Dan's Bike Rides

From murder ballads to hard rock to lesbian bars, this ride is all over the road in more ways than one. Included: Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine; Doug MacLeod; Grant Lee Buffalo; Emmy Lou Harris; Marianne Faithful; Jonathon Richman; Sunny Bill Glover; Crooked Fingers; Sparks; Amanda Shires w/ Rod Picott

Dan rides solo and anyone who wasn't nuts before certainly will be after this ride, especially the leader. Included: Debbie Harry; Bob Dylan; LP & Waddy Wachtel; Dead Man Winter; Brandi Carlile; Penny Pearce; Rusty Cage; Charlie Parr; Blind Melon; Taylor Goyette; Carol Channing; Screaming Queens Entertainment; Apple Sisters

Charlie Parr make his FIFTH in-studio appearance for an exclusive interview and performance like none you've ever heard! Hang on to your handlebars folks, this ride quickly leaves the comfort of the paved trail for the weeds and stays bumpy the rest of the way. Despite Dan making a critical and regrettable audio engineering mistake (Hank had to execute a wellness check on his distraught co-host after he went dark for a few days following the revelation), Charlie still sounds amazing!

It's Dan and Hank navigating through a myriad of interesting genres and eras that make for a flowey ride this week. Included: Bill Callahan; Geese; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Magnolia Electric Company/Scout Niblett; Big Thief; Greg Brown; Carol King; Jade Bird; Tracy Chapman with The Muppets

Minneapolis loves bike rides and Bike Rides loves Minneapolis. Hank and Dan serve up a proper salute to the hearty city and shining state following one of the most difficult weeks in their collective histories. Included: Northern Lights; Greg Bikowski; Marc Skjervem; Wren; Chad Elliot; Billy Bragg; Tom MacDonald; Mick Flannery/Anais Mitchell; The Midnight Republic; Ben Grossup; Bruce Springsteen

It's a REALLY different ride this week as A.I. takes over and replaces Hank and Dan with A.I. bots in an extreme cost saving measure. Songs about technology (NOT 'techno', there's a difference) all hour. Included: Tino Drima; Alec Sullivan; Janelle; Troldhaugen; Bright Eyes; Tenacious D; Rush; Gary Numan; Flaming Lips; France Gall; Flight of the Conchords; Pink Floyd

LOL, it's the annual Facebook Friends Ride and hopefully it's worth a share or two. Dan throws out a playlist request to all 780 of his FB friends on a cold and lonely Friday night in January and gets some great songs and a little love in return. Included: John Mellencamp; Santo & Johnny; James McMurtry; Fiona Apple; Prank Williams; Joe Bonamassa; Ferron; Renee Christian; Joe Ely/Jimmy Dale Gilmore/Butch Hancock; Mike Munson; Allison Russell

It's the obligatory New Year's show as the guys parlay a darker playlist that reflects their golden expectations for 2026. Included: Small Hoop; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Joe Purdy; Onety-One; Ricki Lee Jones; Otis Redding; Carla Thomas; Scrawl; Ray Wily Hubbard; Counting Crows; Bad Moves; Dan Fogelberg; George Bailey

If you're looking for a true seasonally inspired radio show featuring all the greatest hits this ain't it, 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' lives to infinity elsewhere on your radio dial. Inspired by all the darkness a double tap from the winter solstice and human injustice can bring; it's the 2025 Christmas Ride from Hank and Dan. Included: Bobo; Diamond Rugs Aimee Man; Louden Wainwright III; Kevin Morby; Mountain of Joy; Dolly Parton; Noah Kahn; Kacey Musgraves; Grace J. Wall/Los Chicos Muertos; Ron Arsenault/Billy Steiner/Dave Pengra; Linus VanPelt. Not Included: Mariah Carey

This annual 4th of July in December ride always confuses the unfamiliar listeners. Tough $-h-*-T. Included; Joni Mitchell; Joe Purdy; Joe Purdy (again); Jeff Tweedy; Boy Genius; Iron and Wine; Elvis Costello; Attila Domos; Joni Mitchell (again)

Put your hood up, sunglasses on and get yourself to the darkest corner of your basement to mount the steep slide toward the colorless abyss of the solstice. It's BikeRides live, 15th annual longest-ride-of-the-year, black Friday special. Lite up, it's going to be an interesting ride. Included: HOUR ONE; Ben Sgruggs; Jack Savoretti; Grab Brothers; Lee Michaels; Chastity Brown; Mal Murphy; Smokin' Popes; The Felice Brothers; Patti Smith; Counting Crows; Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra; HOUR TWO; Catie Curtis; Elton John; John Batdorf; Allison Russell; Kevin Morby; HOUR THREE: An entire hour of Todd Snider; HOUR FOUR: An entire hour of John Mellencamp; HOUR FIVE: Elton John, Jordan Patterson; Steely Dan; Charlie Parr; John Prine/Iris DeMent; Heartless Bastards; The Shape of Walter

Hank's got dog problems so Dan had to fill the void, even playing one song twice just to make it happen. I wonder if there are any messages in the music. Included: Paul McCartney; Counting Crows; Margo Clicker; Palmyra; Amanda Shires; Dutch Interior; Charlie Parr; Lucinda Williams; Drew Peterson; Talking Heads; Counting Crows (again).

It's the last day of the fall pledge drive at KSMQ, AND it's HALLOWEEN! Nothing but spirited music and a couple pledge reminders this week as another October pledge drive winds down on the Bike Rides Radio Show. Featured: Beat'n Awake; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Misfits; Kids on Bikes; Ryan Adams; Rosalie Cunningham; Ween; Rush; Fleetwood Mac

It's the Fall Pledge Drive at KSMQ and Dan plays the sympathy card for pledges. Included: Fat's Domino; Devo(x6); Dan Fogelberg

Nothing to see here but your average bike riding radio show, you've heard one, you've heard them all. Included: Harry Styles; Tom Waits; Michael McLean/John Batdorf; Neko Case; Father John Misty; Allison Russell; Courtney Barnett; Joe Pug; Jack Savoretti; Sinead O'Connor

Hank joins Dan to celebrate the ivory anniversary of all this nonesense known in dark circles as the BikeRides Radio Show. Included: The Box and Banjo Band; Dylan Hughs; Jordan Patterson; My Morning Jacket; Eric Balkey; Jon Bon Jovi/Bruce Springsteen; The Gaslight Anthem; Tibetan Pop Stars; Drop Kick Murphys; Murphy's Law

Dan's back from his solo vacation for another solo ride this week, as he describes a solo ride he took at Cuyuna Lakes, buy himself. Included: Ron Gallo; George Winston; Rush; Mark Knopfler; Neko Case; Frike; Tom Waits; The Silos; Courtney Barnett

It's a very special ride this week as the audience of AMPERS sister station KAXE joins the KMSU riders and listeners to celebrate the music of Grand Rapids Riverfest, on September 6th. Included: Alan Sparhawk,; Trampled by Turtles; Charlie Parr, Emily Parr; Jeremie Albino; Margo Price; Billy Strings; Low; Courtney Barnett

What starts as an innocent ride finds the guys stripped to the skivvies by the end; listen and find out how it got there. Included: Brett Horton; Wilco; Joe Purdy; Mildred Bailey; Renaissance; Noah Cyrus, ft. Bill Callahan; Steve Miller Band; Soccer Mommy; Wilco (again); The Brambel Patch; Jezus Wizard Spatula (you need to hear the last one)

Hank and Dan present another wide array of genre bending music, only fit for consumption by the deepest musical palette, even when that palette shows up in the form of a frog at the studio window. Included: Bicycle; David Bromberg; Black Rebel; Big Thief; Angel Olsen; Lucinda Williams; Charley Crockett; Los Chico Muertos; Zavior Rudd; The Backseat Lovers; Dead Man Winter