Doug Benidt

“I am an artist, but I don’t identify as an activist. I am simply using my artist platform to boost information and redistribute funds.” Minneapolis-based singer Dua Saleh recently released “body cast,” a single that condemns police brutality and injustice. Saleh notes that the murder of George Floyd prompted them to donate all sales of the single to Women for Political Change.

Grant Hart—the legendary Hüsker Dü drummer and, later, solo artist and band leader—died September 13, 2017 at age 56. In remembrance, we share our 2016 interview, when Hart recalled the night 36 years ago when the Minneapolis punk trio took to the stage at Minneapolis’s 7th St. Entry to record its seminal live album, Land Speed Record.