"Maybelle" filmed at First Avenue on 12/2/22. Video by Feature Foundations Videography. www.thefoxgloves.com

Steph Snow had an idea. “I really wanted to form a band that was all women,” she recalls. “I think there's a really good place for it here.” After some social media posts and an informal meeting at the Como Tap in Minneapolis, the Foxgloves were formed. Ready though they were by March 2020, the band’s plans were put on hold for a couple of years. But then things really took off when the Foxgloves performed at the Blue Ox Festival in 2022. Just three years in, the six-piece Foxgloves have released an EP and a full-length album, and there’s plenty more where that came from. The Foxgloves recently visited The Current studio to record a session with Radio Heartland’s Mike Pengra. Watch and listen to the full session above. Video Segments 00:00:00 Johnson City 00:04:09 Forget Me Not 00:07:51 Wild River Honey 00:10:48 Interview with host Mike Pengra Musicians Nyssa Krause – bass Maura Dunst – vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar Liz DeYoe – guitar Steph Snow – vocals, ukulele, banjolele, washboard Nikki Lemire – vocals, harp, autoharp Sara Tinklenberg – vocals, percussion Credits Guests – @thefoxgloves Host/Producer – Mike Pengra Video Director – Eric Xu Romani Camera Operators – Guillermo Bonilla, Erik Stromstad Audio – Derek Ramirez Graphics – Natalia Toledo Digital Producer – Luke Taylor You rely on The Current to keep you connected to the music you love, and we rely on you to power this station. Everything you find here is only possible because of listener support. Give now at: http://www.support.mpr.org/youtube Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/893TheCurrent?sub_confirmation=1 Like/Follow: https://www.facebook.com/TheCurrent/ https://twitter.com/TheCurrent https://www.instagram.com/thecurrent/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thecurrent.org This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. #thefoxgloves #stringband #acoustic

The Foxgloves perform Harvest Moon (by Neil Young) live at Rieder Homestead

"Hometown" filmed and recorded Live at First Avenue on 12/2/22. Video by Feature Foundations Videography. www.the foxgloves.com

This is a song that celebrates the power of Minnesota winters by a band based in Minneapolis. The dark and cold are tough, but with the help of hotdish and sunlight on glittering snow, you can make it to spring thaw. "Oh Minnesota, have mercy on me." HAVE MERCY Up here in the north, we like our dish hot And mostly we're satisfied, but sometimes we're not That mean old winter trying to leave you to rot And the wind makes you cry without even a thought I'm not a woman of faith, but in January, even I pray Have mercy, have mercy, oh Minnesota have mercy on me The only things living are those sweet evergreens And the long dark days bring me to my knees It's the seventh day of as many degrees But the north don't care she just do what she please I'm not a woman of faith, but come February, even I pray Have mercy, have mercy, oh Minnesota have mercy on me Give me sunlight on the glittering snow The kind of peace only northerners know I've had as much gray as my cold heart can take And the endless darkness seems like it'll stay, and stay, and stay Have mercy, have mercy, oh Minnesota have mercy on me

The Foxgloves play their song "Across the Rio Grande" from their new album, Mama Was a Bandit, at First Ave in Minneapolis on 12.2.22.