Bad Snacks, the artist name for musician Jesse Hanson, came to ISU in January of 2024 as our 3rd annual commercial music artist in residence. She worked directly with ISU Commercial Music students, producing an EP of their music. She returns this month, on March 20th, to perform with ISCS and the ISU Big Band.

Bad Snacks, the artist name for musician Jesse Hanson, came to ISU in January of 2024 as our 3rd annual commercial music artist in residence. She worked directly with ISU Commercial Music students, producing an EP of their music. She returns this month, on March 20th, to perform with ISCS and the ISU Big Band.

I am honored to dedicate this episode to Chrysalis, an outstanding album by Ryker Reese, a recent graduate of the ISU Commercial Music program. Chrysalis is available on Bandcamp via the link below, or you can find it through the City Creek Records Website

For this episode of Don’t Call it Jazz, I preview the upcoming ISU Jazz Festival featuring recorded music from our guest artists, the Sheela Bringi Bird Clan.

On this episode, the band Loot came to the studio to talk about their new EP, released in December of 2025.We discussed the making of the record, the history of the band, things to do in Elco, and the Pocatello music scene.

The newest edition of SPOTLIGHT on Double XX is here, with the Pocatello-grown artist known as Wynnm. Wynnm is an incredibly talented recording artist who has been releasing professional recordings since 2020. Give this episode a listen and hear about some of Wynnm and Elle's shared childhood memories; as well as (and most importantly) how our guest has evolved over the years!

Host Jon Armstrong is thrilled to invite the band Khorvai to talk about their new album Acheron, available streaming everywhere.

Jon Armstrong and Grant Harville have part 3 of their conversations about music and art.

Happy Holidays from our KISU family to yours! Whether you've been braving those cold temperatures or taking it easy in a tropical oasis' this time of year, one thing we all do is turn up our speakers and play some of this holiday season's classics. So for this episode of Double XX, we are bringing that special kind of cheer! Put on your best sweater and pour yourself a mug of hot coco as we listen to some of the classics!

My good friend Grant Harville is back on the show to talk about music! We discuss what it is to be an “institutionalized” musician versus a freelancer, and what freedom we have as artists, conductors, and composers to create and experiment within the responsibilities of our positions and jobs.