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Paul Metsa’s New Book, Alphabet Jazz
Paul Metsa plays back an interview he did on WTIP in Grand Marais, MN last month about his new book, “Alphabet Jazz: Poetry, Prose, Stories and Songs.” Order now on Amazon or wherever you get your books!
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Excerpts from Alphabet Jazz
Paul read several pieces from his latest book Alphabet Jazz- Poetry, Prose, Stories, and Songs and played a couple of his recordings as well. The book can be purchased at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Jazz-Poetry-Prose-Stories/dp/B0BF2LST6B) or in the Twin Cities at the Electric Fetus, Grumpy’s Bar NE, and HiFi Hair and Records in Loring Park.
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Read MoreMatt’s Holiday Interviews: Paul Metsa
Paul hosts the Wall of Power Radio Hour every Saturday night at 6 PM on AM950, and in this interview joins Matt to discuss stories and hs new book Alphabet Jazz.
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Paul is joined by folk/pop veteran Jonatha Brooke.
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Read MorePreviewing the Water Is Life Festival – August 27, 2022
Host Paul Metsa chatted with Winona LaDuke, founder of HonortheEarth.org about the genesis of the organization, their work, and the upcoming Water Is Life concert on Sept. 4, 2022 at Bayfront Park in Duluth, MN. Paul also chatted with Alan Sparhawk, founder and guitarist /songwriter for the Duluth band Low who is performing at the…
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We had a great chat with two of the best folksingers in MN Charlie Maguire and Pop Wagner. We talked about the great new Woody Guthrie book by Nora Guthrie and Robert Santelli as well as their upcoming show Woody Guthrie- Coast to Coast on July 16th at the Belvedere Room at Crooners Supper Club…
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This week we salute the lifetime and music of a man the Star Tribune called patriarch of the Minnesota bluegrass scene, Alan Jesperson.
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We had a fascinating conversation with investigative reporter John Ramos about the mysterious “Mr. O” who, among other things, has been advising the Mayor of Two Harbors, MN about building a 400 million dollar underwater hotel. “Mr. O” runs a podcast and claims to be a Billionaire with 48 businesses, and 150 square acres of…
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It was an honor to salute the life and legacy of Native American Civil Rights activist and founder of the American Indian Movement, Clyde Bellecourt. We had great conversations with Lisa Bellinger, current head of AIM (whose mother Pat helped found it), longtime MN troubadour and activist Larry Long, and attorney Jacqueline Long who started…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – January 29, 2022
We celebrated the life and legacy of MN comedian Louie Anderson with three close personal friends of his. We chatted with Lizz Winstead, founder of the Daily Show, who knew Louie from her start in the Minneapolis comedy scene, Journalist and author Marty Keller who got to be good friends with him, and Jeff Gerbino,…
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Paul had a great chat with Marian Moore and Barb With, two woman involved with the Stop Line 3 protests, subsequent arrests, and the great new version of Down to the River to Pray by the newly reunited Woman Who Cook. At the end of the show, Paul was honored to play the worldwide debut…
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Paul speaks with musicians Doug Collins and Matthew French.
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Paul is joined for another fantastic and insightful visit from Prof. Anne Margaret Daniel, discussing all things Dylan.
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Paul catches up with “Checkpoint” Charlie Pierce in our Checkpoint Charlie series, talking politics and music history.
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – October 30, 2021
Host Paul Metsa is joined by Metropolitan State professor Monte Bute.
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – October 23, 2021
This week host Pael Metsa speaks with musician and author John Kruth.
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – September 25, 2021
Host Paul Metsa in joined by Twin Cities songwriter Martin Devaney.
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Paul Metsa speaks with Minnesota musician Rich Mattson
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We had a great conversation with many of the players that are involved with the Honeybee Festival taking place at the Oldenburg House in Carlton, MN on August 6-7, 2021. We started with Scott Lillo who is on the Board of Directors for the OACC.org (Oldenburg Arts Community and Conservation.) We also spoke with Jeff…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – July 17, 2021
Paul Metsa is joined by Martin Keller, author of The Space Pen Club: Close Encounters of the 5th Kind, UFO Disclosure, Consciousness & Other Mind Zoomers!
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Read MoreWall of Power – May 29, 2021
Another great checkpoint Charlie episode about Republican insanity and Bob Dylan turning 80!
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We had a most delightful chat with Rev. Guy Drake, one half of the legendary Twin Cities duo Johnson and Drake. They have recently rediscovered, and are releasing, several of the records they recorded 50 years ago! Besides recording, they performed in concert with some of the top names in the business including Jim Croce,…
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The second part of remembering Peter Ostroushko, as Paul is joined by three of Peter’s oldest friends.
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Remembering Peter Ostroushko: Two of Peter’s longtime friends and collaborators, Dakota Dave Hull and Tommy Lieberman join Paul to share their stories and memories of Peter.
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Davina Sowers of Davina and the Vagabonds joins Paul to discuss music, life, and the road ahead.
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We had conversations with two great musicians, Ms. Dar Williams and Ellen Stanley aka Mother Banjo about a virtual event happening on 1/20/21 called Steps 2021 celebrating the Inauguration and an artistic way to move forward after the dark days on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 2, 2021. Dar had great stories about…
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We had a delightful chat songwriter, actor, musician Ronee Blakley about her incredible career. We talked about her early days, her time with Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue, and her new record Atom Bomb Baby.
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Richard Painter, former Ethics Lawyer in the G.W. Bush Administration joins Paul for another fantastic and insightful conversation.
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WE had a delightful conversation with journalist and author Michael Tisserand this week. It included a great tale of him marching with dozens of others ACROSS the country protesting nuclear arms and energy. Along the way they bumped into musician Tiny Tim (Tiptoe Thr ough the Tulips) and we played a couple of songs off…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – November 21, 2020
Paul had an incredible interview with musician Walt Rabideau, a rock and roller who started his career in Tomorrow’s Children, a band that started in Paul’s hometown of Virginia, MN in 1966. Walt tells the tale of his start with the Tomorrow’s Children, their gigs and recording 3 singles, before Walt moved to Haight Ashbury…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – November 7, 2020
We had a great conversation with Stacey Marmolejo, CEO of School of Rock (based in Eden Prairie.) We chatted about how she discovered the School of Rock and bought and brought a franchise to Minnesota. She explains the various aspects of the school, talks about the hundreds of students that have studied there, and all…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – October 31, 2020
We had another great interview with Mr. Charles Pierce, the astute political pundit for Esquire.com. We chatted about the upcoming election along with musical stories as well.
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Read MoreWall Of Power Radio Hour – October 24 2020
I take the liberty of giving AM 950 listeners and Wall of Power Radio Hour fans an upcoming preview of the rerelease of my 1992 disc Whistling Past the Graveyard. It was procuded by Bucky Baxter (Bob Dylan, Steve Earle) who also played on it. It also features Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteeen) and George Marinelli…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – October 17, 2020
We had an amazing conversation with Northfield, MN native and Country Western star Johnny Western. Johnny grew up in southern MN, had his own radio and TV show at 17 yrs. of age. He put out 3 singles before he left for Holywood, California in 1954 at age 20. That began an amazing career in…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – October 3, 2020
We had an incredibly fun chat with 93 year old songwriter and raconteur Mr. Eddie Pleasant. Eddie is a great songwriter who has had songs recorded by Kitty Wells, Faron Young, Lefty Frizell, Hank Williams Jr., and Hank Williams 3rd. We chatted about his life in music (he played the same Texas clubs that Willie…
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We conclude our 4 part episode with Prof. Anne Margaret Daniel on Bob Dylan’s latest record Rough and Rowdy Ways. We end the show with the worldwide debut of Paul Metsa’s Slow Justice 2.0
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We had another great conversion with the great liberal blogger (Esquire.com) Mr. Charles Pierce about election year politics.
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We take another deep dive, our 3rd episode with Professor Anne Margaret Daniel, about Bob Dylan’s latest masterpiece Rough and Rowdy Ways. If you dig Dylan, you’ll love this interview!
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We had a great conversation with NYC songwriter and journalist Jeff Slate. We played several snippets of his 2 CD set (one disc of originals, one disc of Dylan covers.) We also chatted about his music history, and how he came to write a 10,000 word essay for the release of Bob Dylan’s More Blood,…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – July 25, 2020
We had a great conversation with Professor Anne Margaret Daniel about Bob Dylan’s new masterpiece Rough and Rowdy Ways. Prof. Daniel is both a Bob Dylan and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar, talks about both of them, their MN connection, and the poetic allusions in Dylan’s great new disc, among other things. Really fun show!
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Musician Lisa Michelle Anderson (Lisa Wooster) joins Paul to discuss her new record, Quincy Street.
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Read MoreWall Of Power Radio Hour – July 11, 2020
We had a great conversation with Professor Anne Margaret Daniel about Bob Dylan’s new masterpiece Rough and Rowdy Ways. Prof. Daniel is both a Bob Dylan and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar, talks about both of them, their MN connection, and the poetic allusions in Dylan’s great new disc, among other things. Really fun show!
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – June 27, 2020
We had another great Checkpoint Charlie episode with the esteemed Charles Pierce, a writer for Esquire.com, about Bob Dylan’s new masterpiece Rough and Rowdy Ways. We chatted about Dylan, the new disc, and related stuff. Always a gas with Mr. Pierce!
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We had a fascinating interview with Mr. Aaron Dixon, author of My People Are Rising: A Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain. He told us about his upbringing, his political awakening, his time in the Black Panthers, and his feelings about the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent worldwide protests. Highly informative and…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – June 6, 2020
We had a wide ranging discussion with Professor Monte Bute (Metropolitan State University) about his leadership in the Anti-War demonstrations at the UofMN in the early 70’s. It included his early years (Red Wing Reformatory, Haight Ashbury) his political awakening and his take on the murder of George Floyd and the dangers of the Trump…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – May 30, 2020
We had an incredibly informative conversation with Mr. Andy Mannix, the Investigative Reporter for the Minneapolis StarTribune since 2016. We focused on the murder of George Floyd, subsequent protests, police practices, Andy’s history, and more.
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – May 16, 2020
Another great episode of Checkpoint Charlie, featuring Mr. Charles Pierce- who Paul refers to as his psychological morphine drip for all things political. Charlie writes for Esquire.com and is one of the best political minds on the scene and a Wall of Power Radio Hour Listener favorite!
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We have a really fun conversation with one of Paul’s favorite electric guitar players, Mr. David Grissom from Austin, Texas. We talk about his history in Austin, Texas, playing with Lucinda Williams, Joe Ely, and John Mellencamp, among other We also have the Worldwide Debut of his new record Live 2020. Turn it up!
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – April 25, 2020
We have a very informative interview with Dr. Jeff Balke, resident physician in the ICU Unit at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, MN. Jeff talks about the current pandemic, studying with Dr. Anthony Fauci at NIH in ’87-88 during the AIDS epidemic. Jeff also talks about working with Dr. Harry Jacob at the UofMN Hospital.…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – April 18, 2020
We had a delightful and charming interview with songstress, guitar player, producer, and yoga instructor Ms. Molly Maher. We chatted about her ab-fab new record “Follow” and played several tracks off it. She talked about the record, her musical history, victorious bout with cancer, and more. We Love Molly Maher!
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – April 11, 2020
We had a great chat with legendary Philly DJ Michael Tearson. Mr. Tearson was recently cited in the Philadelphia Inquirer obit of producer and Philly boy Hal Wilner as a big influence on Mr. Wilner. We chatted about Hal, played a couple of tracks he produced and more. Michael talked about his own history, the…
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – April 4, 2020
We had a very enjoyable conversation with musician, author, writer, and record producer John Kruth. The story about the Crusher, David Letterman, Hulk Hogan, John Prine, and Joan Jett was amazing.
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Read MoreWall of Power Radio Hour – March 28, 2020
We had a great conversation with author Sally Mann Romano about her new book and colorful life. She moved from Texas to California as a teenager and over the years hung out and became friends with Phil Spector, Frank Zappa, Janis Joplin and more while in Los Angeles. When she moved to San Francisco she…
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We are delighted to continue our Checkpoint Charlie series with author, sportswriter, and liberal blogger for Esquire.com Mr. Charles Pierce. Paul and Charlie talked politics, and of course, music.
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We had a delightful chat with the Texas Songbird, Ms. Carolyn Hester. Carolyn is a legendary folksinger. She recorded with Norman Petty (Buddy Holly’s producer), the Clancy Brothers, and John Hammond, Sr. for Columbia Records. It was at one of those sessions that Hammond discovered Bob Dylan. Hear that story and more in this great…
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We had a great chat with Pat Thomas, musician, author, and record guy, about the new book he helped publish, “Zapped By the God of Absurdity-the Best of Paul Krassner.” We talked about Krassner, Pat’s history, and played a few tracks by Pat’s band Mushroom.
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