Diane highlights new music from Good Morning Bedlam, ber, Carolyne Naomi, Nat Harvie, Tysm!, The Von Tramps, Chris Castino and more.

Three City of Lakes Loppet luminaries - R.T. Rybak, Ray Aponte, and Carla Pardue - pick songs to rock your earbuds as you walk, ski, or snowshoe through Minneapolis.

In a biweekly series of features, we’re inviting Minnesota artists to introduce themselves to our audience. Today: Good Morning Bedlam, a ‘pop band pretending to be a string band.’

The West Bank venue has operated in the former Nomad World Pub space since 2019.

If a developer’s plans proceed, Minneapolis’s Uptown Theatre will become a concert venue with a size comparable to St. Paul’s Palace Theatre.

This year’s The Great Northern festival weaves art, food, and climate solutions into its celebration of winter. Programming runs Jan. 26-Feb. 6.

This week Diane highlights freshly announced music festivals including Blue Ox and Mid West Music Fest. Hear performing artists such as Polica, Haley, Pert Near Sandstone and Humbird. Diane also plays brand new music from Cloud Cult, The Nunnery, Tone LaDon and more. At the end of the programs, we’ll hear from Gary Hines of Sounds of Blackness, who are nominated for an NAACP Image Award for their song “Time For Reparations”.

Low Cut Connie, Jade Bird, Kiss the Tiger, and Miloe delivered transporting performances at The Current’s 17th Anniversary Party.

New Minnesota music videos from Cloud Cult, Lucia Sarmiento, Perth, and Sarah Streitz - and a Sounds of Blackness clip worth revisiting.

Welcome to The Scouting Report, a monthly list of 10 Minnesota artists with exciting new projects, as curated by our local music team.