Composing the Story of Minnesota Music

Saturday, October 19, 2024
Talks Stage, 2:45pm

In this unique live audio-visual presentation, author and podcast host Andrea Swensson will connect the dots between her two latest books, Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years and Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris—as well as her two decades of work documenting the past, present, and future of the Minnesota music scene.

About the Author

Andrea Swensson, a passionate and prolific voice in Twin Cities music journalism for the past two decades, has penned thousands of articles, conducted hundreds of interviews for print and radio broadcast, created podcasts, and worked behind the scenes as a copywriter and social media producer. In addition to her two new books, she is the author of Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound, which won a Minnesota Book Award in 2018. Visit her at andreaswensson.com.