This is Minnesota Music
The Minnesota Music Archive Project’s goal is to create the most inclusive repository of independent and commercial recordings released by Minnesota musicians in order to secure Minnesota’s rich musical legacy for generations to come.
What is this all about?
The Minnesota Music Archive Project aims to create an archive of all available independent and small commercial recordings in order to preserve them for the future.
This project is not about Prince, Bob Dylan or the more well-known artists from MN. Their legacies are assured. Our focus is on the rest, the not so known local musicians that were part of creating the rich local music scene Minnesota is known for.
photo by Maddy Fox for The Current
How It Works
Initially, all submissions will be added to the Minnesota Music Archive’s offline repository for archival purposes. Artists and labels will be able to choose to make their contributions available to the public free of charge, or for a fee. We are working on future inclusion of the Archive within the major streaming services that provide for royalty accounting and payments.
Submissions can be dropped-off Tuesdays and Saturdays from noon-3pm at HiFi Hair and Records across from the Basilica in downtown Minneapolis. Online submission are coming soon
Getting Involved
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Some of
the Artists
Archived
So far
27 Various – 60 Cycle Hum – Curtiss A – Adjustable Boy -Airlines – The Alarmists – Austin Healy – The Auto Body Experience – Babes in Toyland – Baby Astronauts – Balloon Guy – Beangirl – The Beatifics – Beat Happening – Big Wu – Billy Dankert – Blue Hippos – THE Blue Up – BNLX – Breaking Circus – Brian Bart – Caribou – Chameleon – Chopper – Corn Palace Souvenir – Crow – Danny’s Reasons – Dare Force – The Deaths – Decemberists – Detroit – The Dig – Dillinger Four – Doomtree – Draghounds – Ducks Deluxe – Dylan Hicks – Ed Ackerson – Fairchild – Fauna – Felonious Bosch – The Fendermen – Fingerprintz – Flamin’ Ohs – Flipp – Funhouse – Galaxie 500 – GB Leighton – Glenrustles – God’s Favorite Band – The Goondas – Greazy Meal – Green Pyramids – Haley Bonar – The Hang Ups – Happy Apple – Hastings 3000 – Heiruspecs – Hindu Rodeo – The Honeydogs – Hovercraft – Hüsker Dü – Hypstrz – Impaler – Ingrid Chavez – Intl Falls – It Figures – The Killer Hayseeds – Known Only Locally – John Koerner – Papa John Kolstad – The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group – Leo Kottke – The Litter – Luna – Mark Mallman – Doug Maynard – Meat Beat Manifesto – The Mighty Mofos – Mill City Band – Mitch Hedberg – Morticia – Mystery – Otto’s Chemical Lounge – Owl City – Paul Metsa – Paul Westerberg – The Phones – Planet Melvin – Polara – Raggs – The Replacements – The Rhyme Sayers – Johnny Rey & The Reaction – Legendary Jim Ruiz – The Rockin’ Hollywoods – Run Westy Run – Skeleton Ed – Smart Alex – Snaps – Something Fierce – Soul Asylum – Suburbs – Suicide Commandos – The Swingin Teens – The Time – Terry Eason – The Trashmen – Three Car Garage – Trampled By Turtles – Urban Guerillas – Vernon Dixon – Paul Westerberg – Whoopee John – ZuZu’s Petals