The Directory

Drummer since 1999 who plays in Two Minutes to Maiden, Seattle Rain, Whale Tail and a Metallica tribute.

Band leader and owner of Shredding Flannel, a '90s cover band run as a 22-member collective with custom tools he built himself.

Minneapolis house-rockin' blues band built on the Alligator Records catalog and classic blues.

Minneapolis

Drummer playing professionally since 1988, founder of Audio Circus and co-founder of the Twin Cities All-Stars jam with John Sonnek.

Southeast Minnesota community band with a music lending library, inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2026.

Northern Minnesota blues-rock band led by Corey Medina.

Local trio playing mostly songs from Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music.

Minneapolis

Twin Cities rock band with a countrified garage-rock sound.

Minneapolis

Minnesota jazz pianist and drummer who leads the trio Stablemates.

Twin Cities band mixing emo, pop and experimental touches with twinkly guitar riffs and odd time signatures.

Minneapolis

Group led by Duluth-based singer-songwriter Gavin St. Clair, playing acoustic love songs that blend Americana and pop.

Duluth

Minneapolis indie pop act led by Syd Casey, now a four-piece live band.

Minneapolis

Eight-piece Duluth band playing jazz-influenced funk with a full horn section.

Duluth

Minnesota-based '80s arena rock tribute act known for pyrotechnics, lights and costume changes.

Four-piece Duluth band influenced by Bob Dylan that avoids sticking to a single genre.

Duluth

Drummer and singer who fronts 10,000 Days, Mad Alice and Stone and Echo and plays drums in the prog band Bubblemath.

Singer in Two Minutes to Maiden, Exit Stage Right and several cover bands, who spent 21 years as a drummer and singer in an Army band.

Minnesota metalcore band known for heavy breakdowns: Sam (vocals), Sawyer (lead guitar), Peter (rhythm guitar), Bennett (drums) and Will (bass).

Left-handed metal drummer from Crimson Thorn who now plays with Shredding Flannel and in an acoustic duo with Shad Christensen.

Drummer for the Mötley Crüe tribute Mötley 6, plus rapper, DJ (DJ Killer Beat), producer and tour organizer based in northern Minnesota.

Young progressive rock drummer who plays Rush and Dream Theater at local open jams, interviewed with Bob Locke.

Modern brass band pitched as "Minneapolis, meet New Orleans," with saxes, trumpets, trombones, sousaphone and drums.

Duluth indie rock band with a mid-2000s college radio sound.

Duluth

Twin Cities goth and deathrock band formed in 1985, known as one of the early horror-rock acts of the American goth scene.

Drummer of about 15 years who plays with County Line, Vintage Revival and the Jason Paulson Band, and builds his own suitcase kick drum.

Instrumental Duluth duo playing 1950s-style punk with surf-sleaze grooves.

Duluth

Minneapolis collective led by Obi Original, fusing Afrobeat, rock, funk and highlife.

Minneapolis

Minneapolis community steelband of 18 members, directed by Lance Pollonais.

Minneapolis

Duluth four-piece mixing jazz fusion, groove psychedelia, folk, doom metal and punk.

Duluth

Seven-piece instrumental band blending soul, jazz, funk and high-energy grooves.

Twin Cities cover band co-founded by Toonie and drummer Cal, playing local stages for more than five years.

Metal guitarist in Glutton for Punishment and Die Hardcore, drummer in a new sludge project, and owner of the Shred Den guitar shop in Brooklyn Park.

Brooklyn Park

Duluth indie rock band that released its debut album People/Fate in April 2026.

Duluth

Self-taught drummer, known simply as Otis, who plays in Menace and the AC/DC tribute Old Voltage.

Original rock band built around longtime friends Trent Hill (bass) and TJ (guitar, vocals), with Bo on lead vocals and Eric on drums.

Four-piece dance band playing pop, pop-country and pop-rock hits from every decade, led by singer Jess and drummer Buzz.

Minneapolis band blending rock, pop and soul, formed out of The Cherry Pit jam sessions.

Minneapolis

Folk-rock group led by Iron Range roots musician Christopher David Hanson.

Duo of Ryan and Jesse Dermody from the backwoods north of Duluth, blending blues, Americana and Afro-Cuban rhythms.

Duluth four-piece playing soul, R&B, funk and jazz, with all four members singing.

Duluth

Twin Cities-based rock 'n' roll dance band playing hits from the 1950s through the 1980s since 1973.

Full-time live looping solo performer for about 17 years, with roots in Twin Cities black metal and active rock.

Minneapolis duo pairing classic soul with contemporary hip-hop and R&B production.

Minneapolis

Drummer for The Hits and the Misses and host of The Minnesota Music Note, interviewed on his own show by Brett Schmidt.