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Flashback to Soundset 2015
Posted by Erik Bergs on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 12:00 AM By Erik Bergs / May 26, 2016 Comment

Soundset 2016

With Soundset 2016 coming up this week, we here at Minnesota Connected thought it might be a timely moment to remember some of the highlights to the conversations we had last year. Here are some thoughts from a few of Soundset 2015's line-up: [caption id="attachment_107219" align="aligncenter" width="522"]deM atlaS Performance Soundset 2015 (Miranda Bergs - Minnesota Connected)...

The Sights and Sounds of 2015 'Soundset'
Posted by Erik Bergs on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 12:00 AM By Erik Bergs / May 28, 2015 Comment
[caption id="attachment_576142" align="aligncenter" width="513"]Brother Ali (Minnesota Connected) Brother Ali performing at the Fifth Element stage[/caption] Soundset's perennial success might come as a surprise to the casual onlooker, but anyone digging deeper knows the stalwart power of what it means to those who keep attending. Minnesota would seem like an odd place for one of the world's top hip-hop festivals, yet Rhymesayers (our local label) has found the terrain quite fertile. Soundset year upon year keeps springing forth a complete ecosystem of hip-hop that's...