The Wall of Power Radio Hour

The Wall of Power Radio Hour

Paul Metsa’s Wall of Power will bring together music, entertainment, and cool people from all walks of life.

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June 2, 2025 43 mins
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March 31, 2025 44 mins
Paul Metsa and Dr. Kristin Lyerly, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist from Green Bay, WI had a great discussion about the upcoming election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Dr. Lyerly lives in Green Bay, WI and also practices in Hibbing, MN where they both met while sitting next to each other at the MN Premiere…
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March 24, 2025 45 mins
Paul Metsa and Mary Bue had a wonderful chat about Mary’s dynamite new record The Wildness of Living and Dying and played several tracks off it. They also chatted about Mary’s time in Duluth, her travels internationally leading yoga retreats, and more.      
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Paul Metsa and Mike Kappus had a great conversation about Mike’s long history in the music business starting with his beginning in Eau Claire, WI booking music shows around town, getting his music bookers license at age 19, a short stint in Milwaukee, WI before moving to San Francisco to create and run the legendary Rosebud…
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Paul is joined today by fan favorite Checkpoint Charlie Pierce for the first time in 2025 to discuss politics, news, and music.
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Paul Metsa is a renowned musician who hosts the Wall of Power on Saturday nights at 6 PM on AM950. Also, find his books wherever books are sold.
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Paul Metsa had a great chat with Terri Thal, author of My Greenwich Village- Dave, Bob, and Me about her time growing up in Brooklyn, and then moving to Greenwich Village. She met, then married, folksinger Dave Van Ronk and also managed a young Bob Dylan when he first moved to NYC. She also taped…
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Paul Metsa and singer-songwriter Ike Reilly had a great chat about Ike’s new documentary Don’t Turn Your Back on Friday Night, which was produced by fellow Libertyville, Illinois native Tom Morello. Ike talked about his love of Minneapolis, First Avenue, Grumpy’s Bar and more. We also featured several of Ike’s songs. A great chat, just…
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This week host Paul Metsa was joined by AM950’s weekday afternoon host, the one and only Matt McNeil! They talk about their experiences spending time on the Iron Range and election thoughts.
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Paul Metsa was joined by Charlie Pierce for another episode in our “Checkpoint Charlie” series!
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Paul makes his first visit to the AM950 studio in a few years on today’s show!
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We had a great chat with legendary folk singer Tom Paxton this week. Tom had a treasure trove of stories, and his story about hearing Bob Dylan’s Hard Rain is Gonna Fall the day after he wrote it, is priceless!  
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We had a lovely chat with Kurt Nelson, a long time beloved member of the Twin Cities music community. We played several tracks from his music career and enjoyed Kurt’s stories, his history, his sense of humor, as his personality shone brightly throughout!
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August 30, 2024 21 mins
Paul Metsa is an acclaimed musician and host of the Wall of Power Radio Hour on AM950 every Saturday night at 6 PM or podcast on am950radio.com.
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Host Paul Metsa is joined by Charlie Pierce for another episode in our checkpoint Charlie series.
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Paul Metsa was joined by well-known Minnesota guitar maker Kurt Nelson for the entire hour
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We continue our Tribute to Spider John Koerner with three great guests: Tom Nelson (Tom’s Burn’t Down Cafe- Madeline Island, WI), Jack Pasternacki (Cats Under the Stars) and ace guitarist Dakota Dave Hull.  
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We had three soulful chats as we celebrated the life, times, and music of the late great Spider John Koerner. The guests included folk and blues musician Charlie Parr, longtime Twin Cities folk singer Charlie Maguire, and record store owner, producer and longtime Koerner friend Mark Trehus. The photo includes Spider John, Paul Metsa, and…
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