🎻 🇮🇪 🪕 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we play Celtic, folk and bluegrass tunes to prep you for the Twin Cities Irish Fest, Fort Road Folk Fest and the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

I know a lot of my bluegrass pickin’ pals will be at the MN Bluegrass August Fest, but if you can’t go and will be in the Twin Cities, join me Saturday for the Fort Road Folk Festival, featuring a killer lineup of bands including my Mother Banjo Band, playing at 5 pm on the outdoor stage!

Can’t believe I’ve hosted 300 episodes of the Back Catalog Listening Party podcast, hanging out with my favorite musicians to geek out about music & songwriting! If you haven’t checked it out, today’s episode with Josh Ritter is a great place to start 🎧 shows.acast.com/back-catalog-listening-party

🎻 🎶 🪕Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we talk with Grammy-winning fiddler Bronwyn about her new album of originals. Plus we prep you for next week’s MN Bluegrass August Festival and play new music & old faves! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Mostly MN Music with Laura Hugo releasing her debut EP, Where We Go to Grieve, debuting The Icehouse m on July 30 wp.me/p7j1Ta-3w6 @laurahugo.bsky.social @ellensmojo.bsky.social @girlattherockshows.bsky.social

Mostly MN Music with Laura Hugo releasing her debut EP, Where We Go to Grieve, debuting The Icehouse m on July 30

It was so much fun to have Laura Hugo on the show today to talk about her long-awaited debut album, Where We Go to Grieve. Hearing about the process of creating the EP and evolution of songs was in…

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Listen in from now until 2pm for music about parents, starting with Beebe Gallini and Mean Mama. Super excited to have Laura Hugo joining us in studio at 1pm on WMCN. 91.7fm in St Paul or online at www.wmcn.fm @ellensmojo.bsky.social @mostlymn.bsky.social @laurahugo.bsky.social

Tune in this week as we talk with MN-based Navajo singer/songwriter Laura Hugo about her long-awaited EP…plus summer songs & new releases from Molly Tuttle, BettySoo, Kasey Chambers, Kris Delmhorst and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Trump and Republicans know that their agenda is unpopular, whether it's foreign policy, tariffs, or their failure to address the affordability crisis. So now they're resorting to the oldest of rightwing tropes — accusing a rising generation of new, people-powered Democrats of being communists.

Johnson Says Pentagon Needs More Money for ‘Fighting Communism on Our Own Shores’ | Common Dreams

​Trump has threatened to deploy the military against the "enemy within" and has recently promoted the idea that "democra

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My friend Vanessa Lively is up from TX and will be playing with me tonight at Icehouse along with Sadie Gustafson-Zook — come join us for great folk and good vibes from 7-10 pm!

🎶 🐶 🦅 🚙 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we play songs about dogs, birds & road trips, including new releases by Mary Gauthier, Jillian Rae, Becky Kapell, Megan Bee, Sadie Gustafson-Zook and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Tune in this week as we chat with folk-charting TX songwriter Vanessa Lively about her her new album and her 7/15 Minneapolis release show at Icehouse…plus new releases by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eleni Mandell and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

🌈 🎶 ☀️ Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we celebrate #Pride and talk with Emmy Woods about the 6/26 country queer show at Turf Club! Plus we play #summertime songs and chat with Katy Tessman about her new EP! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

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🎟️ Tune in to KFAI Wed 8-10 am CDT as we preview the Blue Ox Music Festival and give away a pair of weekend passes! Plus new releases and songs celebrating #FathersDay and #pride🌈 🎧 Listen live or archived at KFAI.org/womenfolk

Tonight! My Mother Banjo Band plays with Ben Cook-Feltz’s band at the Aster at 8 pm! 🪕 🎶 🎹 🔥 🎟️ Tix: tables.toasttab.com/aster-cafe/experience/thursday-6-11-mother-banjo-ben-cook-feltz @bcfmofo.bsky.social

🇮🇪 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we talk with Center for Irish Music’s Norah Rendell about this week’s MN Irish Music Weekend and feature some of the artists who will be performing. 🌈 Plus new releases! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

So much fun rehearsing and working up some new tunes for next Thursday’s show at the Aster with Ben Cook-Feltz! I so love this band and hope you can join us for what will be a fun night! 🧡 🪕 🔥 🎟️ Tix + table reservations: tables.toasttab.com/aster-cafe/e...

🌈 🎶 💿 Tune in this week as we talk with Midwest Country Music Award winner Molly Brandt about her new album and 6/12 release show at Icehouse…plus new music to kick off #pridemonth and some Dylan covers! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WH

Frankel to Rubio: "It is crazy that you want to let people in from South Africa because they can assimilate, while you're throwing out hundreds of thousands of people who have already assimilated and that are important parts of our economy and family life."

Can't wait to join the amazing Dean Magraw & Suwal Singh on a couple tunes this Sunday, May 31 at 3 pm at St. Paul's Landmark Center! Part of a special benefit for the MetroNOME Foundation, there will also be art for sale by the incredible Brian Poulton. Suggested donation is just $15!

🎶 🚂 Tune in this week as we talk with Adventures in Americana editor/founder Carol Roth about their 5th anniversary. Plus train songs from Abigail Washburn, Kasey Chambers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Susan Werner & more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

☀️ 🎶 🇺🇸 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as we celebrate #MemorialDay, the end of the school year and the beginning of summer with music from Yola, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Valerie June, Marcia Ball and more! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

TONIGHT 🎸 🎸 Womenfolk Radio presents longtime folk/blues favorites Nikki Matteson & Rich Rue live at the 331 Club in Minneapolis! Music starts at 6 pm, followed by a set by Roe Family Singers! And if you can’t make it in person, stream the whole show at Facebook.com/womenfolkradioshow

New from PP: You know those 'Kavanaugh stops,' where justice allowed racial profiling but said they'd be no big deal? Well, ICE agents have now stopped and held this American *3 times* Earlier this month, they *shackled him* He's thinking of moving to Mexico www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?

Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he say...

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🎉🎶🎂 Tune in to #WomenfolkRadio this week as I kick off my birthday, digging into my favorites from my record collection…plus an interview with legendary singer/songwriter Karla Bonoff! 🎧 Wed 8-10 am CDT KFAI Sat 10 am-12 pm CDT Folk Music Notebook Sun 4-6 pm EDT WHCP

Huh... this reads like it was pre-written then, at the very last moment, the author connected with the realtor, who solved all the mystery elements... huh.

Wanna Buy the Hidden Minneapolis Tennis Court by Minnehaha Creek, Purportedly the City's Oldest Clay One? - Racket

It's a South Side mystery!

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Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

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The U.S. Postal Service is considering allowing people to ship handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...

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