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April 04, 2025

Room3 and Yonder, the top vote-getters in this year’s Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report, performed as part of a live recording of The Local Show in the UBS Forum in St. Paul.

Photos: Room3 and Yonder light up the UBS Forum

Photos: Room3 and Yonder light up the UBS Forum

Darin Kamnetz • Apr 4, 2025

Room3 and Yonder, the top vote-getters in this year’s Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report, performed as part of a live recording of The Local Show in the UBS Forum in St. Paul.

Remembering Michael Hurley, a godfather of folk music's underground

Remembering Michael Hurley, a godfather of folk music's underground

Grayson Haver Currin • Apr 4, 2025

Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms.

Classic Americana: Billy Joe Royal

Classic Americana: Billy Joe Royal

Mike Pengra and Luke Taylor • Apr 4, 2025

Our Classic Americana pick this week highlights Billy Joe Royal, a vocalist who enjoyed a number of hits in the 1960s, then reinvented himself as a country singer in the 1980s.

April 4 in Music History: Guided By Voices released 'Alien Lanes'

April 4 in Music History: Guided By Voices released 'Alien Lanes'

Apr 4, 2025

The Beatles held the charts hostage; musicians honored Martin Luther King; Wayne's World went to No. 1 and therefore 'Bohemian Rhapsody' climbed the charts again; and a pack of stars did an all-night rock session in honor of MLK, Today in Music History.

Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report 2025: The complete ballots

Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report 2025: The complete ballots

Reed Fischer • Apr 4, 2025

Today, we share the raw data from 112 members of the Minnesota music industry featuring nearly 500 local acts.

Coffee Break: Bob Dylan

Coffee Break: Bob Dylan

Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Apr 4, 2025

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs written by Bob Dylan or Dylan covers would you like to hear?

Elton John and Brandi Carlile almost abandoned their new album

Elton John and Brandi Carlile almost abandoned their new album

A Martínez and Phil Harrell • Apr 4, 2025

Elton John partnered with Brandi Carlile for a new album of duets, Who Believes in Angels? But the project almost fell apart during its first recording sessions.

The Chart Show: Ber's "Oh, To Be Cool" steps into Hall of Fame at No. 1

The Chart Show: Ber's "Oh, To Be Cool" steps into Hall of Fame at No. 1

Apr 3, 2025

Minnesota artist Ber reaches the Chart Show Hall of Fame and ends a 10-week run at No. 1 with "Oh, To Be Cool.” Ber now has four songs in the Chart Show Hall of Fame.

Jason Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love

Jason Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love

Terry Gross • Apr 3, 2025

Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very specific time where I was going through a lot of changes," he says.

Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report 2025: Kiernan

Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report 2025: Kiernan

Anna Devine • Apr 3, 2025

Minneapolis band Kiernan is one of the top vote-getters in the Minnesota Music Month Scouting Report for 2025.

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