Andrea Swensson

Teaches at Infinity Foundation

Andrea Swensson is an author, radio host, and music journalist. She hosts a weekly program about the Minnesota music scene, The Local Show, at Minnesota Public Radio’s 89.3 The Current and has contributed music journalism to NPR Music, City Pages, Mpls/St. Paul Magazine, and Paisley Park, where she has written several tour guide books for Prince’s museum. 

Her first book, Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound, traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and artistic passion. It was released in October 2017 by the University of Minnesota Press.