Southern Songbook's Adam Levy, Chris Koza, Dessa featured on Midmorning

Photo by Erik Hess

​The Southern Songbook series is returning to the Southern Theater April 14 as part of the String Theory Festival, and this time around host Adam Levy is inviting Chris Koza, Dessa, Chan Poling, and more to explore the use of strings in modern-day songwriting.

To preview the next installment of the series, "Rites of String," MPR's Midmorning invited Levy, Koza, Dessa, and Southern Songbook music director deVon Gray into the studio for an interview and performance.

"Could you guys just come play behind me every hour?" host Kerri Miller gushed after one of the songs.

If you missed the program, you can stream the whole thing here:



Read our recap of the last installment of Southern Songbook, which took place on Valentine's Day, here. And pick up a copy of City Pages this week to read our preview of the String Theory Festival, which runs April 14-17 at venues throughout the city (schedule here).

Photo by Erik Hess

Southern Songbook at the Southern Theater this past February

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