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Minnesota Music Notes | Minnesota Music Notes: Seasons 1 & 2

Minnesota Music Notes: Stories from First Avenue | celebrating noteworthy artists, people and moments that shaped the history of Minnesota’s Mainroom First Avenue

Minnesota Music Notes: Seasons 1 & 2 | celebrating noteworthy songs, artists, and musical performances from Minnesota

Tall Paul Offers Prayers in a Song

Enrolled in the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Tall Paul grew in Minneapolis, listening to hip-hop and catching episodes of 106 & Park on BET. He started rapping as a teen but his music suddenly went viral when he incorporated the Ojibwe language into the lyrics of “Prayers in a Song.” Here’s Britt Aamodt with the story.

Tamburitza and the Iron Range

As producer Daniel Zamzow learned of Minnesota’s Iron Range, its industrial development in the early 1900s attracted workers from over 20 nations. A significant portion of these folks came from Eastern Europe, and they brought with them their musical traditions.


Murphy, Koerner, & Raitt

“Spider” John Koerner and Willie Murphy of Minneapolis were touring in support of their collaboration album when, as producer Daniel Zamzow learned, they met a young lady that would become a part of the legendary scene that sprung from the city’s West Bank.


Minnesotans On The Tracks

It was a turning point in Bob Dylan’s career as he chose to record half of his album “Blood on the Tracks” in Minneapolis recording studio Sound 80. Producer Daniel Zamzow has more on the vibe of the sessions that contributed to his early 1975 release.


Scots Of Duluth

Minnesota has a rich history of immigrant contributions to modern culture. As producer Daniel Zamzow learned, folks specifically from the Scottish Isle of Lewis made several lasting impressions on the port city of Duluth. Folk music ethnographer Sidney Robertson Cowell recorded their music.

‘Mats Of Minneapolis

The Replacements made a name for themselves in the national music scene of the 1980s. As producer Daniel Zamzow describes, many ‘Mats tunes evoke their experiences on the south side of their hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Minnesota Orchestra, Movement One

There were many pieces to play, and even more pieces to move in order to organize a full-time orchestra in early 1900s Minnesota. As producer Daniel Zamzow describes in brief, it all began with choral ensembles that began in the late 1800s.


Young Minnesotan’s Concerts

The Minnesota Orchestra has worked to expand its audience since it was founded over a century ago. Producer Daniel Zamzow discovers that one of their earliest forms of outreach was towards youth through their Young People’s Concert series.

Sounds Of Blackness

There’s one group in Minnesota that employs stylings of as many African-American genres as possible. As Daniel Zamzow found out, this group began as a college choir group at Macalester College in St. Paul and evolved its way to a Grammy award in the ‘90s.


Marathon Mark Mallman

Minnesota rocker Mark Mallman made history in 2010 when he played a very, very long show at St. Paul’s Turf Club. Producer Daniel Zamzow tells us why Mallman called it his “marathon”.

The Day That Bobby Vee Played

As producer Daniel Zamzow learned, “The Day the Music Died” was the tragic event that led Moorhead native Bobby Vee to the first step in his Rock-n-Roll career.


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