Fresh Picks

A collection of eight artwork's for albums and singles, each displayed in their own black square frame.

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Fresh Picks: Fresh start, elder blues, is that ... hope? Latin soul, bossamath and Aretha's Sparkle

The KAXE Music Team on new releases from THAO, Sherman Holmes, Jordie Lane, Trish Toledo, Richard Thompson, Mei Semones, and Moses Boyd. Plus Aretha in '76.

Artwork for four albums and four singles displayed in black square frames.

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Fresh Picks: Soul down under, music to get lost in, Blue Note, MN country, joys and mysteries

Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team on new releases from Ella Thompson, Michael Kiwanuka, Linda Sikhakhane, Elsa Krantz, Nabihah Iqbal, Two Runner, Grey & Greene, and Bob Marley and the Wailers is our Pick from '76.

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Fresh Picks: Candor and compassion, Texas warmth, old-fashioned dance, gospel hope and Dylan's "Desire"

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon, Andrew Dziengel

The KAXE Music Team on new releases from Charlie Parr, Jess Williamson, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Valerie June, Joy Oladokun, Silvana Estrada & M. Ward, ALA.NI and Adrian Younge and Bob Dylan in '76.

Artwork for three albums and four singles displayed in black square frames.

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Fresh Picks: Soul power, talking fiddle, Nu Zamrock, indie darling, Ayers in '76

Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team on new releases from Danielle Ponder, Jake Blount, Sampa The Great, Jeremy Messersmith, Star Moles and The Decemberists. Then, Everybody Loves The Pick from '76.

Artwork for four new albums, three new singles, and one album from 1976.

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Fresh Picks: The moments 'In Between,' 'Nebraska' inspired, radical covers and 21st-century anxiety

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team on what's new from Wild Horses, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mary Gauthier, Greg Freeman, Zoe's Shanghai, Les Amazones d'Afrique and Dida Pelled.

Artwork for five albums and three singles displayed in white square frames.

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Fresh Picks: Walloped, Leon x2 and MN folk 2 times, literal pub rock, vim & vigor, and Tom Petty's debut in '76

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon, Chelsey Perkins, Jennifer Barr

The KAXE Music Team on new releases from The Mary Wallopers, Humbird, Leon Bridges, Julia Jacklin, Jake Bugg, Kelley Smith, and Kings of Leon and Petty's debut as our Pick Of '76.

Artwork for four albums and three singles displayed in black square frames over a blurry blue-green background. In the top row from left to right: A person carrying a marimba on their back with the sun setting behind them, a hazy blue-green tinted photo of a woman wearing a red bandana, two people holding an upright bass and acoustic guitar inside a gold frame with red around it. In the bottom row from left to right: A woman in a dress with her arms above her head, a woman in a dark room with sun coming through a window, a pot on a hot plate with steam rising from it, and hard to make out red and white image of an amp with foliage around it.

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Fresh Picks: Just in time for Autumn, blues stew, marimba madness and MN blues-rock from '76

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team on new music from Angela Autumn, Son Rompe Pera, Cedar County Cobras, Kiko Mizuhara, Brandy Clark, Menahan Street Band and Meels. Plus, The Lamont Cranston Band in '76.

A collage of artwork for new albums and singles. They are displayed in square black frames.

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Fresh Picks: Jazz is alive, contrasting feelings, rockin' troubadour, Sub Pop MN, Sparks fly in '76

Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon, Andrew Dziengel

The KAXE Music Team on new music from Ezra Collective, Sylvan Esso, Pokey LaFarge, Downtown Boys, Valerie June, Willi Carlisle, and Ex:Re. Plus our Pick From '76, Sparks.

Artwork for four new albums, three new singles and one album from 1976, displayed in black square frames over a blurry green an brown background.

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Fresh Picks: Billy's sorrow, progressive soul, sober fun, stratospheric cumbia, Red Lake boom bap and Emmylou in '76

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Julia Schrenkler

The KAXE Music Team on new music from Billy Strings, Jungle, Medium Build, Empanadas Ilegales, Meshell Ndegeocello, Thomas X and Mary Bragg. Plus Emmylou in '76!

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Fresh Picks: Alabama Shakes again, goodbye Strings, skateboard mixtapes, blues collab, "Jubilee" vibes, Picks of Parton

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team on new music from Alabama Shakes, Billy Strings, Ruthie Foster, I Will Die In This Jean Jacket, Sylvan Esso, Ezra Collective, and Jake Xerxes Fussell.