Paul Metsa is a legendary guitar player and songwriter from Minnesota. He was born and raised on the Iron Range and moved to Minneapolis in 1978. In 2021, Paul sold his house and then moved Duluth where he currently lives. He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia. Paul is a radio and television host and is author three books: the memoir of Blue Guitar Highway, 2023’s Alphabet Soup, and the recently published Blood in the Tracks (The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece).

Paul Metsa is a legendary guitar player and songwriter from Minnesota. He was born and raised on the Iron Range and moved to Minneapolis in 1978. In 2021, Paul sold his house and then moved Duluth where he currently lives. He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia. Paul is a radio and television host and is author three books: the memoir of Blue Guitar Highway, 2023’s Alphabet Soup, and the recently published Blood in the Tracks (The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece).

Paul Metsa is a legendary guitar player and songwriter from Minnesota. He was born and raised on the Iron Range and moved to Minneapolis in 1978. In 2021, Paul sold his house and then moved Duluth where he currently lives. He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia. Paul is a radio and television host and is author three books: the memoir of Blue Guitar Highway, 2023’s Alphabet Soup, and the recently published Blood in the Tracks (The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece).

Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl have a storied 25 year history of playing together, all stemming from a misunderstanding over a last minute gig opportunity. With a holster of harmonicas and 6-string axe, these two soulful troubadours are coming to the 318 Cafe at long last.

Guitarist Paul Metsa and harmonica player/vocalist Sonny Earl started playing together in 1997.

Paul Metsa is a legendary guitar player and songwriter from Minnesota. He was born and raised on the Iron Range and moved to Minneapolis in 1978. In 2021, Paul sold his house and then moved Duluth where he currently lives. He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia. Paul is a radio and television host and is author three books: the memoir of Blue Guitar Highway, 2023’s Alphabet Soup, and the recently published Blood in the Tracks (The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece).

Paul Metsa is a legendary guitar player and songwriter from Minnesota. He was born and raised on the Iron Range and moved to Minneapolis in 1978. In 2021, Paul sold his house and then moved Duluth where he currently lives. He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia. Paul is a radio and television host and is author three books: the memoir of Blue Guitar Highway, 2023’s Alphabet Soup, and the recently published Blood in the Tracks (The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan’s Masterpiece).

Cap off your day at the Twin Cities Book Festival Author Showcase with a special words-and-music segment! These gifted musicians and writers will treat you to a few tunes while giving you a peek behind the curtain on their books. Featuring:

• Mikkel Beckmen (Gifts of the Superior Hiking Trail: Walking into Myself)

• Charlie Parr (Last of the Better Days Ahead)

• Paul Metsa & Rick Shefchik (Blood in the Tracks: The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan's Masterpiece)

Electric Fetus is excited to host authors Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik for a book signing on Saturday, September 23rd at 3:00 p.m. to celebrate the release of Blood in the Tracks. There will also be a special performance by Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl, with special guest Gregg Inhofer.

The 2023 Duluth Dylan Fest will take place May 20-28, 2023 and will host primarily in-person events, along with a couple livestream/zoom events (All Fest activities are Central Time Zone).

Paul Metsa is appearing at The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis on March 25, 2023 as part of the Music and Storyteller Sessions. The event serves as a celebration of his book Alphabet Jazz- Poetry, Prose, Stories, and Songs moderated by Andrea Swensson with Special Musical Guests Sonny Earl and Mari Harris.

Come celebrate the best of Americana music with Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl at the 2022 Silver Bay Music in the Park. Part of a free live concert series.

At City Center Park, next to City Hall.

Bob Dylan: Highway 53 Revisited, A John Bushey Memorial Lecture featuring Paul Metsa, musician, poet, radio host, and author of Alphabet Jazz . Free!

Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl playing Dylan classics, blue and fold music that influenced him, as well as original songs. Cover: $5 at the door ($2 off is you have Dylan Days pin). Doors open at 7:30PM | Show at 8PM

Celebrate 40 years of Metsa Music Making and other Musings with Paul and friends!

Please come and help celebrate my birthday and All Saints Day! Featuring The Paul Metsa Quartet.

This event includes a chance to participate in a silent auction for Homeward Bound Dog Rescue.

Join me for part one in a series of interviews with the musicians who played on Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks Minneapolis sessions! We talk about the making and release of the new Dylan release More Blood, More Tracks box set — 6 CDs featuring NYC outtakes where Dylan recorded these songs for the first time, and the remastered 5 songs from the Minneapolis sessions that appeared on Blood on the Tracks record recorded in 1974 and released in 1975.

I talk with four of the original players in the studio, including Kevin Odegard, Billy Peterson, Peter Ostroushko, and Gregg Inhoffer. Chris Weber joins us on Skype, and Bill Berg and Jon Bream join us on the phone.

This week I interview liberal pundit, author, and Leinenkugel’s fan Charles P. Pierce.

Charles has been a working journalist since 1976. He is the author of four books, most recently 'Idiot America.' He writes regularly for Esquire, is the lead writer for Esquire.com’s Politics blog, and is a frequent guest on NPR.

A dramatic new video will premier online this week underscoring the hateful legacy of gun and racial violence in America to accompany the new Civil Rights anthem “Ain’t Gonna Whistle Dixie anymore,” which will be one of the featured live performances September 30 during the annual Actions for Change Concert in Parkland, Fla., -- site of the February 2018 tragic school shooting in which 14 students and 3 staff members died.

The show airs every Saturday at 6pm, and replays Sunday at 4pm. On AM 950 in the Twin Cities or stream (live or on-demand) on any digital device at:

http://www.am950radio.com/events/wall-of-power/

Paul Metsa and Willie Walker play every Thursday at Shaw's Bar and Grill in NE Minneapolis. When Willie is on the road, Sonny Earl subs for him.

Every Wednesday accomplished singer/songwriter Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl will perform at the Green Lantern.

Paul Metsa and Willie Walker play every Thursday at Shaw's Bar and Grill in NE Minneapolis. When Willie is on the road, Sonny Earl subs for him.

Every Wednesday accomplished singer/songwriter Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl will perform at the Green Lantern.

The show airs every Saturday at 6pm, and replays Sunday at 4pm. On AM 950 in the Twin Cities or stream (live or on-demand) on any digital device at:

http://www.am950radio.com/events/wall-of-power/

The show airs every Saturday at 6pm, and replays Sunday at 4pm. On AM 950 in the Twin Cities or stream (live or on-demand) on any digital device at:

http://www.am950radio.com/events/wall-of-power/

Every Wednesday accomplished singer/songwriter Paul Metsa and Sonny Earl will perform at the Green Lantern.