Christine Dean for KUMD
Credit Still of Duluth Cider livestream
This year s virtual Duluth Homegrown Music Festival ended with a showing of Charlie Parr s Duluth Cider performance from early in the pandemic, at a time when artists were just figuring out the livestream thing. Despite playing to an empty venue, Parr gave an engaging performance that was worth a second look, or first look for those who d missed it the first time.
Following Parr was a repeat of the four-plus hours of new material compiled for this year s Homegrown. The Homegrown committee did an excellent job of compiling an eclectic mix of virtual local performances that couldn t quite fill the void of live music, but came close. One benefit of a virtual Homegrown is having the option of watching it at leisure; all of this year s Homegrown livestreams are available on the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival YouTube channel. The virtual content also gave former Duluthians the chance to follow along with all of the fes