Tom Brosseau chats with incomparable Celtic music star Loreena McKennitt — she hails from Morden, Manitoba, just across the border from North Dakota. We'll sample some songs about borders and boundaries, and Australians with Aussie singing voices. Plus, a set from rising star Nat Vazer, and a performance by Hubby Jenkins, former Carolina Chocolate Drops multi-instrumentalist, recorded at the Grand Forks Public Library.

In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Dr. Twyla Baker, enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, in part two of "We Laugh So We Don't Cry."

Episode 105 features Alaska musicians The Heists and Josh Fortenbery, Americana musician Nathan Graham, and folk band Large Brush Collection. Plus, a Throwing Rocks feature on the Minot Curling Club.

Celebrate Women's History month with legendary folk artist Judy Collins and singer-songwriter Dawn Landes, who is releasing a reimagining of "The Liberated Women's Songbook from 1971" later this month. Plus, author and former North Dakota oil worker Micahel Patrick F. Smith reads from his New York Times Op-Ed, an appreciation of the late Toby Keith and shares an original song. And Tom performs a new tune inspired by the Magic City.

The Minot Curling Club is one of the oldest in the state, and today it’s at its fourth location. Over the years, flooding, a fire, and shifting ground forced a change in venues. But the club has continued to thrive, and welcomes new curlers each year.

Episode 104 features ‘eclectic Celtic’ musician Loreena McKennitt, South Dakota musician Isanti, singer-songwriter Andrea von Kampen, and arts educator Julie Wolfson. Plus, author Michael Patrick F. Smith reads his New York Times Op-Ed, “Toby Keith Was an Enigma Wrapped in a Riddle Wrapped in the Flag.”

In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Dr. Twyla Baker, enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation. In part one of "We Laugh So We Don't Cry."

In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Eileen Little Ghost, Lakota Elder, as she talks about the medicine wheel.

Episode 103 features Irish singer-songwriter Oisin Leech of The Lost Brothers, poet Bridgette Bianca, experimental musician and composer Claire Rousay, and country musician Esther Rose. Plus, a visit with sisters Susan Lundberg and Stephanie Delmore of Bismarck’s Sleepy Hollow Theatre.

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and music historian Hubby Jenkins visited the Grand Forks Public Library last month, marking his first visit to North Dakota. Listen to hear some of his live performance.