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Heavy Rotation: Twin Cities Edition

Minneapolis' Gospel Machine is one of Andrea Swensson's favorite local bands right now.
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Minneapolis' Gospel Machine is one of Andrea Swensson's favorite local bands right now.

Andrea Swensson is host of The Local Show and a blog at St. Paul, Minn., public radio station The Current. As part of this week's Sense Of Place series, World Cafe asked her to pick five bands representing the best the Twin Cities scene has to offer right now. You can hear and download each song in the playlist on this page.

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