Josh Cleveland - May 20, 2026
Soon after releasing his second album, “Prove the Sound,” Josh Cleveland got out his guitar and sang for Paul and the rest of the early morning radio audience of Poetry, Science and Wrestling. He shared a little about the process, and talked about the release celebration concert planned for Thursday, June 4 at the Granada Theater (3022 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis)
The Subatomic Eel - The Red Light Means Recording
Mark ruminates, laments, wonders, and tries to get his butt in gear…
The Subatomic Eel - Superposition
Mark remembers it’s difficult to be in two places at once…
The Subatomic Eel - Winds of Change and Burps to Boot
Mark and Icky are saved by the kindness of strangers…
The Subatomic Eel - Idiot Gourmands
Mark and Icky follow their stomachs and wind up in a pit of despair…
Pop Wagner, Rina Rossi - April 15, 2026
Rina Rossi came by PS&W just ahead of the 2026 Twin Town Old Time Music Festival to talk about the activities, concerts and workshops, which were set to be held in St. Paul and Minneapolis Thursday April 16 through the following Monday, with everything from Irish tunes to fingerstyle guitar workshops to Appalachian clogging to old time and bluegrass jams, a talent contest, and square dancing. And she brought her friend Pop Wagner, who brought his guitar and did a little preview, as we all gathered around KFAI’s one currently working microphone
The Subatomic Eel - Fishing for Garbage
Mark isn’t convinced he knows what he’s even looking for…
The Subatomic Eel - Mailbag in the Spaceways
Mark is stuck in a traffic jam, but at least he finally got your postcards…
The Subatomic Eel - Icky Wants to Stay
Mark discovers the truth about the Kwik Trip and learns what this little dog has really been up to…
The Subatomic Eel - Cheeseburger Synthesis
Mark has escaped the waterfall and washes up at a Kwik Trip…
The Subatomic Eel - Kites in the Waterfall
Mark has found some new friends on his way through a petrified forest…
The Subatomic Eel - Games in the Storm
Mark has landed on Earth’s second moon while he tries to make sense of a new reality…
Blue Groove - March 4, 2026
Adelle Hyrkas and four others who form the band Blue Groove came to KFAI’s P, S & W Wednesday with two guitars, a mandolin, banjo and a ukulele bass to give us a taste of some bluegrass tunes one might hear at the upcoming Minnesota Bluegrass Winter Weekend - details in the link
The Subatomic Eel - Backward into the Future
Mark is stuck behind an impossible barrier. But maybe with some well-placed trust and curiosity, he can find a way though…
The Subatomic Eel - Stuck Behind the Haze
Mark has embarked on his mission to find Sun Ra. His radio receiver is broken, but his transmitter still works. He’s stuck just outside the orbit of the moon, his ship has collided with an impenetrable and mysterious haze…
USPOP - February 25, 2026
Peter and Kent, two members of the American Brit-pop band USPOP, came by P, S & W to play a few tunes on acoustic guitars and talk about their upcoming show at Zhora Darling (Feb 27), their new album (“Yer Welcome”) and how much louder their electric guitars will be (very much louder)
The Subatomic Eel - On a Mission to Find Sun Ra
Mark boards his spacecraft, The Subatomic Eel, and leaves earth on a mission to Saturn to find Sun Ra…
Jillian Rae (and Eric) - February 18, 2026
Jillian Rae and Eric came by KFAI’s world headquarters in February, sharing a couple songs and feelings, including a recently recorded song about the federal government’s incursion into Minneapolis. They were set to play along with other local acts Sunday, February 22, 7pm at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, in a benefit concert to help with food and rent for 50 families