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Ryan Adams will wrap up new tour in Minneapolis

​Ever the unpredictable artist, Ryan Adams will re-emerge this fall for his first tour since declaring he was supposedly quitting music (or at least, quitting touring with the Cardinals) back in 2009. With a new solo album, Ashes & Fire, out October 10, Ryan will depart on a West Coast tour in ... More >>

Seven Inches of Minnesota Music: The Plastic Constellations, 'The Dreaming'

​The Plastic Constellations were something special when they first made an impression on the Twin Cities music scene of the mid-'90s. At the time the teenaged band started things up in their parent's basement and managed to finagle their Hopkins High School superiors to let them use school time to ... More >>

Zhao Jiazhen in the midst of a mini-tour of the Twin Cities

​Despite being the middle of Chinese New Year, or "Spring Festival" as it is known in China, this past Wednesday night was a harsh cold one in downtown Minneapolis. That didn't stop a smattering of music lovers to brave the climate to hear and witness the sounds of the Guqin (or "Chinese Zither") ... More >>

Watch BET's "My Mic Sounds Nice" documentary on women in rap

​How serendipitous that so close to the B-Girl Be Carnival, our Cities' celebration of everything female in hip-hop, BET would stream their documentary My Mic Sounds Nice, a canvass of some of rap's most successful women on woman's place in the culture, where it stands, and where it's going.

Regina Spektor

​How serendipitous that so close to the B-Girl Be Carnival, our Cities' celebration of everything female in hip-hop, BET would stream their documentary My Mic Sounds Nice, a canvass of some of rap's most successful women on woman's place in the culture, where it stands, and where it's going.

Matt & Kim, Regina Spektor, and more

​How serendipitous that so close to the B-Girl Be Carnival, our Cities' celebration of everything female in hip-hop, BET would stream their documentary My Mic Sounds Nice, a canvass of some of rap's most successful women on woman's place in the culture, where it stands, and where it's going.

Stand Up! Records' Prolific 2009

The Twin Cities-based indie comedy label drops four new discs in early '09 -- with a fifth on the way.

Brad Mehldau

The Twin Cities-based indie comedy label drops four new discs in early '09 -- with a fifth on the way.

Play it again: Top 10 Reissues of 2008

Dosh keeps it interesting, plays Saturday at the Cedar

Indie comedy label Stand Up! has produced the edgiest comedy in the country

The Twin Cities-based laugh factory offers smart hope in dumb times

Peer into the Ears of Dan Wilson and Al Franken

No wax here—we just asked 'em, "What did you listen to in 2007?"

Home for the Holidays with the Hold Steady

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

Hold Steady: Expanded Web Content

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

The Craig Finn Master Class

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

Lubomyr Melnyk: KMH

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

Britt Robson's 100 Best CDs of 2006

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

Guess your present: Music edition

The latest, greatest success from the Twin Cities returns to the wellspring of its creativity

Sweet Sixteen

Beautiful (mostly) and all yours, our sneek peek at the 6th Annual 'Sound Unseen'

Noble Grapes

Car-seat country scores a family-friendly wine bar with a serious education mission

Linger Awhile

Larry Malmberg's 60-plus years as Minnesota's Accordion King

Freakout Hell Ride

Getting on board the love train with Al Green, Blonde Redhead, and the Owls

Score

Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

Herbie's Love Bug

Herbie Hancock embraces bebop, hip hop, drum 'n' bass, jazz--and all humanity

Strummin' Her Pain with her Fingers

God advises Lauryn Hill to become a martyr

Is All That Jazz?

Savoring the variably spicy JVC jazz festival

Venues and Value

Getting More Bop for Your Buck with Parliament-Funkadelic and Charles McPherson Quartet at the JVC Jazz Fest

There Is a Mensch in Spanish Harlem

Thirty years after popularizing salsa, piano great Larry Harlow is still Latin music's undiplomatic gringo ambassador

Sound Check

Thirty years after popularizing salsa, piano great Larry Harlow is still Latin music's undiplomatic gringo ambassador

Tenk You Veddy Much

As Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey prepares to take a bow in Man on the Moon

Reality Bites?

Boys Don't Cry and Music of the Heart offer radically different approaches to true stories

Alas poor Yorick, a fellow of infinite sadness

Boys Don't Cry and Music of the Heart offer radically different approaches to true stories

Queering the Culture

Oscar Wilde on Broadway, Lesbian Opera at Lincoln Center, Sparky the Gay Dog on TV. Be Careful What You Wish For.

Time's Arrow

Oscar Wilde on Broadway, Lesbian Opera at Lincoln Center, Sparky the Gay Dog on TV. Be Careful What You Wish For.

Pants On Fire

An Honorary Rockette?: Actor Daniel MacIvor and Da Da Kamera kick theatrical convention in Here Lies Henry.

Miles Ahead

An Honorary Rockette?: Actor Daniel MacIvor and Da Da Kamera kick theatrical convention in Here Lies Henry.

The Prodigy's Journey

At an age when most children have barely begun to make friends, Sophia Kim sees her whole life laid out before her.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions

At an age when most children have barely begun to make friends, Sophia Kim sees her whole life laid out before her.

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At an age when most children have barely begun to make friends, Sophia Kim sees her whole life laid out before her.