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April 'Monthly Music Recap': Bon Iver's latest, a New Orleans street party, 'goth or not' with DJ Dang

KAXE | By Kari Hedlund
Published May 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM CDT
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A selection of album covers featured in our Monthly Music Recap for April.

Listen as the KAXE Music Team highlights their favorite music from April in our "Monthly Music Recap" series. Hear it live on the final Thursday of the month on "Headwaters."

New this year, the Music Team at KAXE gets together at the end of each month to talk all things new music.

The three of us — Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon aka DJ Dang and me, Music Director Kari Hedlund — chat about our favorite songs and albums released that month, music we’re looking forward to and the songs we just can't get enough of in the "Monthly Music Recap."

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Dan Gannon (DJ Dang), Kari Hedlund and Malachy Koons in Bemidji on May 1, 2025.

Take a listen to our recap of April, featuring albums like Bon Iver's free-flowing and creative SABLE, fABLE, the party in the streets of New Orleans that is Hot 8 Brass Band's Big Tuba, and the brooding and gothic (maybe?) DOGGOD from L.A. WITCH.

We also highlight Māori language songs from Marlon Williams, former Chicano Batmen lead singer Bardo stepping out on his own with help from Combo Chimbita, the "nothing can stop me" of Yukimi's "Break Me Down" and many more.

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Headwaters
Hosted by the KAXE Music Team, Headwaters bridges the gap between now and then through a great blend of new releases, KAXE and KBXE's vast libraries, in-depth music conversations, interviews and more. Tune in to hear a mix of rock, folk, Americana, blues, soul, jazz and music from around the world.Let’s explore the music that shapes our lives together. Headwaters, your source for great music!

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Kari Hedlund
The Music Director since 2014, Kari (pronounced Car-ee) Hedlund oversees the music programming and content you hear each day on KAXE. She hosts Headwaters every Wednesday (9 a.m. and 10 p.m.) and is co-host to Heidi Holtan on the Thursday Morning Show.
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