March 22, 2018, Thursday - GOT TO BE SOMETHING HERE with Andrea Swensson at the Mill City Museum

Time:  7:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

GOT TO BE SOMETHING HERE with Andrea Swensson

Andrea Swensson will be at Mill City Museum  on Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. for a discussion and signing of her new book, Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound. This event is hosted by Preserve Minneapolis, and she will be joined by Davu Seru, author of Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis. They will discuss their respective books and there will be an audience Q&A. 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Beginning in the year of Prince’s birth, 1958, with the recording of Minnesota’s first R&B record by a North Minneapolis band called the Big Ms, Got to Be Something Here traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and artistic passion.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Andrea Swensson is an author, radio host, and music journalist. She hosts a weekly program about the Minnesota music scene, The Local Show, at Minnesota Public Radio’s 89.3 The Current and contributes to the Local Current Blog. Prior to joining MPR, she was the music editor at City Pages, where she founded the AAN AltWeekly Award-winning Gimme Noise music blog.