KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

Spring Pledge Drive with MinneCulture Tune-in as Todd, Ryan, and Micah play a selection of songs from the Live from Minnesota Mixtape along side recent stories from KFAI's Minneculture collective. We'll hear pieces from Dixie Treichel , Melissa Olson , Anna Stitt , Angela Lundberg -- plus stories from Ryan Dawes and Mr. Melby themselves. We're also excited to say that a $60 pledge to "MinneCulture Presents" gets you these rad argyle socks or the cool pom-pom-ski-toque AND we're kickin' in a LIVE FROM MINNESOTA MIXTAPE to boot! This dope cassette-only release features incredible live recordings of: The Jayhawks, Heiruspecs, The Suburbs, PaviElle, Charlie Parr, Kitten Forever, Bad Bad Hats, Caroline Smith, Chastity Brown, Mason Jennings + many more! Visit KFAI.org/donate and show your support for 40yrs of ultra-dope, really-real-public, people-powered radio today!!

WHER: 1000 Beautiful Watts by the Kitchen Sisters The first all-girl radio station in the nation went on the air in Memphis on October 29, 1955. It was the brainchild of sound legend Sam Phillips , who created the groundbreaking format with money he raised from selling Elvis Presley's Sun Studios contract. Women ran WHER ; on the air they read the news, interviewed local celebrities, and spun popular records. Behind the scenes they sold and created commercials, produced and directed programming, and sat at the station's control boards. Tune-in and celebrate Women's History Month with us.

Mayda Live from Minnesota A prolific musician and artist who was born in Korea, Mayda is practically a force of nature. C reating a sound both raw and exciting, s he blasts her unique MRDR PXP music in this recent performance . It was recorded by Ryan Mach; m ixed and produced by Tom Garneau for MinneCulture . Mayda's band included Miho Takayama on bass, Peter Suttman on drums, Danny Solano on guitar , Kyle Borchert on trumpet, and Trevor Peterson on saxophone. She has an upcoming show at Icehouse with PaviElle . Also, keep your eyes out for her in Theater Latte Da's production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch as the bassist . PaviElle Live from Minnesota PaviElle brings her own special brand of Neo-Soul to the stage in this performance at the historic Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, Minnesota. The show was part of the Minnesota Music Coalition's Caravan du Nord and highlights songs from her Fear Not album. PaviElle French , Ahanti Young, and Tiyo Siyolo are hear