Music News

Hi folks. Karl Smelker here. I am hosting the radio show this Friday the 17th. I will have a special guest in studio, Mr. Ben Sandmel. Ben is an author, folklorist, producer, drummer and general renaissance man for all things cool in Louisiana. Louisiana Rhythms listeners may know him from from the book Zydeco! which he wrote in conjunction with photography by Rick Olivier (http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/825)

You may know Caroline Smith as a songwriter who's been around the Twin Cities for a few years, first as a solo artist, then with the Good-Night Sleeps, then as a solo artist again. Did you know the Detroit Lakes native has a new single out with fellow Twin Citian Lizzo which you might want to turn up for every young woman in your life? Smith joins Lizzo and friends for two shows at the end of the month at First Avenue to benefit The Women's Foundation of Minnesota.