Homegrown Week
Series produced by WDSE
KUMD celebrates the annual Duluth Homegrown Music Festival with programming and events all 8 days. Programs include Art segments, Live in-studio performances and a special 2 hour Local Music showcase. More information at www.kumd.org
2012 brings us the 14th annual Homegrown Music Festival in Duluth. A week long showcase of local music and art.
Funding provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
50 Pieces
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Laura Sellner started Superior Siren as a solo project, in time, adding three bandmates but still occasionally performing solo. The singer/songwrit...
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 25:03
Sibling duo Eric and Rachel Cyr are at the core of Cyr and the Cosmonauts. Their latest album, Songs to Sing Before We're Dead, is due out on May 1...
- Added: Jun 28, 2021
- Length: 25:44
This Americana singer/songwriter was known more for his work as a local environmental educator and activist before he decided to take his singing a...
- Added: Jun 25, 2021
- Length: 24:27
This Duluth duo featuring Jason Wussow and Veikko Lepisto was set to release a second album, Bluebird Day, when COVID-19 hit. We chatted with them ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 23:17
This Duluth quartet has been wowing local audiences with their mix of jazz, rock, and funk, highlighted by singer/violinist Ren Cooper's standout v...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 37:25
This four-piece is led by Duluth native Dave Mehling. He fits this project in around side gigs with artists including Gaelynn Lea and fatherhood. T...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 25:14
Dance Attic performs a livestreamed show from Bent Paddle
This charming local duo features Suzi Ludwig of Father Hennepin on accordian and Jimi Coo...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 22:00
This local modern bluegrass group just released a live album, Gitchee Tracks Live Volume 1, recorded primarily at Duluth's Sacred Heart Music Cente...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 31:36
Solomon Witherspoon is a Duluth native who's been making music since he was a kid singing in the church where his father was the Reverend. In the e...
- Added: May 25, 2019
- Length: 16:12
Blake Shippee fronts this 7-piece Duluth rootsy rock band. They released a debut album in 2015, followed up by two more including 2018's Ice Cream....
- Added: May 25, 2019
- Length: 23:43
This long-time member of Duluth's music scene has been in 19 out of 21 Duluth Homegrown Music Festivals. Generally a solo artist who plays guitar, ...
- Added: May 25, 2019
- Length: 20:38
Led by Low's Alan Sparhawk, this long-running blues project is known for the primal energy of its live shows, which meld gospel fervor with a punk ...
- Added: May 25, 2019
- Length: 28:48
Von Agassiz has been a breath of fresh air on Duluth's music scene in the past few years, creating whimsical electro-folk with her keyboards, loopi...
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- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 33:28
- Purchases: 1
Abts was one of the performers at the very first Duluth Homegrown Music Festival twenty years ago. She performed solo and as part of indie rockers ...
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 27:43
This soulful rock trio played their first Homegrown last year. They've drawn attention for their unconventional configuration that features bass, d...
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 18:31
Duluth native Dave Mehling has busied himself with several projects since moving to the Twin Cities, including the band Portage, his duo MR DR, and...
- Added: Jun 26, 2018
- Length: 29:50
Back in 2016, when they were still known as Medical Underground, these local alternative indie rockers were voted by users of local blog, Perfect D...
- Added: Jun 25, 2018
- Length: 27:02
We kicked off Homegrown Week with a session with three fourths of this Duluth band, whose sound combines soft-to-loud post-rock dynamics with indie...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 12:38
This Mankato native picked up a ukelele during her last year at UMD, and after graduating in 2012, spent a couple of years in the local music scene...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 24:58
Since we last had Low in our studio, they've released an album, Ones and Sixes, and toured the world, including a first-ever visit to China. We cau...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 28:17
