On December 12, Minnesota Public Radio will launch the brainchild of The Morning Show's co-host Dale Connelly. The new service, Radio Heartland™, will be a Web-exclusive radio service that's filled with "coffeehouse songwriters, jazz divas, Zydeco accordionists, Cajun fiddlers, Broadway stars, movie stars, ukulele virtuosos, big bands, string bands, cowboys, and cornballs." It will also feature Dale Connelly weekday mornings from 6-9 a.m.

The Radio Heartland service will stream on RadioHeartland.org and be available on HD Radio in the Twin Cities on 91.1 KNOW HD 2.

The gang plays a game of "spot the influence" as Musicheads review this week's CDs, including new releases from Eagles of Death Metal ("Heart On"), All The Saints ("Fire On Corridor X") and Travis ("Ode To J. Smith").

Then host Bill DeVille invites the group - and you - to "name a singer who's technically not really all that good - but whom you still love anyway." Bill's guests are Barb Abney and The Current's Assistant Music Director David Safar.

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