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Home > Archives for Music

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September 20, 2016
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‘Scuse Me, While I Kiss the Sky (Blue Waters)

Jimi Hendrix lit his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival. He jammed the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. But Britt Aamodt wants to tell you about the night in November 1968 when one of the hottest guitarists to ever sling a Stratocaster rocked St. Paul. [Read Transcript...]

August 22, 2016
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MN90: A City, a Singer and a Christmas Card

What do Tom Waits, two pimps and a doughnut shop in Minneapolis have in common? Check out this piece by Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]

June 13, 2016
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MN90: Purple Reign

George Orwell may have written about 1984. But Britt Aamodt tells us how a Minnesota artist, who partied like it was 1999, brought that year's box office and Billboard charts under purple reign. [Read Transcript...]

March 10, 2016
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MN90: The Original Champagne Lady

In 1938, bandleader Lawrence Welk made Lois Best-Herman his Champagne Lady. But the singer was best known in Minnesota, says producer Britt Aamodt, for her sets at St. Paul's Prom Ballroom. [Read Transcript...]

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