Band’s debut album to be released this spring
A traditional, folk group is gearing up for a pair of performances in their own backyard.
Rich Mattson’s Sparta Sound is part of a new era of music on the Iron Range
by Andrea Swensson · February 28, 2013 Sparta, Minnesota is such a blip on the radar that you won’t find it on most maps of the state. Too small to be a town, the population of 50-odd citizens that reside in Sparta technically call their spot on the Iron Range a...
A fateful decision at age 12 plays out 30 years later
When Paul Seeba was about 12 and living in Hibbing, he realized he wasn’t going to make the hockey team and chose to play guitar instead. Today, as a father, teacher and musician, he is glad he made that fateful decision.