St. Paul, Minnesota

Everything St. Paul is known for

11 songs mention this city 4 artists from here

St. Paul, Minnesota, the state capital and part of the vibrant Twin Cities metropolitan area, has a musical identity shaped by diverse artists and songs. The city is home to artists such as Augie Garcia, known for Latin music, and the classical Dale Warland Singers. St. Paul also claims indie artist Casii Stephan and rock band Worm Grunter.

The city's influence extends to song lyrics, with 11 songs in our collection mentioning St. Paul. These include "St. Paul" by Caitlyn Smith and "Most People Are DJs" by The Hold Steady. Even Prince's iconic "When Doves Cry" mentions the Twin Cities, referencing the broader metropolitan area that includes St. Paul.

Music in St. Paul

Songs About St. Paul

Most People Are DJs
The Hold Steady
96%
"It's going down right now in Lowertown"
St. Paul
Caitlyn Smith
81%
"St. Paul, all those nights you made me love you"
Fastest Way to Texas
Drew Womack
55%
"I stopped off for gas in St. Paul"
Long Way to Fall
Red Shahan
53%
"twenty-six hours to St. Paul"
Big River
Johnny Cash
53%
"I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota"
when doves cry
prince
45%
twin cities
david bruise
20%
the interstate 35 waltz
garret t. capps & justin boyd
10%
How A Resurrection Really Feels
The Hold Steady
6%
"The St. Paul Saints they waved me through"
Gimme Indie Rock
Sebadoh
4%
"Taking inspiration from Hüsker Dü"
Riverboat
Faron Young
4%
"Our last time in St. Paul"

Artists From St. Paul

A
Augie Garcia
latin Pop: 31
D
Dale Warland Singers
classical Pop: 24
C
Casii Stephan
indie Pop: 19
W
Worm Grunter
rock Pop: 3

Rivers & Roads in Song near St. Paul

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near St. Paul.

Mississippi River 135 songs Interstate 35 27 songs

Musical Heritage

First Avenue: The 'Purple Rain' Club RoadyGoat

1970

First Avenue, at 701 First Avenue North in downtown Minneapolis, is the star-spangled black nightclub at the heart of Prince's 1984 film 'Purple Rain.' The building opened in 1937 as the city's Art Deco Greyhound bus depot, ran 31 years as a station, and became a music club in 1970. Prince's team paid the venue a reported one hundred thousand dollars to film in the main room in late 1983, and the current stage was custom-built by Prince for the shoot. The chrome stars studding the exterior honor acts who've played there. Prince debuted 'Purple Rain' live on this stage in August 1983; that recording became the single. After Prince's death in 2016, the club's star for him was painted gold.

9.2 mi away

History of St. Paul

Minneapolis, MN RoadyGoat

Minneapolis, a city whose name itself whispers of water, has nurtured more than just flour and industry. The flow of the Mississippi, once powering mills that defined the city, seems to have also fueled a current of creativity and ambition in its people. From these streets emerged figures who’ve shaped the national landscape, whether in music, politics, or sport.

8.7 mi away

Crystal Was Named for a Lake, Not a Mineral RoadyGoat

1860

Crystal, Minnesota, sounds like it ought to sit on a vein of quartz, all sparkling mineral and geode. It doesn't. The name has nothing to do with crystals you'd dig out of the ground. The town grew out of Crystal Lake Township, organized in eighteen sixty, and the township took its name from a small local lake. That lake was called Crystal for one simple reason: its water was so clear, so clean, that early settlers described it as crystal-clear. The naturalist Warren Upham, who cataloged Minnesota's place names, recorded the same story for the state's other Crystal lakes, all named for the clarity of the water. So the "crystal" here is about a lake you could see straight to the bottom of, not a rock. A clarity of water, frozen into a name.

14.4 mi away

Cathedral of Saint Paul

1906

Monumental Beaux-Arts cathedral overlooking downtown St. Paul, one of the largest churches in America.

F. Scott Fitzgerald House - Summit Avenue

1919

The Summit Avenue rowhouse where Fitzgerald rewrote This Side of Paradise and launched his literary career.

First Avenue

1970

Iconic Minneapolis nightclub featured in Prince's Purple Rain and launchpad for the city's music scene.

9.3 mi away

Historic Fort Snelling

1820

Military fort at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, sacred Dakota land, and site of internment during the US-Dakota War.

5.6 mi away

Minnehaha Falls

1855

Fifty-three-foot waterfall in Minneapolis made famous by Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha.

6.1 mi away

Mill City Museum

1880

Museum built into the ruins of the Washburn A Mill, once the largest flour mill in the world.

8.3 mi away

Everything Near St. Paul

84 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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