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13th annual Porkies music fest brings beats, blues

By IAN MINIELLY

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ONTONAGON - The 13th annual Porcupine Mountains Music Festival was this past weekend, presented by Friends of the Porkies. Artists from as far away as Denmark came to the shores of Lake Superior to camp and play music with folks that like harmony, fiddle, straw hats, electric guitars and the blues. It was interesting to hear different artists discuss the location and distance from civilization that the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is.

Ana Egge, of Ana Egge and the Sentimentals, described the difference between Denmark and the United Sta...