page_title: Culture of Minnesota
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of Minnesota / Arts / Music
caption_attribution_description: "A picture of Bob Dylan and band in the end of the show in Copenhagen, Denmark april the 2. 2007"
context_page_description: The culture of Minnesota is a subculture of the United States with influences from Scandinavian Americans, Irish Americans, German Americans, Native Americans, Czechoslovak Americans, along with numerous other immigrant groups. They work in the context of the cold agricultural and mining state.
context_section_description: The music of Minnesota has played a role in the historical and cultural development of Minnesota.  The state's music scene centers on the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, and most of the Minnesotan artists who have become nationally popular either came from that area or debuted there. Rural Minnesota has also produced a flourishing folk music scene, with a long tradition of traditional Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian music. Minnesota's modern local music scene is home to thousands of local bands, many of which perform with some regularity. Some performers from nearby regions of neighboring states, such as western Wisconsin and Fargo, North Dakota, are often considered a part of the Minnesota music scene.
  Minneapolis has produced a number of famous performers, such as Bob Dylan, who, though born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, began his musical career in the Minneapolis area, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who eventually formed The Time and produced for Gladys Knight and Janet Jackson.  Minneapolis' most influential contributions to American popular music began in the 1970s and 1980s, when the city's music scene "expanded the state's cultural identity" and launched the careers of acclaimed performers like the multi-platinum soul singer Prince, and cult favorites The Replacements and Hüsker Dü. More recently, the Twin Cities has played a role in the national hip-hop scene with record labels Rhymesayers Entertainment and Kamorra Entertainment, and artists such as Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S and Manny Phesto. Other musicians of many genres have been popular, including harmony singers The Andrews Sisters, the alternative rock group Semisonic, Owl City, and the cult favorites Motion City Soundtrack.
caption: Bob Dylan and his band in 2007
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