120 Mvt 1, Max Bruch Acht Stucke Op 83 Mvts 2 & 3, Beethoven Trio Op 1 #1 Mvt 1 Learn more about the Beethoven Festival here: http://www.pcmusicfestival.c...
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Michael Barrow and the Tourists

November 2, 2019 • 46 mins
Michael Barrow and the Tourists is a folk rock band from Provo, Utah that has been together since the Spring of 2016. Their music has been praised by reviewers as full of “melodic beauty” and “narrative complexity”. Listen to hear some of their signature songs and the story behind their first album, Juneau! Songs Featured: “Sing Me Something New”, “Sweet Honey”, “Hey, Hey, Hey”, “What Is It For?”, “12 Bar”, “Something New”, “All I...
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Brother.

August 24, 2019 • 42 mins
Live music performances from Studio 6 at BYU Radio.
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Vann Moon

August 17, 2019 • 47 mins
Live music performances from Studio 6 at BYU Radio.
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Roseburg

July 20, 2019 • 34 mins
Roseburg takes its name from a small, green city in Oregon where the founding three band members, Zach Knell, Samuel Sheppard, and Keith Lambson met. They formed the band in early 2018, later adding bassist Soren Buchert. Since then, the young rockers have been busy working with producers like Scott Wiley and Nate Pyfer to perfect their Pacific Northwest boy band sound.  Songs featured: Identity Prices, Be Good, Evergreen, Stay Go...
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Tribeca Ensemble

May 23, 2019 • 53 mins
The Tribeca Ensemble - a string quartet composed of Jesse Massey, Julie Beistline, Devan Freebairn an Audrey Hudgens - returns to Studio 6 to perform pieces exclusively by modern, Utah-based composers.  Songs featured:“No. 11 op. 89” by Nicolet Singleton; “Cloudseeding 10” by Devin Maxwell; “String Quartet No. 3 ‘Sacred Spaces’” by Esther Megargel; “Small World Fantasies, II. ‘Beatle D’” by M. Ryan Taylor; “String Quartet No. 1, 1...
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Mythic Valley

May 22, 2019 • 54 mins
Image may contain: 2 people, guitar Mythic Valley is an indie-folk duo made up of Tommy Gunn and Tony Aman. Their sound “finds its core within the neo-Americana genre.” Their musical influences include James Taylor and Fleet Foxes. Songs featured: Mythic Valley, Whole Again, Steeples, Closed Doors, Come Clean, Something Sweet, The Last One, Full Moon, Sadie, King at Last Learn more about them here: https://mythicvalley.com/ Wat...
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Peter Breinholt, Nancy Hanson, David Tolk & Craig Miner

May 21, 2019 • 44 mins
Peter Breinholt, Nancy Hanson, David Tolk and Craig Miner are a talented group of musicians. They each have their own musical pursuits, but come together every now and again to work on special projects like the one recorded in Studio 6.  Songs featured: “Dancing Queen” (ABBA); “Rocket Man” (Elton John); “Roll Away the Stone” (Mott the Hoople); “Only You” (Yaz); “So Lonely” (The Police); “Only in Your Heart” (America); “Give Me Lov...
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Ben Reneer

May 17, 2019 • 42 mins
photo by Josh Siebert Ben Reneer is a singer-songwriter from Alpine, Utah. According to the man himself, Ben “is determined to tell stories in the best way he knows how: through the universal language of music.”  Songs featured: Off My Mind, Emma, I Should Be Getting More Sleep, 25 Years (What's it Gonna Take?), Orange Avenue, Senseless, Swallow, Songbird Learn more about him here: https://www.benreneer.com/music/  Watch select...
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