Thief River Falls-based jazz, rock, and blues band “Loose Change” perform live. Recorded in 2010 at the Northland College Theater, Thief River Falls, MN.

On this edition of MN Arts on the Road, Pioneer 90.1 welcomes Minneapolis Indie Alt Rockers the Color Pharmacy.

For the past three and a half to four years, The Color Pharmacy have been building both local and national momentum by touring all over the country, including performances at South By Southwest and Twitter/Windows Phone Blogger Party, and has appeared with popular recording artists like Tom Morello’s Street Sweeper Social Club, Mason Jennings, Peter Himmelman, Bob Schneider, Ben Kweller and Adele. They’ve averaged over 100 shows a year.

The following was recorded August 29th 2012 at the Northland College Theater in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

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On this edition of Mn Arts on the Road, we are proud to feature local Polka sensations the Cathy Erickson Band recorded live in August, 2012 at Riverfest 2012 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

For well over 35 years, Cathy Erickson has been entertaining audiences of all ages with polkas, waltzes, and more. Cathy and her band have also performed gigs all over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota. They have even gigged in the Carribean.

Aside from performing with her band, Cathy has been the host of her own weekly radio variety show, which airs monday at 6p on KSRQ Pioneer 90.1FM.

On this edition of MN Arts on the Road, we present the music of Ring of Kerry Ring of Kerry, named after the beautiful craggy drive in southwestern County Kerry, Ireland, is a bursting-with-energy Irish music group that captures the hearts of listeners. Ring of Kerry’s specialty is playing highly energetic and engaging stage shows, often including a troupe of fully costumed Irish dancers.

The following was recorded in early June 2013 at East Grand Forks’ Sherlock Park.

On this edition of MN Arts on the Road, highlights from Riverfest 2012 held in Thief River Falls, Minnesota at Hartz Park. Featured talent on this special highlights edition include Brenna Skallet, The Bad Campers, Pick 6, Shellshock, Tune In Tokyo and Picklist Drive.