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Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.


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Steve Seel is the host of YourClassical’s weekly SymphonyCast and the trailblazing music show Extra Eclectic. He possesses a broad knowledge of many musical genres, having hosted radio programs ranging from classical to jazz and even avant-garde music at radio stations around the country. Steve began his love affair with public radio at 24 working whatever shifts he could at his hometown station of WUSF-FM in Tampa, Florida, and from there worked his way to snowy Buffalo, New York, and its renowned classical station WNED-FM, where he hosted middays and the weekly experimental-music show Present Tense.  In 2005, Steve became one of the founding voices on Minnesota Public Radio's eclectic station, the Current. While there, he hosted afternoons and mornings, and conducted in-depth interviews with pop music luminaries ranging from Brian Eno to David Byrne to Tori Amos. Steve is a basement composer obsessed with all things both minimalist and slow, and might actually be incapable of writing anything that exceeds 75 beats-per-minute.


Steve Seel

Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble asks, “What happens when strangers meet?” The idea of "creating peace across borders" is on many people’s minds now, and that’s the focus of this week’s Extra Eclectic, with Steve Seel. 


Creating Peace Across Borders

Extra Eclectic

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Creating peace across borders

A journey out of darkness and into the light this week.


From Shadow to Light

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Composer Shelley Washington wants you to move. Find out more about her exciting music on the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.


Shelley Washington Wants You to Move

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Shelley Washington wants you to move

Bassist and composer Xavier Foley sees genres as “limitations best left ignored.”



Xavier Foley: Bass Exploration

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Extra Eclectic kicks off our observance of Black History Month with her music.





Jessie Montgomery, In High Demand

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We celebrate the Lunar New Year with a program filled with lunar-themed music. 


Lunar Themed Music

Happy Lunar New Year

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Jonny Greenwood’s award-winning score for ‘There Will be Blood’ is featured.


There Will Be Blood

The Lure of the West

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It’s a program of pairs, and birds, and pairs of birds this week.


Two Birds with One Show

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John Adams’ “City Noir” explores 1940s California and the genre of film noir.
