Interview with Matt Wilson, NMU Jazz Festival featured artist

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Hans Ahlström

Published March 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM EDT

The NMU Jazz Festival is taking place today and tomorrow (3/20 & 21) on the NMU campus, and this year's featured artist is drummer Matt Wilson. Public Radio 90's Hans Ahlstrom spoke with Wilson about working with the students in the jazz band and little about his own background in jazz and discovering the joy in the music

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Hans Ahlström

Hans Ahlström is the host of several programs, including the daily musical variety show Weekday, the mostly straight ahead jazz show Night Studio, the self-explanatory Blues Today, and the eclectic Sound Spectrum. You can also hear Hans as the local host of NPR's All Things Considered news magazine. He also helps manage Public Radio 90's web content, interviews local and visiting writers and artists, works with NMU student interns, and writes the occasional news story.

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