Long established as the edgier, rock half of the Indigo Girls (vividly complementing Emily Saliers's folk lyricism), Amy Ray has further indulged... More >>
After playing almost exclusively in an acoustic trio format for well over a decade, jazz piano icon Ramsey Lewis traded his Steinway grand for a... More >>
Colin Stetson plays a multitude of instruments and makes most of them sound like nothing you've heard before. His arsenal includes alto, tenor,... More >>
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In what's being billed as a "612-meets-312 experiment," the Walker has arranged for what promises to be an intriguing, ear-opening collaboration... More >>
For 40 very odd years, Loudon Wainwright III's lacerating wit, unflinching candor, and impish glee have combined to skewer everything in sight,... More >>
As poetic as William Blake, as raw as some old blues guy scratching away at a hand-built guitar somewhere in the Delta, Greg Brown easily ranks... More >>
The writhing knot of delights White Denim pack into every tune can drive you crazy if you're foolish enough to try to unravel it. Expect that... More >>
It was a chance meeting between flights at a German airport. Two bands on tour notice each other's guitars and start talking. One act's led by... More >>
A Seattle trio of erstwhile rockers, the Cave Singers cut the electricity upon forming in 2007 and dove headlong into an amiable, relatively... More >>
Time hasn't been gentle on the mind of Glen Campbell, the 75-year-old country-pop stalwart who last year was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. With... More >>
Seun Kuti was only in his mid-teens when his formidable father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, died in 1997. Fela was a larger-than-life icon who created... More >>
Although a punkish mix of rock 'n' roll and country has long been Lucero's hallmark, the band has finally fully embraced its Memphis roots. Like... More >>
Given its polar clime, Minnesota wouldn't seem to be bluegrass territory. But it is, as evidenced by Pert Near Sandstone, the new-timey string... More >>
Thomas Dolby cultivated a mad scientist schtick that still persists decades after his quirky 1983 hit "She Blinded Me With Science." Back then, he... More >>
As inextricably tied to the Twin Cities scene as any musician in modern times, Willie Murphy has just about done and seen it all in a career that... More >>
Depicted as a pair of zombies on the cover of their sophomore album, Katie White and Jules De Martino almost seem to be expecting that Sounds... More >>