WTJU Jun 23rd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
Every person has a story. And every country has a musical tradition. In the 1970s Bo Hyttner ran the Sterling record store in Stockholm. He could see that Sweden’s musical story wasn’t being told. Classical labels would occasionally have the popular movement from Lars Erik Larsson’s “Winter’s Tale,” but little else.
Sten Frykberg was conducting the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in an all-Swedish music program. A customer suggested Hyttner record the concert, and he did. And then recorded more.
From 1976 to 1981 the Sterling label recorded and released Swedish orchestras playing their country’s repertoire. Selections ranged from the Baroque (Johan Agrell’s 1740 Sinfonia in F) to the modern (Sven-Eric Johanson’s 1963 Variations on a grouse lek of Värmland).
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I Self Devine, Rituals of Resilience : The Minneapolis rap pioneer s new Medium Zach-produced album is a companion piece to an exhibit he co-curated at the Minneapolis Institute of Art exploring shared Black experiences and identity issues in harrowing but hopeful terms.
Sarah Morris, Between Here and There : This Americana-tinged folkie built her intimate EP around music written with friends Jillian Rae and Lars-Erik Larson, plus an ultra-soft cover of the Thompson Twins Hold Me Now.
Brianna Kočka, Let It Stay : The blushingly personal songwriter and Zoo Animal guitarist adds a lightly jazzy tinge and deep-breath escapism to her elegant new EP, part Valerie June and part Court and Spark.
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Thursdays, now with more Turtles
Trampled By Turtles, which has kept pandemic times interesting with its full-band Zoom songs and streaming shows, kicks off “Trampled By Thursdays,” a four-part concert series recorded at First Avenue in Minneapolis.
Trampled By Turtles performs at Bayfront Festival Park in 2019. The band didn t return for its annual show in 2020, and the popular outdoor venue was quiet for the entire summer. But Roger Reinert of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center is hoping that 2021 will look different at the bayside space. (File / Duluth News Tribune)