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Music

From Duluth, harpmaker masters an Irish art

From Duluth, harpmaker masters an Irish art

David Kortier has been making early Irish harps in Duluth for more than 20 years, one of only a handful of people in the world to preserve the craft.
by Dan Olson

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Daily Dillman releases new album

If you lived in the Twin Cities in the 1970s, you probably remember the Daisy Dillman band.

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Backstage with Janis Joplin: Doubts, drugs and compassion

Backstage with Janis Joplin: Doubts, drugs and compassion

John Byrne Cooke was Janis Joplin's road manager from 1967 until her untimely death in 1970. So he saw a lot of rock history up close -- and describes some of the details in a new memoir.

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The day Dylan turned the Beatles on

Today is the 50th anniversary of the day in 1964 when Bob Dylan met the Beatles for the first time and gave them their first taste of marijuana. Paul McCartney was quite taken with the thoughts the drug inspired and asked the band's road manager Mal Evans to follow him around with a notepad and take down all his profound insights.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Dive bar band plays First Avenue

Lake Street Dive will be performing tonight at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The band was started by students at the New England Conservatory of Music.
by Cathy Wurzer

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