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Bluegrass music lends itself to casual dress. When your plans just involve some pickin’ on the front porch, jeans and an old flannel shirt will suffice. But Twin Cities bluegrass group Monroe Crossing is known for its sharp, yesteryear-inspired stage outfits as well as its high-energy take on the high-lonesome sounds of its namesake, Bill Monroe.

Mark Johnson visits with Matt Thompson and Lisa Fuglie from Monroe Crossing as we listen to a live performance from the Kezar Music Showroom in Thief River Falls.

Minnesota Arts on the Road is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and is produced by Pioneer 90.1 in Thief River Falls.

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Adam Wayne Wollenburg is an Austin, Minnesota-based singer songwriter. Adam’s debut song is “Good Pennies Keep Coming Back.”

Adam Wayne Wollenburg’s music sounds like Nashville, but he’s Minnesotan through and through. All you need to do to verify that is check out what this guys likes to do in his free time. He’s a race car driver, a duck hunter and a fisherman.

Where he differs from the typical Minnesota guy is that he spent some time in Nashville – playing clubs like Tootsies Orchid Lounge and writing songs with other country performers.

Adam was on the road this spring, going from station to station to promote his debut single “Good Pennies Keep Coming Back.” He stopped at Pioneer 90.1 to play a few songs.

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Adam Hammer and the Impact were named “Best Central Minnesota Band” in a St. Cloud Times reader poll this spring. Check out our interview with Hammer, and a live performance recorded onstage at Northand College.

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June 8, Appleton, Wisconsin-based alt-rock band Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons played New York’s Central Park. 11 days later, they played a slightly more intimate venue: the Pennington County Fairgrounds in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Chisel was influenced by Bob Dylan, and also has family from Dylan territory — in Babbitt and Ely, Minnesota.

Cory Chisel and the Wondering Sons’ album, “Death Won’t Send a Letter,” came out in September 2009 on Black Seal/Sony BMG Music. The band has performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and will appear at this year’s Newport Folk and Glastonbury Festivals.

Listen for Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, recorded in June 2010 at the Pennington County Fairgrounds in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, on Minnesota Arts on The Road, made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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A son-in-law and his father-in-law create harmony in Thief River Falls-based jazz, rock, and blues band “Loose Change,” recorded onstage at Northland College.