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Radio Heartland on The Current: August 17, 2025

August 17, 2025

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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performing at Palace Theatre on Friday, December 13. Darin Kamnetz for MPR

Sunday morning, we have new music on the way from Jeff Tweedy, Tami Neilson, Asleep at the Wheel and Grain Thief. We’ll also celebrate the birthdays of Dave “Snaker” Ray and Eric Bibb. And we’ll feature a world premier of new song from local singer songwriter Sarah Morris from her new album due on this fall.

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A woman sits at a table inside a restaurant — Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Sarah Morris.
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A bearded man sings and plays guitar onstage; a fiddle player accompanies — Ray Benson, lead singer of the country western swing group Asleep at the Wheel, in concert at the Palace Theatre in Corsicana, Texas, on Dec. 9, 2022.
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Five guys with stringed instruments stand together for a group photo — Boston quintet Grain Thief have released a series of critically acclaimed records that blur the lines between country music and bluegrass.
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