Record-release show featured fellow Duluthians Dave Simonett and Four Mile Portage

This month, on the eve of the release of his new album Minnesota, Mason Jennings and 89.3 The Current teamed up for a road-trip tour featuring .shows in intimate venues in Minneapolis, Duluth and Mankato, with benefits going to help Hunger-Free MN. Now, we bring you audio and video from his performance at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis.

As Mason Jennings releases his new album "Minnesota" he's teamed up with 89.3 The Current for a road trip tour. Here are photos from the September 8th Minneapolis show.

Singer-songwriter Haley Bonar is one of the staples of the Minnesota music scene, so it took a lot of people by surprise when she moved to Portland, Ore. two years ago. Well, the good news is that she's back in our wonderful state, and the better news is that she performed on our State Fair stage!

Low's ninth album is a true return to form. With the help of guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco), and banjo player Dave Carrol (Trampled By Turtles), the band used Sacred Heart Studios (housed in a church in Duluth) to create what might be the the best album of their career.

When deciding what to name their band the term for the residual heat left on a chair after an individual has vacated it seemed the perfect fit, Manheat. Duluth natives, Manheat display their hard rock sensibilities by playing loud and fast.

From Duluth to the Twin Cities to Portland and back, local singer-songwriter Haley Bonar, has used her change of scenery as inspiration on her fourth album, Golder.

After over ten years making music together, local hip hop duo Atmosphere are are focusing their latest effort, "The Family Sign" on the people they care about the most - their family.

Duluth-based indie-rock mainstays Low have returned with their ninth full-length album, "C'mon," which features guest turns by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline as well as members of Trampled by Turtles and the Trans Siberian Orchestra (yes, you read that correctly).

Alan Sparhawk is now a member of two bands from MN. Most recently, he's been known for his work in Retribution Gospel Choir, who played Rock The Garden this summer. But he's perhaps still best known for Low, the quintessential slowcore band from Duluth that he forned in '93 with his wife Mimi. They've put out a dozen releases, and they recorded a new one over this summer that will be out in the spring of 2011.