Our guest on this segment of MN Reads is Andrea Swensson, the author of Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound, published in 2017 by the University of Minnesota Press. The book explores the culture and music that shaped the Twin Cities' R&B scene, and the life and career of Prince.
Ms. Swensson has long been a music journalist in the Twin Cities and hosts a radio program the Twin Cities on local music.
Minnesota Reads is produced at KUMD with funding provided in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.