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Etta James

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    February 7, 2012

    Did Bon Iver back out of Grammys' Etta James tribute?

    ​The painful Grammy Awards press releases would be reason enough not to take part in the yearly award show, but Bon Iver's Justin Vernon decided to opt his band out of performing at the event because a collaborative effort wouldn't cut it. One of our readers responded by advising Vernon to get&nbs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    RIP Etta James (1938-2012)

    ​Etta James, a woman with a delicious, complex voice that pioneered the modern R&B sound, has passed following complications from leukemia. She was 73. James' gorgeous version of Glenn Miller's "At Last" will forever be a wedding staple, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was no sentimental p ... More >>

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    November 24, 2010

    Christina Aguilera in Burlesque

    Film squanders Xtina's talents

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Wilebski's Blues Saloon now on Rice Street

    ​The historic Wilebski's Blues Saloon, which has had a somewhat tumultuous history at its location on Western Avenue North in St. Paul, reopened in a new location on Rice Street last Friday for a performance by Kim Wilson and the Blues All-Stars. The venue had been on Western Avenue since 1979 and ... 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.

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    Barbara Morrison

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

  • Restaurants

    August 6, 2008

    Why the Twin Cities is the best place to eat ice cream in the universe

    With this many choices of local, handcrafted treats, why go anywhere else?

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    Concert Review--Etta, Al, and BB at the Fair

    With this many choices of local, handcrafted treats, why go anywhere else?

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Artists of the Year

    Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2005

    Snap Judgments

    Hurricanes, war, avian flu, locust plagues, that annoying song you couldn't get out of your head. It wasn't the greatest of all possible years. Nor was it halfway decent. But to prove that it wasn't all bad, we asked 29 writers to rave about the ar

  • Music

    November 3, 2004

    The Lost Soul

    Rare African American songs commemorate the life of Dave Godin

  • Music

    July 7, 2004

    VA: Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label

    Rare African American songs commemorate the life of Dave Godin

  • Books

    September 12, 2001

    Saloon Blues

    Lucy's has neighbors in Frogtown clamoring for closing time

  • Music

    August 27, 1997

    Mill City Music Festival Highlights

    Lucy's has neighbors in Frogtown clamoring for closing time

  • Arts

    July 16, 1997

    Foxy Lady

    Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls: Heather Wilson & Co. primp for the Foxy Tan Revue

  • Music

    August 28, 1996

    MILL CITY PLANNER

    Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls: Heather Wilson & Co. primp for the Foxy Tan Revue

  • News

    July 10, 1996

    Sing a (Not So) Simple Song

    A roundtable with five Twin Cities songwriters

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