Marah Evans
Duluth Homegrown Music Festival Saturday dawned clear and with an expected high around 60, so it was a safe bet that a kickball game would spring up at Chester Bowl Park for the first time since 2019. In a way it was a throwback to the early days, when the smaller number of bands performing translated into a smaller number of players on the field. Find a complete rundown of the game from Mike Creger on Perfect Duluth Day.
A couple slow dances during Rick McLean s set at Earth Rider
It was the last night of Earth Rider Brewery’s Starfire Unofficial Birthday Bash. The evening started with New Salty Dog, wrapping up a busy Homegrown week for them that included a performance at 2104, a duo set from Jacob and Owen Mahon on KUMD’s The Local, and a fun video that was part of Homegrown’s pre-recorded content for this year’s festival. The early crowd was a little bigger than it had been the rest of the week, with folks bundled up against the chill wind but obviously e
Tony Petersen
Cloquet native Tony Petersen was on the road with The Social Animals when the pandemic hit in 2020 and their tour came to an abrupt end. Since then, he s kept busy making music at home in the Twin Cities; not only did he release new music with his previous band Saint Anyway and an album with his uncle Kurt Petersen under the name Love + Effort, but he also put out a solo album under the name Ditchbird. He shared songs from that last project when he joined us for a virtual session that aired April 30, 2021.
Father Hennepin perform at 2104
As day three of this virtual Duluth Homegrown Music Festival dawned, the Homegrown Scavenger Hunt was heating up just in time for May the 4th, which spawned a slew of Star Wars-themed entries to fulfill item 28, Who started the whole theme night thing anyway? Tuesday. Follow along with all the fun on the Facebook event page.
Lanue performs at 2104
The evening once again started with a trio of acts live-casting from 2104. Lanue, the newest project from Sarah Krueger, was up first. “I’ve somehow managed to make it the entire pandemic without doing a livestream show, Krueger said, so I’m very happy to be here.” Alan Sparhawk of Low joined her on guitar, hunched over with his pandemic hair hiding the glorious mustache he’s cultivated recently (fans of Low’s weekly Instagram live stream, It’s Friday, I’m in Low, will already be familiar). Krueger and Sparhawk gave a shoutout to the “cute little” vaccinated audience indoors and