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  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    Secret Stash Records releases forgotten music in stylish packages

    Meet founders Cory Wong and Eric Foss

  • Music

    November 30, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Foster the People, Wilco, Beirut, and more

    Meet founders Cory Wong and Eric Foss

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Pointer Sisters & the Temptations at Mystic Lake Casino, 10/13/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Pointer Sisters and the TemptationsOctober 13, 2011Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, MNSeeing just one legacy act in a night would have been enough, but Mystic Lake's double header on Thursday  packed the amphitheater with a historic level of nostalgia crossing multiple ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Clarence Clemons suffers stroke

    ​Clarence Clemons, the spirited saxophonist who has held down a prominent spot in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since the early '70s, has suffered a stroke. The AP is reporting that someone close to Clemons confirmed the stroke but currently does not have any additional information about Clemo ... More >>

  • Music

    December 15, 2010

    Roma di Luna, Heart, Dosh, and more

    ​Clarence Clemons, the spirited saxophonist who has held down a prominent spot in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since the early '70s, has suffered a stroke. The AP is reporting that someone close to Clemons confirmed the stroke but currently does not have any additional information about Clemo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, and Donald Fagen close down the State Fair

    ​RECAP BY STEVE COHEN AND GENNA DEPREYPHOTOS BY STEVE COHENThe Minnesota State Fair concert season ended with a bang this year. The 2010 Grandstand hosted many of rock's greatest from Rush to Weird Al Yankovic to KISS. Monday night's fair season finale with the Dukes of September was was a nigh ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Chromeo, Glamorama, Psalm One, and more: Critics' Picks

    ​RECAP BY STEVE COHEN AND GENNA DEPREYPHOTOS BY STEVE COHENThe Minnesota State Fair concert season ended with a bang this year. The 2010 Grandstand hosted many of rock's greatest from Rush to Weird Al Yankovic to KISS. Monday night's fair season finale with the Dukes of September was was a nigh ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2009

    Ghostland Observatory, the Dodos, and more

    ​RECAP BY STEVE COHEN AND GENNA DEPREYPHOTOS BY STEVE COHENThe Minnesota State Fair concert season ended with a bang this year. The 2010 Grandstand hosted many of rock's greatest from Rush to Weird Al Yankovic to KISS. Monday night's fair season finale with the Dukes of September was was a nigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Beyonce at the Target Center: He said

    Excuse me. I seem to have had something stuck in my eye for the last 3 hours.

  • Music

    April 15, 2009

    Keep on Truckin'

    Isbell leaves his band, his wife, and his sanity behind

  • Music

    April 30, 2008

    Critics' Picks: Tokyo Police Club and more

    Isbell leaves his band, his wife, and his sanity behind

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2007

    Top 50 CDs from 2006

    Isbell leaves his band, his wife, and his sanity behind

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    She Bop

    It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

  • Music

    February 8, 2006

    Audio Rorschach

    Missing Numbers talk about their heroes, invent new form of genital torture

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Minnesota's Fifty Greatest Hits

    The greatest Minnesota-made records of all time

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    A Real Rock 'n' Roll Radio Station... for Your Pledge of Just $10 a Month?

    Paul Demko, Diablo Cody, and Dylan Hicks offer three takes on MPR's new baby

  • Music

    February 16, 2005

    Mama's Got a Brand New Bag--Wait, an Old Bag

    Give it up for funk classicists Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Artists of the Year

    12 Rods, Jon Stewart, Howard Stern, Quentin Tarantino, Garrison Keillor, MF Doom, Lawrence Lessig, Randi Rhodes...

  • Music

    July 9, 2003

    Nina Simone: Anthology

    12 Rods, Jon Stewart, Howard Stern, Quentin Tarantino, Garrison Keillor, MF Doom, Lawrence Lessig, Randi Rhodes...

  • Music

    October 23, 2002

    A Case Study

    Is Neko Case the queen of country music or just a faux Shania?

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    24

    We sent a team of trained researchers and documentarians into the wilds of the Twin Cities in search of music in its native habitat. Here are the field notes from Friday, February 15--the day that would not end.

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Artists of the Year

    We sent a team of trained researchers and documentarians into the wilds of the Twin Cities in search of music in its native habitat. Here are the field notes from Friday, February 15--the day that would not end.

  • Music

    August 22, 2001

    Pop Quiz

    Putting young R&B singers Alicia Keys and Blu Cantrell to the test

  • Music

    July 4, 2001

    Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman: Nankuru Naisa

    Putting young R&B singers Alicia Keys and Blu Cantrell to the test

  • Movies

    April 18, 2001

    Bloody Imperfect

    Bridget Jones's Diary brings its novel heroine to the screen, flaws and all

  • Sports

    May 17, 2000

    Stuck in the Middle

    Fox's most promising sitcom of the season offers a middle-class family comedy for the middle decades of the last century

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Station Break

    Can the Cities' oldest black radio station survive a date with the bulldozer?

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    A Power of Ten

    Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    Scan It: Knew You Were Waiting

    Slug's love bug, Kat Bjelland's exorcism, Dave Pirner's throbbing shins: Ten years of local music served on ten great platters.

  • Music

    November 4, 1998

    In My Room

    His Name Is Alive condenses the pop universe into a residential house in Livonia, Michigan

  • Music

    August 19, 1998

    Mary J. Blige: The Tour

    His Name Is Alive condenses the pop universe into a residential house in Livonia, Michigan

  • Arts

    March 11, 1998

    House of the Rising Sun

    Next week Red House Records issues a momentous tribute album of Pete Seeger's songs. But after 15 years at the margins of American music, this St. Paul label proudly aims to stay there.

  • News

    December 31, 1997

    Artists Of The Year

    We list the best of the best of 1997.

  • Music

    December 17, 1997

    Holiday Box-Set Roundup

    We list the best of the best of 1997.

  • Arts

    April 24, 1996

    Christina Schlieske's Blues Explosion

    Hometown favorites Tina & the B-Side Movement blossom on Salvation.

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