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Spinning The Block for the MN Music Scene

Soulflower. XINAVERSE took place at Green Room Minneapolis on Thursday, July 14.
Soulflower. XINAVERSE took place at Green Room Minneapolis on Thursday, July 14.Derrick Gichaba for MPR
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by Sanni Brown

August 01, 2024

It’s a midsummer night’s worth of dreamy local hip-hop and R&B this week on The Message!

First of all, I am definitely spinning the block for the one time for the Minnesota music scene on The Message, I had to. Ya’ll know what happens on Independence Day, we do the time machine thing and I respect that. But just like that time machine, I’m going back in time to reclaim our night of all-local music for the month of July 2024!

That said! We are time machining back to a midsummer night’s dream to play music like you might be here on a midsummer night on the MN music scene, okay? Alright. Now, you never knew love like the Messenger of the Evening for this week. This artist is a part of MN music history and they not even from here! We’ll kick the show off with a message from them as well as brand new local hip-hop and R&B music! Then I got the hottest acts in the Twin Cities right now to share with you. So if you wanna know who’s poppin’ locally then you probably don’t want to miss that. Then we’ll dig into this midsummer night’s dream theme and enjoy songs you can listen to on a night drive, cookout or swim! Then we’ll study artist Mati with a three-song set from his catalogue. And wrap up the night with your soulful Messenger of the Evening!

I am time machining back to the beginning of the month to share a midsummer night’s dream of all-local hip-hop and R&B and if that sounds like your speed, get in baby! We goin’ all local.

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