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On March 4, American Idol finalist Jason Castro pulled back his dreadlocks and sang a surprisingly not-terrible version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to a captivated...
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The list of notable indie rappers performing at the Soundset 08 festival is obscenely long—if they have low ticket sales, they can probably still fill the Metrodome...
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There's only one problem with the Small Cities's debut EP: It's four tracks long. The self-recorded, self-titled disc plays like a dream, with intricate pop structures...
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JOHN SWARDSONSilver Dustself-releasedIt's hard not to start throwing around Bruce Springsteen references when discussing Minneapolis-based songwriter John Swardson. With...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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What began as a yearly jazz festival celebrating the musical bond between Minneapolis and Paris has now grown into a sprawling 10-day affair of genre-bending music. This...
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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has sat through a lot of interviews. The three times I spotted Vernon at South by Southwest this year, he was either playing or dutifully answering...
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I pull up in front of a house in Minneapolis, which could be any house in Minneapolis, and park the car. It appears no one is home: All the lights in the front of the house...
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I think I found a way to stump Polara frontman and local-music connoisseur Ed Ackerson. Having recently heard a few varying descriptions of Polara's sound, I simply had to...
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The formula for Mason Jennings's success is quite simple: The more people hear his music, the bigger he becomes. Like so many aspiring troubadours, Jennings got his start...
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Better than: Getting drunk and sitting on the porch with an acoustic guitar. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals played a low-key set at the Cedar Cultural Center Monday night. At...
