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September 2022
Kardemimmit
Kardemimmit is a band of four awesome women playing the Finnish national instrument, kantele. Kardemimmit is in charge of their own music – they compose, as well as arrange, write lyrics and produce. Maija Pokela, Jutta Rahmel, Anna Wegelius and Leeni Wegelius founded the group in 1999 at the musical institute Juvenalia in the band members’ home town Espoo, Finland. Alongside 15 and 38 stringed kanteles, singing has a big part in Kardemimmit’s musical universe where original pieces with a…
Find out more »Songwriter/Storyteller Series: Cyr and the Cosmonauts
Brother and sister Eric and Rachel Cyr from the Duluth-based Americana group Cyr and the Cosmonauts perform work from their 2021 album "Songs to Sing Before We're Dead" and discuss their life in music in our next "Live from The Heart: Songwriters/Storytellers Series." With a sound rooted in Americana but as eclectic as your old man’s record collection, Cyr and the Cosmonauts delivers songs to live to, love to, die and resurrect to. Songwriter, singer and guitarist Eric Cyr and…
Find out more »Okee Dokee Brothers
As childhood friends growing up in Denver, Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing were always exploring the outdoors. Whether it was rafting down their neighborhood creek or discovering hiking trails through the Rocky Mountains, Joe and Justin were born adventurers. Now, as the GRAMMY® Award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers, they have put this passion for the outdoors at the heart of their Americana Folk music. Joe and Justin record and perform family music with a goal to inspire children and their parents to…
Find out more »Duluth Does Willie Nelson
More than two dozen Twin Ports musicians will pay tribute to country music legend Willie Nelson performing work from his amazing six-decade career at 7pm Saturday, Sept. 24 at Sacred Heart Music Center. The one-night-only “Duluth Does Willie Nelson” concert is part of an ongoing “Duluth Does” tribute concert series staged at Sacred Heart Music Center twice a year. Each Northland artist will select one song from the Nelson catalog of recordings to perform for the tribute concert. The setlist…
Find out more »Dalakopa
One of Scandinavia's favorite dance bands, Dalakopa, a folk music super group based in Roros, Norway, will perform at the Sacred Heart Music Center on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7pm. You will not be able to just sit and listen! Dalakopa have been together for over 30 years and have incorporated various members during this time. They are an international mix of musicians from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the U.S. Experimental Scandinavian-inspired folk band Pony, based in Minneapolis, will open.…
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Joseph Huber
As the singer, songwriter, performer, recorder and producer of all of his own material, Milwaukee-based roots guitarist Joseph Huber has his hands full, but never seems to miss a beat. He's gradually honed a sound that seems to fill a very real gap within the still-emerging Americana genre. Having progressed, Huber continues moving onward and upward, captivating folks with his sincere and well-crafted songs and the impeccable musicianship of his fellow touring partners. Whether it's irresistible, fiddle-driven, dancing tunes or…
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