The Roadhouse

Cook County musician Kenna Rose joined Dave and Julie for a live in-studio performance.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Rich Lewis Band hails from the Twin Cities and combines rock, blues, R&B, and soul into their eclectic sound.  Lewis and several of the other members have been playing together, and with other notable Minnesota musicians, for over 50 years.

The group joined Dave and Julie on the back porch during a weekend playing at the Gunflint Tavern.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Josh Cleveland Band joined the Roadhouse crew for an outdoor performance during our Rock Steady membership drive.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

During our Rock Steady membership drive, we thought we’d look into the topic of stacking rocks, or making cairns. Kurt Mead, interpretive naturalist at Tettegouche State Park, joined Brian to discuss the ongoing debate.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

After losing a year of the Minnesota State Fair to COVID, the fair is on track to open again this summer as usual. And of course, that means…new foods! Nikki Hines is the person that books the food vendors for the fair.  She joined Julie to give us a preview of what we can expect.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Favorite local musician Pete K joined The Roadhouse for our first live in-studio music session in more than a year! You can learn more about Pete's music and schedule here.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Mark Seeley is a longtime climatologist and commentator on MPR. He joined Brian on The Roadhouse to talk about the drought conditions across Minnesota and if any relief could be on the way this summer.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

It’s summer, and that means it’s time to check in with one of our longtime guests, Sam Cook.

Sam is a retired outdoors writer for the Duluth News Tribune, though he still contributes a weekly general column. He joined Dave on The Roadhouse. 

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

As we emerge from the COVID pandemic, vaccination rates have slowed down. There are some people who are hesitant to get the vaccine.

Dr. Louis Mansky, an expert in human virology and director of the Institute for Molecular Virology at the University of Minnesota joined Brian to talk about vaccine myths, continued hesitancy, and vaccine development.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Sergey Sinelnik and his twin brother Alexander have traveled and explored all over the world. From 2017 to 2020 they sailed over 12,000 miles and landed in Duluth, the sister city of Petrozavodsk where they had launched their 42-foot wooden boat.

They sailed to North House for this weekend’s wooden boat show this past weekend.  While in town, Sergey and his interpreter Sasha Zavyalova joined Dave on The Roadhouse.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.