About Paul Metsa

Musician, Songwriter, Author... and more

“Metsa is the other great folksinger from Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range.”
— Huffington Post

Paul Metsa is a legendary musician and songwriter from Minnesota. Born on the Iron Range, he has been based in Minneapolis since 1978.

He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia.

He lives in Northeast Minneapolis with his faithful dog, Blackie; a dozen or so guitars; twenty-five orange crates of LPs; hundreds of books, compact discs, magazines, and vintage postcards; and several kitchen cupboards full of old cassette

Read about Paul Metsa in the Press

“He’s a folk singer, a blues singer, a guitarist, a social activist, a Finn, a story-teller, a comedian, a philosopher, a conspiracy theorist and a lounge lizard.”
— MN Law and Politics
“Paul is a great artist. I always look forward to playing with him.”
— LYLE LOVETT
“Minneapolis to me is Willie Murphy, Curtiss A, and Paul Metsa”
— Sir Doug Sahm
“Paul Metsa is America’s answer to Billy Bragg.”
— AT THE OPERA, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
“Th­ink of Paul as Bruce with a Midwestern drawl.”
— UTNE READER