Dan's Bike Rides

Dan takes a solo ride to process the recent loss of his father; songs you know well from artists you don't. Included: Sarah Collins; Dana Zinni; Diana; Liz Gillies; Sall Shaar; Bea Herrera; Trousdale; Sabrina Weiser; Nora Aunor; Dani Wilde

Break out the best 'crystal,' it's the BikeRides 15th anniversary and the guys throw down a wild ride to celebrate. Meanwhile, Hank's feud with the riders and listeners continues to heat up. Included: Seraoko; Conscious Trap; Of Monsters & Men; Fleetwood mac; Styx; Connie Talbot; Drive By Truckers; Doors; Van Morison

Dan tries his best to de-escalate a feud Hank recently started with the riders and listeners but Hank seems intent on doubling down and makes fun of Dan's wardrobe in the process. Included: Anna Stine; Manfred Mann; Counting Crows; Cowboy Junkies; Houndmouth; Jefferson Airplane; Chris Cornell; T. Rex; Evergreen; Rush

The guys share a variety of tracks on this week's ride while Hank decides to get a little cocky with the riders and listeners, creating a feud that doesn't yet seem to be settled. Included: Faux Jean; Rodney Crowell; Anouk; Tom Waits; Anouk (again); Leonard Cohan; Larry Grab; Bleachers; Wren; The Verve; OGWS

Dan rides solo for this ride and plays a lot of interesting tracks that lack proper flow, but somehow still connect all the dots. Oh, and Hank has 'Ozzy" dad socks. Hear that story and more. Included: Charley Crockett; Jon Batiste; Lucinda Williams; Earth To Eve; Jonathan Richman; Black Sabbath; George Winston; Cat Power; Coldfishstix

It's an anniversary ride of sorts that swirls between serious and ridiculous like a psychedelic lava lamp. And, not many people know this but there are several interesting songs about weed eaters out there just dying to be heard. Included: Jimmy Ferras; Zoh Amba; House Plants; That Mexican OT; John Prine; Charlie Parr; Ruthie Foster; Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover; Xaviar Rudd; Xaviar Rudd...

Keep your shirts on folks, Hank joins Dan for a 12 song ride and tells a story about how he acquired a brand new nickname on a family vacation. Included: Mark G. Davis; Wren; The Chicks; Jade Bird; Jillian Ray; Warren Zevon; The Killers; Silver Jews; Bill Miller; Billy Bragg; The Linda Lindas x2

Dan tries to bring the BikeRides Show into relevancy by playing 30 minutes of new music, then follows that up with another irrelevant half-hour of music - baby steps, right? Included: The Sugar Cubes; Courtney Barnett x 2; Kevin Morby x 2; Allison Russell x2; Jorma Kaukonen; Bleachers; Glen Hansard; Gary Hansard

Get ready for a long ride with enough people to populate an entire mid-sized city on wheels, it's RAGBRA 2026! Team Strange Brew is the Bike Rides programmer for the day, and did these wild and hearty riders ever pick an amazing soundtrack for the occasion. Included: Waylon Jennings; Waylon Jennings (again); Greg Brown; David Allen Coe; Johnny Jenkins; AC/DC; Luna Chicks; Cream; Kana Jambe; Pogues...

It's Hank's 92nd birthday show and he doesn't sound a day over 70! Hank decides to spread the "love" this week, playing all love related songs on his new mixer this week. Included: Kerry Lasch; The Flower Kings; Jewels & The Polar Bears; George Michael and Queen; Jason Molina; Ten Years After; The Captain & Tennille (shhhh... don't tell Hank!)

June is PRIDE month so Dan throws down a PRIDE related ride. It's only songs with 'pride' in the title, lyrics and/or as artist, and a surprisingly good mix comes out of it all. Included: The Bicycles; The Black Crows (shhhhhhh.......it); Bamboo; Robert Palmer; Tessa Belifante; George Michael; Etta James; Charley Pride; The Ramones; The Answer; Burton Cummings; The Goo Goo Dolls with Elmo

It's a rando June ride this week as Dan serves up a sweet soundtrack for your listening pleasure. Included: Linda Rondstadt; Doug McCloud; Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia; Xavier Rudd; Jorma Kaukonen; Low; Courtney Barnett; Cleo Reed; Miriam Mandipira & Soul Family

Dan takes a contemplative turn and it's reflected in the music. Included: Bruce Cockburn; Ren; Dawes; Carsie Blanton; Superorganism; J'EM Improv; Kim Karnes; Natalie Merchant/David Byrne; The Onious Monk Septet

Hank and Dan both leave the state, but only one returns in time for the show, and the other may never return. Listen as Dan recalls his recent biking/graduation trip to Sioux Falls and enjoy an entire playlist inspired by the Queen City. Included: The Bare Naked Ladies; Delbert Black Horse & Brian Stoner; Bob Dylan; Timothy Gurshin; David Wright; The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities; Bob Dylan (ag...

Shine those shoes and manicure your phalanges before sliding into your white silk gloves, it's a ballroom dance like you've never heard, as the guys skid their bikes across the granite floor to a variety of fine dance songs. Included: Tia Carrere; The Carter Family; Hank Snow; Ella Fitzgerald; Lawrence Ipsum; Todd Snider; Mark Knopfler & Emmy Lou Harris; Idles; T-Rex; Devo; Queen; Pau McCarntey; S...

It's Spring Pledge Drive and the guys go live in what turns out to be a bit of a bumpy ride, technically speaking. But (spoiler alert) everything works out in the end when a matching grant from Key City Bikes is met and then surpassed. Included: Prince; Bee Balm Fields; The Belfast Cowboys; Sting Ray; Carrallee; Leo Kottke; Bob Dylan; Ben Scruggs; Mark Olson/Gary Louris.

Random is not a strong enough word to describe this week's ride that uses the whole trail and occasionally leaves it. Included: The Grateful Cat; Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies; Kevin Ayers; Kasey Chambers; Gorillas (featuring The Sparks); Charlie Chaplin Featuring Bob Dylan; White Stripes; Jonathon Richman; The Ruen Borothers; The Sparks (again)

Local independent musician AND fellow KMSU Radio host/volunteer, Ben Scruggs joins Hank and Dan for conversation and songs from his new album 'Heart River.' Also: Geese; X

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 af...

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 Gilmor...