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Andrea Swensson
Andrea Swensson
aswensson@mpr.org
@LocalCurrent

Minnesota music is my life. For the past seven years, I have worked as a music writer and editor, researching and reporting on our local music community. I strongly believe that the strength of an artistic community relies not only on its artists and performers, but on the support of a media infrastructure that can act as a spotlight, a gauge, and a living, breathing document of what’s happening right here, right now.

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