Ben Weaver

DWITT: Multifaceter

Hymie's Vintage announces 14-act Record Store Day lineup

​As the anticipation and excitement for the upcoming Record Store Day on April 21 continues to grow, entertaining plans for the big day from local record shops are beginning to be announced. First out of the gate is Hymie's Vintage Records, who have a full-day of great music and merriment plan ... More >>

Martin Zellar releasing Roosters Crow at Fine Line

​Artists and bands alike rarely reach the age of maturity before they putter out or break up.  Not so for Austin, Minnesota native Martin Zellar -- who has been making music since the early '80s.  Zellar will be releasing his first album of original music since 2003 after a hiatus that h ... More >>

Minnesota Remembers Vic Chesnutt and Rocks The Cause

Compilation pays tribute to famous songwriter

'Minnesota Remembers Vic Chestnutt' coming this November, listen to a track here

​Each year, it seems like at least one compilation is released that vies for a spot in the top local records of that year. For the past two years, the Minnesota Beatle Project has landed in the top Minnesota albums section of our Year in Music issue, and this November a new compilation that pays t ... More >>

Hymie's Vintage Record's owners talk about the move

Photo by Dave Hoenack​Minneapolis has seen a lot of record stores rise and fall, with each closing being well documented. Ironically, the survivors are often overlooked in these stories. Founded in 1988 by Jim "Hymie" Peterson, Hymie's Vintage Records created a vinyl collector's emporium o ... More >>

Record Store Day 2011: Complete Twin Cities listings

​Record Store Day, the annual celebration of good ol' fashioned mom-and-pop music shops, seems to balloon into a bigger event each year. Now in its fourth go-'round, RSD will overtake 18 different businesses in the Twin Cities tomorrow--and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has even gone so far as ... More >>

Minnesota SXSW 2011 invasion: The battle plan

​As we mentioned last month, we have a record number of Minnesota bands heading down to Austin, Texas March 16-20 for the South by Southwest music festival. Naturally, there are more than a few showcases planned that feature all or mostly Minnesotan acts, starting with a string of SXSW send-off sh ... More >>

SXSW 2011: Minnesota roll call

​With South by Southwest less than a month away (the music portion kicks off on March 16), we thought it a good time to start compiling our list of Minnesotans making the haul down to Austin, Texas this year.At first glance, it looks like there will be quite a few bands repping our great state -- ... More >>

Picked to Click 2010

Pink Mink lead the pack in our 20th annual best-new-bands poll

Audiofile Engineering, Ben Weaver featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Emily Utne​Haven't had a chance to saunter down to one of the bright red City Pages newsstands yet this week? Don't fret -- we've got all our print music content right here for you online. And you don't even have to put on pants!

Ben Weaver's Mirepoix and Smoke

Nature is his muse on harrowing new album

Jeremy Messersmith, Grant Cutler, Ben Weaver pen songs for new project

​In anticipation of their upcoming production of Unspeakable Things, a play based on the lives of eccentric St. Paul natives Donald and Howard Wandrei, the Sandbox Theatre has unveiled an online album of six songs penned by local artists just for the project.

Ben Weaver kicks off BLB residency tonight

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

The Bloodshot Beer-B-Q

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

Blitzen Trapper, Mötley Crüe, and more

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

Ben Weaver

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

Live from New York, it's Friday night!

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

6/19 Morning Communiqué

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

6/8 Morning Communiqué

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

5/24 Morning Communiqué

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

5/18 Morning Communiqué

Photo by Jonathan Levitt​Twin Cities-based singer-songwriter Ben Weaver is a man of many talents: Not only is he a nationally esteemed musician and award-winning poet, but he's also a passionate and forward-thinking culinary professional, working for Minneapolis restaurant the Craftsman. Starting ... More >>

Rough North

Ben Weaver tries to shake his backwoods-gothic image

25 Reasons...

...the scene is now

Two Hundred Twenty-Four Ballots...and No Hanging Chads!

Picked to Click Pollsters cast their votes

Picked to Click

To those who have recently begun to rock, we salute you

Grizzly Adams Meets Tom Waits

Ben Weaver's strange, eerie music captures old worlds

Blues, Rags, and Hollers

Paul Dandy and Ben Weaver revive a folk music of finger-clackers, empty whiskey bottles, and discarded mule jawbones