Heather Baker and I are like old hands on the radio now after our second show today – Mostly Minnesota Music on WMCN at Macalester College. Or maybe we still need to iron out some kinks. You can take a listen and let me know:
The theme this week was places – the theme for next week is colors. Post a comment if you have a request for a Minnesota band singing about colors!
You can also listen to the playlist on Spotify, it’s longer than the show itself because we over prepare.
Our notable moment of the show was the dedication of the first song to Red Daughters. We were waiting for them to play at the 331 Club last night. Sadly the keyboardist, Aaron “Hix” Lee was mugged and shot on the way to the show. I don’t know him well at all but I do remember cutting a rug with him at the Turf Club one night. Gotta love a guy who grabs you to dance and then walks on! (There is a GoFundMe set up for him.)
Here’s a probably pretty close to true playlist:Red Daughters – Voodoo Moon
Jillian Rae – Nebraska
Little Man – California Baby (3:17) – playing Nov 10 – hook & ladder
Rogue Valley – Centralia
Tina & the B Sides – Kentucky Song (I am Forsaken)
Chris Koza – South South Dakota
Low – Rome – Nov 2 Fitzgerald
Actual Wolf – Hometown
Dead Man Winter – A long, cold night in Minneapolis – playing a residency Tuesdays at Turf Club in December
Romantica – Mexico
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles – St Paul
Molly Maher – Sault Saint Marie Revisited (3:12) – playing in Braham on Nov 2
Mary Bue – Chocolate and Hawaii (4:56) – playing with Shawn Colvin Oct 6
Communist Daughter – Minnesota Girls (4:03)
The Twilight Hours – Sioux City Swingers (3:51)
Vicky Emerson – Lyndale (3:18) – playing CD release at hook & ladder with Mother Banjo
Ted Hajnasiewcz – This Town in Not for me – CD just released
The Hold Steady – Southtown Girls – playing at Surly Fest on Oct 13
Birthday Suits – Twin Cities Bridge is Falling Down (2:23)
Trip Shakespeare – Toolmaster of Brainerd (4:27)
Apollo Cobra – Motherland
Doomtree – A Candle in Chicago (1:54) – Dessa playing with MN Orchestra Oct 6
Frankie Lee – East Side Blues (5:31)
Haley Bonar – Heaven’s Made for Two (4:20) – Dec 8 at the Cedar
Lipps Inc – Funkytown (4:00)
Alpha Consumer – The Waiting Room (2:47)
Brother Ali – Mourning in America (4:08) – Nov 8 at First Ave
Katy Vernon – Empty House (2:52) – Oct 7 Hook & Ladder
Hastings 3000 – Walk from Carolina (4:47)
Davina & the Vagabonds – St James Infirmary (5:27) – Oct 6 & 18 at the Dakota – off the album Nicollet & 10th
Gospel Machine – Peace in the Valley (4:48)
Mike Munson & Mikkel Beckman – Wanda’s Farm (4:54) – Oct 12 at Warning House (Mikkel) — off Live at Ed’s
Suicide Commandoes – Frogtown
The Federales – Minnesota Man
Chastity Brown – Colorado
Hope Country – Oklahoma
Mostly Minnesota 