Join us for FREE live music with Travis Beniak in the taproom!

Join us for a Blues Jam Session at the taproom hosted by Brendan Holm! Grab a beer from 7-9 pm, you can even join in with the band! If you want to jam with the band you can sign up the night of or email b.holms272@gmail.com to get on the list.

Hooked by the “boom-chicka-boom” of Johnny Cash, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nate Fronning, started his musical journey at around 6 years old. From growing up with the radio while milking cows in rural Battle Lake, to playing in his family’s gospel trio, and various country and rock bands, it’s been a wild ride! More recently he’s been fronting the band Tainted Vibes, and playing solo acoustic shows. With a deep love for old-school country, but also for Bob Dylan and Neil Young, you’re sure to have a great time at any of his shows!

Musician and songwriter Robb Justice has always been inspired by a variety of musical styles—old country, blues, rock and Americana—almost as much as he has been inspired by the untrammeled landscapes he tends to surround himself with.

Robb’s music runs the gambit from rock to country and blues, always leaving room for a few pleasant surprises.

Robb has performed and opened for many notable acts such as The Wailin’ Jennys, Clinton Fearon, Eilen Jewell, Meghan Lindsey (runner up of The Voice 2015), Great American Taxi, Blackwater Railroad, and Young Dubliners.

Join us for FREE live music with Travis Beniak in the taproom!

Join us for a Blues Jam Session at the taproom hosted by Brendan Holm! Grab a beer from 7-9 pm, you can even join in with the band! If you want to jam with the band you can sign up the night of or email b.holms272@gmail.com to get on the list.

Hooked by the “boom-chicka-boom” of Johnny Cash, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nate Fronning, started his musical journey at around 6 years old. From growing up with the radio while milking cows in rural Battle Lake, to playing in his family’s gospel trio, and various country and rock bands, it’s been a wild ride! More recently he’s been fronting the band Tainted Vibes, and playing solo acoustic shows. With a deep love for old-school country, but also for Bob Dylan and Neil Young, you’re sure to have a great time at any of his shows!

Hooked by the “boom-chicka-boom” of Johnny Cash, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nate Fronning, started his musical journey at around 6 years old. From growing up with the radio while milking cows in rural Battle Lake, to playing in his family’s gospel trio, and various country and rock bands, it’s been a wild ride! More recently he’s been fronting the band Tainted Vibes, and playing solo acoustic shows. With a deep love for old-school country, but also for Bob Dylan and Neil Young, you’re sure to have a great time at any of his shows!

Join us for a Blues Jam Session at the taproom hosted by Brendan Holm! Grab a beer from 7-9 pm, you can even join in with the band! If you want to jam with the band you can sign up the night of or email b.holms272@gmail.com to get on the list.

Copper Trail Brewing and Hubbard Radio (COOL 94.3) are teaming up again for the 3rd annual outdoot COOL Summer Concert Series! The COOL Summer Concert Series is presented by Diamond Buick GMC of Alexandria. Each show will feature a tribute band performing the hits of iconic groups for the evening’s entertainment.

This show will feature hits from Bon Jovi, Journey, Styx, Boston, Queen, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar, and Heart by the nationally-known classic rock band Arch Allies. These guys are the real deal and are the sister band to HAIRBALL. Arch Allies plays all the hits for you to sing along to all night long.

Not only will we be ending the series on a bang with Arch Allies, but we’ll also be celebrating Diamond Buick GMC's 30th anniversary of business. The team from Diamond Buick GMC of Alexandria want you to come help them celebrate at this third and final show of the 2024 series.

Doors at 6:00 // Music at 7:00

Tickets are now available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/2024-cool-943-summer-concert-series-3223279

I am Tyler Stuckey, songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.  I perform under my name, Tyler Stuckey because after 5 years, 7 band names, and 90% of the songs written by me, it just made sense.

For the last couple years I've been playing with my honky-tonk band. Which includes Electric Guitar, Bass and Drums. With rotating accompaniment on Fiddle, Steel Guitar, Banjo, Keyboard. We've played festivals, dive bars, campgrounds, country clubs, night clubs and living rooms. All in the name of spreading these songs.  

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I have a long story that includes living in tipis, RV's, my truck, a tent, Alaska, Texas, Montana, love lost, love found, alot of late nights, early mornings, building mansions and living in shacks. This probably deserves more than a line in a bio, but it's all in the songs anyway.

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What I can tell you is that I have an honest addiction to music. Listening, playing and writing are on my mind from the minute I wake up till the last tune I hum to go to sleep. Because the songs are a closest thing I have to to the constant melodies in my mind. Can you hear what I hear? Dig what I dig? Feel what I feel? Hurt how I hurt? Or dance how I dance? Give it a listen and we'll both find out.

Join us for FREE live music from Ben Stoeck in the taproom!

Join us for FREE live music with Travis Beniak in the taproom!

Join us for a Blues Jam Session at the taproom hosted by Brendan Holm! Grab a beer from 7-9 pm, you can even join in with the band! If you want to jam with the band you can sign up the night of or email b.holms272@gmail.com to get on the list.

Hooked by the “boom-chicka-boom” of Johnny Cash, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nate Fronning, started his musical journey at around 6 years old. From growing up with the radio while milking cows in rural Battle Lake, to playing in his family’s gospel trio, and various country and rock bands, it’s been a wild ride! More recently he’s been fronting the band Tainted Vibes, and playing solo acoustic shows. With a deep love for old-school country, but also for Bob Dylan and Neil Young, you’re sure to have a great time at any of his shows!

Bruce Archer plays a rollicking combination of blues, bluegrass, country, and folk that doesn’t fit tidily into a single genre. His finger-picking and slide guitar display a level of talent and mastery that can only come from 40-plus years of sifting through musical styles and keeping the bits that resonate with him. He coaxes from his guitar an instrumental voice that is authentically his own.

Masterful finger-picking and slide guitar punctuate the highly autobiographic lyrics of his latest release, THE HALLOWED LAND. This eclectic, sometimes rollicking, sometimes reflective, genre-bending album is a paean to traditional story-telling.

There have been plenty of highs and few lows—from open mic nights in college to forming and writing for bands that regularly played high profile alt-music clubs in Uptown, Downtown and West Bank Minneapolis, to returning to solo gigs in the north woods of Minnesota.

He's enjoyed playing with some topnotch musicians and, occasionally, moved on through collabrations that just didn’t work. Archer has opened for legendary bass guitarist Ronnie Lane (Small Faces), the Uppity Blues Women, the Jayhawks, the Gear Daddies’ frontman Martin Zellar, the Phones, and Run Westy Run—to name a few.

Yet through it all, he has relied on his Iowa roots and sense of who he is. Archer brings a raw authenticity to his gigs, which are best suited to listening environments.

Join KIK-FM and COOL 94.3 every Thursday at Copper Trail Brewing Company for SMART ALEX TRIVIA! It’s FREE to play, with gift card prizes to the top three scoring teams of the night ($50 for first place, $20 for second, and $10 for third.)

Gather a team of up to six players and join us 6-8 p.m. EVERY Thursday!

*ALL PRIZE WINNERS MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER & MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!*

A solo acoustic guitar/vocals performer, Phil's philosophy on music is simple: "I believe music should be fun and sad and uncomfortable and uplifting and every other human emotion...but most of all; it should be fun!" For over 10 years, Phil has played extensively throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin at a variety of venues. He mixes popular songs, originals and a few surprises to make an evening out just a little more of an event. Phil is energetic, family friendly, personable, fun and of course, he sounds great!

Join KIK-FM and COOL 94.3 every Thursday at Copper Trail Brewing Company for SMART ALEX TRIVIA! It’s FREE to play, with gift card prizes to the top three scoring teams of the night ($50 for first place, $20 for second, and $10 for third.)

Gather a team of up to six players and join us 6-8 p.m. EVERY Thursday!

*ALL PRIZE WINNERS MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER & MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!*

Join us for FREE live music with Travis Beniak in the taproom!

Join us for a Blues Jam Session at the taproom hosted by Brendan Holm! Grab a beer from 7-9 pm, you can even join in with the band! If you want to jam with the band you can sign up the night of or email b.holms272@gmail.com to get on the list.

Join KIK-FM and COOL 94.3 every Thursday at Copper Trail Brewing Company for SMART ALEX TRIVIA! It’s FREE to play, with gift card prizes to the top three scoring teams of the night ($50 for first place, $20 for second, and $10 for third.)

Gather a team of up to six players and join us 6-8 p.m. EVERY Thursday!

*ALL PRIZE WINNERS MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER & MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!*

From the depths of his Iowa roots, multi-award winning songwriter Jordan Messerole writes songs that vary as greatly as the wild flowers in the native tall grass. Messerole does frequently write about that flora, as well as the fauna of the region. Not to mention all of its wild life. Not one to shy away from subject matter, the songs can frequently meander across the lines between love and loss, success and failure, or life and death. Messerole masterfully blends the sounds of his guitars with thoughtful lyrics, an engaging stage presence, and often rack harmonica to tell gritty American tales that are bound to evoke emotion from all of his listeners.

Matthew was born and raised in Mankato, MN.  Bounced around for a couple of decades before settling in the Twin Cities metro area.

Music has always been a significant part of Matthew's life.  From playing a variety of instruments early on in life to today.

A friend introduced Matthew to the guitar.  It was the missing piece.

A couple of bands, a couple hundred bonfires, and a significant life event has led to this moment.

Living life by the "you only live once" motto, Matthew had to start sharing his love for music with the universe.

This journey brings you and the universe, songs of lessons learned, songs of love & compassion and songs for beautiful places.