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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Kelly Gordon and Cathy Wurzer

A holiday music collection from Mankato embodies the Christmas spirit

Artwork for album "River City Holiday Volume 2."
“River City Holiday, Volume 2” features all original music by Mankato, Minn.,-area artists and is, once again, raising money for an area charity.
Artwork courtesy Kat Baumann

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Every day on Minnesota Now, we play music that hails from the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Monday’s song was “It’s Christmastime,” a single from the “River City Holiday, Volume 2” collection. Spearheaded by Precious Metals Records and the Mankato Free Press, the album features all original music by Mankato-area artists.

This year’s album is raising money to help CADA, a nonprofit organization serving victims and survivors of relationship abuse and sexual violence throughout south-central Minnesota.

The inaugural collection, released last year, proved so popular, the Free Press had to print extra copies. It raised more than $3,000 to help Minnesotans experiencing homelessness. It also earned the Free Press an award for community leadership from the Minnesota Newspaper Association.