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David Schipper and folk music in southwestern Wisconsin

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Dan Robinson interviewing David Schipper for WPR's "Simply Folk"
Dan Robinson interviewing David Schipper for WPR’s “Simply Folk” John Gaddo/ WPR

At WPR’s La Crosse studio, Dan Robinson interviewed David Schipper about the folk music community in the La Crosse area, as well as the larger Coulee Region and Driftless area. David, a musician himself, as well as a house concert host and one of the organizers of the Great River Folk Festival, talked about the musicians, venues and events of southwest Wisconsin.

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