October 22, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on Minneapolis indie rock band STNNNG (pronounced 'Stunning'). Roberts interviews band members and a music critic about the group’s blistering sound and album “The Smoke of My Will.”
October 18, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts looks back at the music career and influence of local rapper Eyedea, who died on October 16th, 2010. Segment includes various interviews and music clips.
October 7, 2010 - Imagine staying awake for 78 hours straight. Now, picture yourself playing music continuously over the course of those four days...actually playing just one song, and stopping only for bathroom breaks. It's an incredibly grueling though familiar undertaking for Minneapolis singer songwriter Mark Mallman, who embarks on the third music marathon of his career at St. Paul's Turf Club.
October 1, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on local band Roma di Luna’s CD "Then the Morning Came." Roberts interviews band members Channy and Alexi Casselle about album.
July 22, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on local music band Purest Spiritual Pigs, and talks with Helena Thompson, the founder and core member of Purest Spiritual Pigs. Thompson is also a 10-year veteran of the Minneapolis Fire Department, and her work has a great influence on her music.
July 9, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts sits down with Minnesota folk music legend Spider John Koerner and Mark Trehus, owner of Treehouse Records, to talk about the release of vintage recordings that feature Koerner in two different phases of his career.
June 25, 2010 - As one of Minnesota's most famous sons receives a lifetime achievement award by the cable tv station BET, Chris Roberts gathers two prominent Prince watchers and his former drummer to talk about Prince's relationship with his hometown.
May 28, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles the highly touted Minneapolis indie rock trio Animal Zoo. Roberts interviews members of the band about how they connect their Christain beliefs to their downsizing, minimalist style.
April 13, 2010 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on Duluth band Trampled by Turtles and their album “Palomino.” The band features banjo, mandolin and fiddle players but no drummer. It's built like a traditional bluegrass band, but presents a distinctly hybrid version based on a frenetic sound.
April 9, 2010 - The world of smackdowns and body slams is being transported from the ring to the stage in a new production that's opening at Mixed Blood Theatre. The play, called "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" is a local playwright's exploration of the underbelly of a sport he loves- professional wrestling.