MN90: The Minnesota Nirvana Album
In 1993, Nirvana was the biggest band in the world. They could have recorded the follow-up to their mega-selling album Nevermind anywhere. Britt Aamodt tells us why they chose Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]
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Get to the Top from Albert Lea to Hollywood
There was Gene Vincent. There was Chuck Berry. And there was Eddie Cochran. But Britt Aamodt reveals that only one of these '50s rockers made "Summertime Blues" and "Twenty Flight Rock" into hits—and hailed from Minnesota. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: The Song Catcher
Frances Densmore was a musician, but she spent her life recording North America's Native American musicians. Over three thousand of her recordings, made in the early part of the 20th century, now reside at the Smithsonian. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: The Day Woody Guthrie Met Calamity Jane
Her name was Irene Paull but Woody Guthrie knew her as Calamity Jane. Named for the Old West frontierswoman, Duluth's Calamity Jane used a pen instead of a gun to defend the rights of Minnesota's lumbermen. And, as Britt Aamodt uncovers, she was also the subject of Guthrie's song "Calamity Jane." [Read Transcript...]