Music
PDD Quiz: Duluth in Song
Inspired by a ten-year-old PDD list, this quiz is all about songs that mention Duluth. Be sure to cheat study up before pressing on!
The next PDD quiz, reviewing the month’s headlines and happenings, will be published on June 30. Submit question suggestions to Alison Moffat at [email protected] by June 27. (more…)
Denfeld Lip Dub 2019: “Thank You, Next”
This year’s video from the Denfeld Senior class features customized lyrics and a vocal performance by Kelly Killorin. Video by Mya Halvorson, Kelly Killorin, and Jeremiah Larson. Congratulations seniors! Go Hunters!
The Magnolias – “Playing to Win”
Twin Cities punk band the Magnolias advise hiding away in Duluth on the song “Playing to Win” from the 1992 album Off the Hook. (more…)
Goats in Trees – “Midnight Road to Duluth”
East Coast band Goats in Trees took the “Midnight Road to Duluth” on track five of the 2002 album Smoke and Mirrors. (more…)
Ingeborg von Agassiz – “Rebel Robin”
Videos from the 2019 Homegrown Music Video Festival are starting to make their way to the internet, and as usual Perfect Duluth Day has a page for that. In this post we spotlight Killy Kay‘s video for Ingeborg von Agassiz‘ “Rebel Robin.”
The Stonemans – “Two Kids from Duluth Minnesota”
“Two Kids From Duluth Minnesota” by the Stonemans first appeared as a 45rpm single on RCA Records in 1969. The following year it was included on the band’s album Dawn of the Stonemans’ Age, which was later remastered and combined with the 1970 album In All Honesty and released under the title of the latter. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019: Brunch & Recovery
Select Instagram photos from day eight of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019 Roll Night
Select Instagram photos from night seven of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Rawkers top Rollers 4-3 to even Homegrown kickball series
The Friday Rawkers bounced back from last year’s loss to the Saturday Rollers by winning 4-3 in the 20th Homegrown Kickball Classic. The series is tied at 10-10.
The 20th Homegrown Kickball Classic had the sides of the Friday Rawkers and the Saturday Rollers right back where they were two decades ago when the competition started, tied up. Friday mustered a comeback 4-3 win over Saturday to tie the overall series at 10 games apiece. Friday had ripped off three straight wins before losing in 2018, allowing Saturday the bragging rights for a year with a one-game series lead. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019: Rawk Night
Select Instagram photos from night six of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Jacob Mahon – “Butt Rock” (Live on the Homegrown Trolley)
Video footage by Kip Praslowicz from last night’s Homegrown Music Festival trolley in Superior. Jacob Mahon and a cast of friends perform “Butt Rock.”
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019 Soup Town Night
Select Instagram photos from the fifth night of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019 Westside Wednesday
Photos from night four of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019 Canal Park Night
Select Instagram images from day three of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019 Craft District Night
Images from the second night of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2019 Opening Ceremonies
Select Instagram photos from opening day of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Homegrown Music Festival 2019 Primer
Duluth’s 21st annual Homegrown Music Festival is upon us, spanning April 28 to May 5. There is a 100-page Homegrown Field Guide available at locations all over town with the details. Updates and peripheral tidbits can be found below. (more…)
Duluth Band Profile: Bryan Gatten
Bryan Gatten’s The Blue Hour combines new-age soundscapes with virtuoso guitar solos. He explains how the album is a love letter to his new home. Click on the image above to hear the podcast.
Duluth Band Profile: Charlotte Montgomery
Charlotte Montgomery wrote a somber coming-of-age story with Lonesome Ghost of Me. During a frustrating period, she found strength in unlikely places. Click on the image above to hear the podcast.
Upcoming gigs:Â
May 3 at Legacy Glassworks during Homegrown Music Festival
June 21 at Lake Superior Brewing Company
Duluth Band Profile: The Great Unwilling
The Great Unwilling blends fuzzy guitar tones with heavy distortion. Band members explain how EP was a chance to rediscover themselves. Click on the image above to hear the podcast.
Upcoming gig:
May 4 at Pizza LucĂ© during Homegrown Music FestivalÂ
Duluth Band Profile: MRS. & the Sordid Affairs
Moriah Skye of MRS. & the Sordid Affairs explains the backstory behind Thick. She opens up about the challenges of being a transgender musician in contemporary society. Click on the image above to hear the podcast.
Upcoming gig:
May 3 at Pizza LucĂ© during Homegrown Music FestivalÂ
Duluth Homegrown on Rockin’ the Suburbs podcast
https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/7226155-rarities-bob-mould-paul-westerberg/embed/v4?eid=AQAAAEinrFwrQ24A
Duluth’s Homegrown Music Festival gets five minutes of attention on Rockin’ the Suburbs, a “podcast dedicated to exploring all forms of rock and pop music, from the perspective of two music-crazed suburbanites, Jim Lenahan and Patrick Foster.” (more…)
Duluth Band Profile: Moon Dogs
Members of Moon Dogs expand into new creative territory on Ghost. The band reflects on the challenge of complete creative control. Click on the image above to hear the podcast.
Upcoming gig:
May 4 at R.T. Quinlan’s Saloon during Homegrown Music FestivalÂ
The Symptones – “Rosetta”
The Symptones, a five-piece rock, soul, punk and folk-influenced band from Minneapolis, was in Duluth for a pair of gigs last month. The group’s first video, directed by Steven George, features some Duluthy scenes.
The song “Rosetta” is from the band’s upcoming album Irrational Fears / Overactive Imagination, due out April 26.