By Pamela Espeland, MinnPost | 12/18/19
Monday at the Parkway: Paul Metsa “Holiday on Ice Cubes” 40th Anniversary Concert. HuffPost called him “the other great folksinger from Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range.” A fixture on Minnesota’s music scene for decades, eight-time Minnesota Music Awards winner, radio and TV host, author of “Blue Guitar Highway,” writer of the great American folk song “Jack Ruby in a Cavanagh Hat,” devoted dog lover and newly minted poet (he’ll release his first collection, “Alphabet Jazz,” at this show), Metsa will share the stage with guests including Cats Under the Stars, Sonny Earl and Master of Ceremonies Bobby Vandell. Expect some tender memories of Willie Walker, Metsa’s Thursday-night musical partner at Shaw’s neighborhood bar for eight years, who died on Nov. 19. This event will also be a benefit for a Northeast food shelf. 7-9 p.m.