Erik Ritland

Minnesota Americana band Six Mile Grove are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with the release of their eighth album, Million Birds. The release show is this Saturday,...

Yes, you read that title right: Tom Petty’s Wildflowers is the best album of the ‘90s.    Taste and subjectivity might be a factor, but as far as...

January 8th is an important day in rock history: it’s the birth date of both Elvis Presley and David Bowie.   The king of rock n’ roll...

The Blues Brothers began as a bit on Saturday Night Live, but they were always more than that.   Dan Aykroyd loved the blues and been an...

You either get Trans-Siberian Orchestra or you don’t.   If you do, you understand that they’re an entertaining rock n’ roll Christmas spectacle. If you don’t,...

Heiruspecs is a gateway drug.  Before I heard them, I was the sort of snob who looked down on rap. A friend brought me to one...

Justin Bailey (Managing Editor) Prof – Pookie Baby My favorite album to come out from any Minnesota-based artist all year, and my favorite album from any...

The Jayhawks are Minnesota’s most storied Americana band.   They’re ending a busy 2018, which saw the release of Back Roads and Abandoned Motels, with a couple stops...

The Making of a Mixtape  There’s magic to a good mixtape. You can’t just throw a bunch of songs together on an…ugh…playlist. A good flow is necessary....

Auto-tune this, auto-tune that Swamp Dogg is one of that last living blues legends. But what does everyone talk about when he comes up? Auto-tune. Auto-tune...