By Brian Lambert, MinnPost | 06/23/16
Odenkirk made a 48-hour stop in the Twin Cities to soak up stories, sights and atmospherics for a planned six-part adaptation of Carr’s 2007 memoir, "The Night of the Gun." He and his team are hoping to film it a year from now for AMC, the venue for both "Breaking Bad" and "Saul."
By Pamela Espeland, MinnPost | 12/17/14
If you've been anywhere in Minnesota live music is heard, chances are you've bumped into Paul Metsa on the stand or at the bar. Guitar slinger, bluesman, folkie, singer, songwriter, bandleader, recording artist, radio host, activist, schmoozer, hustler, poet, storyteller and author, the hard-working, affable Metsa is a true Minnesota original, born on the Iron Range and based in Minneapolis since 1978. He has won seven Minnesota Music Awards and played more than 5,000 gigs. He has a rescue dog named Blackie he adores.
By Mary Treacy, Twin Cities Daily Planet | 12/04/11
Reading the words of Paul Metsa as recorded in his memoir, Blue Guitar Highways, is a walk through the several decades of the local music scene with all of his and its connections with the ages and stages of American music writ large.
By Jon Bream, Star Tribune | 10/17/11
In his compelling new memoir, the Minneapolis music vet rubs shoulders with everyone from Jerry Garcia to Karl Rove.
By William Ruhlmann, AllMusic
Singer/songwriter Paul Metsa is a native of the same Minnesota Iron Range that produced Bob Dylan. His mother was a jazz singer; his father, a tavern owner, also played accordion professionally. In grade school, he had his own folk duo and later a rock band. In 1979, he moved from his home in Virginia, MN, to Minneapolis to pursue his musical career.