Singer/Songwriter Andy Rumsey joins us in the studio to talk about how music gave him an outlet for his internal emotional life the way nothing else could, and why he believes in music and connection as a pathway to help heal and teach in an uncertain world. Andy brings an unplugged acoustic set of music from his back catalog, an acapella A-HA cover, and more. KSPS PBS is the Public Broadcast TV Station for the Inland Northwest across Eastern Washington, North Idaho, Western Montana, as well as parts of BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan Canada. This Podcast offers an in depth interview with performing artists from Inland Sessions, our weekly half-hour showcase featuring original music being written/performed across the heart of this region, highlighting new, emerging, and career musicians, poets, and dancers, alongside professional traditionalists and classical specialists. Top local and regional performers, alongside a new generation of artists every Monday at 7:30p PST on KSPS (check your local listings for channel) and can be streamed live, or watched on-demand at ksps.org. KSPS is a non-profit community media organization, devoted to enriching the community with high quality and locally-created programming intermixed with national and international programs you already know and love, showcasing the stories, people, and experiences that make the Inland Northwest unique.

Tango Volcado is a classically-styled Tango ensemble featuring Jody Graves on piano, Patricia Bartell on accordion, Eugene Jablonsky on upright bass, and Tana Bland on violin and viola. These musicians include world champion musicians, cultural ambassadors, and respected music educators on the world's stage. This is an opportunity to meet each respected member as an individual, and learn how they were each introduced to music, and have since explored music and teaching music as a way to express themselves and explore the world through their ability to deliver extraordinary and heartfelt performances to audiences near and far. You will hear short selections from Tango Volcado's performance on Inland Sessions recorded in July 2025, and premiering on KSPS-PBS on 10/20/2025. To watch Tango Volcado on KSPS, to watch other episodes, or to find more podcasts like this go to ksps.org/inlandsessions You can support Inland Sessions, Public Broadcast, and celebrate access to world-class music performances by becoming a sustaining KSPS member anytime at ksps.org

Kent Ueland stops by the studio to talk about and share some of his intimate and raw folk-based country music project The Holy Broke, which he brought to the KSPS PBS studios in Spokane, Washington for Inland Sessions. His full half-hour studio performance premieres on October 13th 7:30pm Pacific on KSPS from your digital tuner in the Pacific Northwest or streaming live and on demand at ksps.org/inlandsessions. This episode includes exclusive acoustic performances of his songs "TV" and "Amen", as well as a chance to talk about his pathway to and through music.

Riley C. Anderson visits Zana in the studio to talk about how picking up the guitar when he was a child helped him navigate his various identities and how he's forged a pathway through life with music. RCA shares a solo acoustic set, and we get a taste of RCA & The Radicals from their creative and energetic Inland Sessions studio performance! RCA & The Radicals premieres on Inland Sessions Monday, October 6th 2025 at 7:30pm Pacific Time on KSPS PBS across Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alberta Canada, and on demand at ksps.org/inlandsessions after their PBS debut! Learn more about RCA and finding his music at rcatheradicals.com

Inland Sessions & Inland Sessions: The Podcast is produced by KSPS PBS-TV studios in Spokane, Washington with with support from Spokane Arts, and their Spokane Arts Grant Awards! Spokane Arts supports arts and culture in the region through grantmaking, programming, advocacy, and professional development. Fostering creativity by providing direct support to individuals, groups, and organizations in the creative sector, and we promote local arts and culture to the wider community.

Hank Cramer is a singer/songwriter and traditional folk troubadour from Winthrop, Washington. Hank has spent his life collecting and sharing American and Celtic folk songs of the soldier, sailor, cowboy, pioneer, laborer, traveler, and friend alongside his own original music. A lover of history and storytelling, he delivers memorable performances with his guitar and distinct baritone vibrato. Hank joined today's host Tina Swannack to talk about his formative experiences with music and performance, sharing details of how a folk artist makes a living now a days. Inland Sessions is a KSPS-PBS production from Spokane, Washington. For Hank's full recorded performance, alongside other musicians from the Inland Northwest, or to find more interviews with Inland Sessions artists about art, music, passion, performance, and the business side of it all visit ksps.org/inlandsessions. To support Public Media, and non-profit KSPS-PBS productions and to see our schedule of broadcasts visit ksps.org to watch, learn more, volunteer, or donate.

Mixing pop, grunge, punk, psyche, and jazz into a noisy new stew, Matt Legard and Tom Deckert of The Colourflies from Spokane, Washington join us in the studio to tell us how they discovered their passions for music and how they think about authenticity and performance as a balancing act. The Colourflies premiere on Inland Sessions Monday, March 3rd at 7:30pm Pacific on KSPS-TV and streaming at ksps.org. More information about Inland Sessions artists, see full performance episodes, or visit to explore more podcasts with independent artists of the Inland Northwest featured on Inland Sessions visit ksps.org/inlandsessions KSPS PBS is the independent PBS affiliate of the Inland Northwest, reaching from the Columbia River to the Arctic Circle, from the Cascades to the far side of the Rockies creating and curating hyper-local content for and about the people of the INW.

Neo-soul singer/songwriter Helmer Noel visits the studio to talk about how growing up, his mom was the church choir director who got him hooked on music and singing early on, giving him the confidence to explore expressing himself through performance and eventually his own music. Also how finding creative collaborators after moving to Spokane, Washington helped change the direction of his life and his music. KSPS PBS is a PBS affiliate in Spokane, Washington delivering stories about the people, places, and events around the Inland Northwest, building community through local storytelling. Find more podcasts from Inland Sessions artists, or watch full-length episodes of Inland Sessions performances at ksps.org/inlandsessions. Helmer Noel's half hour performance of his originals with collaborator Logan McDonald will be broadcast Monday, February 24th at 7:30pm Pacific time on channel 7.1 and streaming at ksps.org/watch.

Find out more about Helmer at https://www.helmernoel.com/ KSPS PBS is a non-profit public media station which survives because of viewers and listeners like you. Find out more about KSPS including how to support our mission at ksps.org.

Classically-trained singer/songwriter Pamela Benton visits the studio to talk about being immersed in a world of music for as long as she can remember, starting with the violin when she was 7 years old and progressing to teaching herself guitar by the time she was in Jr. High her music is built around her electric violin and guitar in contemporary cross-genre arrangements. She also delivers a stripped down acoustic performance as she talks about how her shyness used to hold her back, but music and community gave her the breakthrough she needed to unleash herself when performing. Inland Sessions is a production of KSPS PBS in Spokane, Washington serving the Inland Northwest U.S. and Canada providing informative, entertaining, and uplifting programming from producers and storytellers from every corner of North America. KSPS-PBS is a 501(c)3 non-profit and has a hyper local production team focusing on creating enlightened programming around people, stories, events, and news happening across the heart of the Inland Northwest. Watch KSPS live or on-demand at ksps.org. Watch Pamela Benton's full in-studio performance episode, visit our archive, or listen to more podcasts at ksps.org/inlandsessions