For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we remember Dottie West, an artist who helped elevate the profile of women in country music.

This week, we premiere a brand-new song from the local band Turn Turn Turn.

For this week’s Classic Americana pick, we remember the great John Prine, whose five-decade career as a singer-songwriter gave us a treasure trove of songs to make you laugh, cry, think — or all three.

This week, we listen to a new EP from guitar-legend-to-be Billy Strings.

This week’s Classic Americana pick spotlights the early recordings of musician, actor and activist Olivia Newton-John.

Hear new music from Amos Lee, Amy Helm, John Craigie, and Megan Burtt, just to name a few.

In 1991 — MPR’s first year of live broadcasts from its booth at the Minnesota State Fair — the late Kris Kristofferson was interviewed and performed two songs to promote an upcoming event that brought together Indigenous people, environmentalists and artists.

In June, The Thistle & Shamrock® marked 41 years of weekly national broadcasts. It’s time to step back but not before making more memories.

This week, we’ll feature music from the late, great JD Souther, a prolific songwriter who wrote tunes for James Taylor, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and many others.

This week we spotlight a folk-blues musician who was one of the music industry’s first successful recording artists, Blind Lemon Jefferson.