Sounds of summer, of Juneteenth, and some new music to boot.

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we focus on an artist you hear as both a musician and as a program host on Radio Heartland: Kathy Mattea.

We’ll play some Father’s Day tunes plus some new releases.

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we honor the influential Chicago blues musician and bandleader, Howlin’ Wolf.

This week on Radio Heartland on The Current, we’ll hear our session we recorded with The Twins of Franklin.

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we honor Memphis Minnie, a vital architect of the blues, a talented guitarist and singer, and a prolific songwriter.

Sunday morning on Radio Heartland on The Current, we’ll broadcast our live in-studio session with Charlie Parr, whose new record Little Sun is just out.

Charlie Parr’s latest album, ‘Little Sun,’ released March 22. Just before embarking on tour, Parr visited The Current studio for a session hosted by Radio Heartland’s Mike Pengra.

Every Friday around 11 a.m. on Radio Heartland, we pull a special track from the archives or from deep in the shelves to spotlight a particular artist or song. This week, we spotlight the legendary drummer, singer, actor and music producer Levon Helm.

Best friends Becky Shaheen and Laura Lou comprise the Twins of Franklin, who just released their second album, This Life. To mark the album’s release, they visited The Current studio to record a session for Radio Heartland.