A new EP by Minnesota hip-hop scene veterans Adam Garcia and Medium Zach finds connections with a new approach they developed in the early days of the pandemic.

Sunday’s eclectic bill of musicians with Minnesota ties featured Lissie, Nur-D, Chastity Brown, Mike Kota, Turn Turn Turn, Honeybutter, and Ber performing outdoors in Minneapolis.

Listen to the first five-hour episode of The Local Show. Every week from 7 to midnight we’ll feature a gig list, local music news, greater Minnesota songs, throwback tracks, top 5 debuts and an artist of month. This September we’ve selected sibling pop-rock duo Durry. You’ll also hear new songs from Haley, Pert Near Sandstone, We Are The Willows are more.    

Starting Sunday, Sept. 10, the weekly show expands to five hours of local coverage from 7 p.m. to midnight.

It was a beautiful and balmy day for live music at the Great Minnesota Get-Together on Friday, Sept. 1. Here’s a look at the many highlights of MPR Day at Dan Patch Park, and much more.

“I wanted this to look like a documentary, documenting our ’90s,” says Garrity, on ‘Pushed Beyond All Reasonable Limits: The Music Photography of Brian D. Garrity’ out now.

New tracks from Jaki Blue, Rupert Angeleyes, Pert Near Sandstone, and more.

Despite searing temps in the 90s, the party band with deep Twin Cities affinity delivered an impressively lively set for Music On-A-Stick. Dillinger Four and the Bob Mould Band opened.

Here are more than 70 events to plan for in the months of September, October, and November.

Diane interviews Twin Cities hip-hop pioneer and The Current’s production manager Derrick Stevens; hear new music from HALEY, Pert Near Sandstone, Black Market Brass, and more; we also highlight artists playing at upcoming festivals like ber, Lissie, Dead Man Winter and more.