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.
Homegrown brings groovy drone, dad s chrome and leather, tributes to Leroy
The second day of Homegrown Music Festival included live-streamed tunes from 2104, poetry and vids from the festival s YouTube channel. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Kristi Marie and Charlie Parr played a show live-streamed from 2104, a Homegrown Music Festival adjacent show. (Screen grab from 2104 feed)
In a more traditional Homegrown Music Festival year, a human high on hugs and a lack of snowbanks might trip her way into Teatro Zuccone’s black box, for instance, and see something like this:
Kristy Marie and Charlie Parr sitting on the floor the former pumping her harmonium and swaying, the latter barefoot, synching up with her on guitar and together creating a trippy, trance-inducing drone.
Homegrown Music Festival Goes Virtual This Week
Duluth s Homegrown Music Festival is underway virtually this year s celebration of local music.
The festival started yesterday, and you ll be able to check out some great live shows all week, the festival wraps up on Sunday, May 9th. To watch any of the shows, just visit the Homegrown Music Festival live stream, you can find it here.
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Here are some daily highlights for this year s Homegrown Music Festival:
Monday, May 3rd
Homegrown Video Showcases at 8 PM
Tuesday, May 4th
Wednesday, May 5th
Starting at 7 PM you can enjoy a reply of the Winter Fiasco concert. You ll see performances from Mary Bue, the Slamming Doors, Hannah Rey, Jen West and Monster Mob.
This week s top picks in local arts and entertainment. Written By: Christa Lawler | × Rise, says AfroGeode
“Unprotected Woman,” a new single by AfroGeode, is a gorgeous mix of soul and spoken word a project by the artist Diona Johnson, who was part of DanSan Creatives’ “This Moment In Time” livestream concert earlier this month at Sacred Heart Music Center and also performed as part of Duluth’s virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Day event.
AfroGeode (Photo by Theresa Gail Photography)
The song, with beats by Jeremy Gardner, is about suppression and all the things taken from Black women “she forgives when she don’t wanna,” AfroGeode sings, “with resilience and grace.”
A specialty beer, three bands, swag: Locals look to save Sacred Heart Forbidden Fruit is a virtual festival featuring three bands and a namesake sour available for streaming on Jan. 30. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Sacred Heart Music Center, like other venues in the country, has struggled through the pandemic. One Less Guest and Ursa Minor are throwing a fundraiser for the former church. (2017 file / News Tribune)
At Sacred Heart Music Center, like other venues around the country, business has been mostly stalled since mid-March, when the pandemic led to large-scale closures and social distancing.
About a half-dozen concerts were canceled in the spring, and they didn’t bother scheduling anything for the fall. The on-site Music Resource Center, an afterschool program for music-minded kids, closed. The number of weddings, according to Mark Nicklawske, was dramatically reduced.