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MnIndy Q&A: Cloud Cult’s Craig Minowa on the year ahead in music and activism

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.31.08 | 1:00 pm

2008 was a big year for the Minnesota-based band Cloud Cult. They released a new album and landed a spot on Rolling Stone’s Breaking Artists page — all while expanding on their reputation as one of the greenest touring bands around. As we peek around the corner of 2009, I caught up with Cloud Cult frontman, Craig Minowa, an environmental scientist at the Organic Consumers Association by day, to see what the year has in store — musically, environmentally and personally.