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.

Episodes

Wall of Power Radio Hour – July 26, 2025

July 28, 2025 • 49 mins
Host Paul Metsa had a great chat with Ms. Ellen Stekert. Ms. Stekert has a long career as a folksinger, a folklorist, college professor and more. She’s had a fascinating life and recently discovered a field recording of the late great Reverend Gary Davis that she and friends recorded in NYC in 1951. Paul and…
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Wall of Power – July 19, 2025

July 21, 2025 • 44 mins
Paul Metsa had a great chat with musician, songwriter and journalist Jeff Slate ahead of his appearance at the Music in the Park series in Silver Bay. They covered several topics including Slate’s interview with Bob Dylan in the Wall Street Journal. We featured a couple of Jeff’s songs as well.  
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Wall of Power Radio Hour – May 31, 2025

June 2, 2025 • 43 mins
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Wall of Power Radio Hour – April 19, 2025

April 22, 2025 • 43 mins
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Wall of Power – March 29, 2025

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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Wall of Power – March 22, 2025

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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – March 8, 2025

March 10, 2025 • 47 mins
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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – March 1, 2025

March 3, 2025 • 44 mins
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 with Matt – Holiday Shows 2024

January 1, 2025 • 42 mins
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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – December 20, 2024

December 24, 2024 • 46 mins
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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – December 14, 2024

December 17, 2024 • 42 mins
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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – November 2, 2024

November 4, 2024 • 43 mins
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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – October 19, 2024

October 21, 2024 • 46 mins
Paul Metsa was joined by Charlie Pierce for another episode in our “Checkpoint Charlie” series!
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Wall of Power Radio Hour – September 28, 2024

September 30, 2024 • 48 mins
Paul makes his first visit to the AM950 studio in a few years on today’s show!
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Wall of Power Radio Hour – September 21, 2024

September 23, 2024 • 43 mins
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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – August 31, 2024

September 3, 2024 • 43 mins
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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Paul Metsa with Matt – August 30, 2024

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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Wall of Power Radio Hour – August 17, 2024

August 19, 2024 • 43 mins
Host Paul Metsa is joined by Charlie Pierce for another episode in our checkpoint Charlie series.
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Wall of Power Radio Hour – July 27, 2024

August 2, 2024 • 43 mins
Paul Metsa was joined by well-known Minnesota guitar maker Kurt Nelson for the entire hour
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Wall of Power Radio Hour – July 6, 2024

July 8, 2024 • 120 mins
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