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Gospel Music

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir book Turf Club residency with Dead Man Winter, release new video

    After releasing The Revolution EP in March, Retribution Gospel Choir have already played a few memorable shows in the Twin Cities to celebrate. But apparently those gigs weren't quite enough, as the spirited Duluth trio have just announced that they will be doing a Tuesday night residency at the Tur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir to rock Minneapolis DFL's Blue BBQ

    Related:Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk: I don't write intentionallyMinneapolis Democrats are proving that they want a "revolution" in a very literal sense. For the Southwest Minneapolis DFL's annual picnic, often called the Blue BBQ, Dulu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk: I don't write intentionally

    Related:Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)Retribution Gospel Choir would not be the band you go to for power pop gems, clapping verses, and cowbell-fused tunes. Best known as Low frontman Alan Sparhawk's other (very loud) baby, RGC has a reputation for bringing frenzied, serious ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2012

    Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps / Retribution Gospel Choir

    Related:Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)Retribution Gospel Choir would not be the band you go to for power pop gems, clapping verses, and cowbell-fused tunes. Best known as Low frontman Alan Sparhawk's other (very loud) baby, RGC has a reputation for bringing frenzied, serious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Retribution Gospel Choir releases free EP (DOWNLOAD)

    ​Retribution Gospel Choir, the more-strummy side project of Low's Alan Sparhawk, has released a new EP. Titled The Revolution -- not a Prince thing -- the four tracks gather some great vintage rock replete with cowbell, sassy guitar licks, and some full-on shredding. And it occurs all in the span ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2011

    Katha Dance Theatre

    ​Retribution Gospel Choir, the more-strummy side project of Low's Alan Sparhawk, has released a new EP. Titled The Revolution -- not a Prince thing -- the four tracks gather some great vintage rock replete with cowbell, sassy guitar licks, and some full-on shredding. And it occurs all in the span ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Top 10 sibling acts in country music history

    ​On this day in country music history - July 14, 1973 - Phil Everly threw a dang old fit, smashing his guitar after performing the song, "('Till) I Kissed You" and walking off the stage, effectively breaking up the Everly Brothers while performing at Buena Park, California's Knott's Berry Farm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    West Bank Music Festival lineup announced

    Photo by Erik Hess​The West Bank Music Festival will return for a second installment this year, anchored around an outdoor stage and fanning out to all of the music venues that line Cedar Ave. in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis. The festival will take place on the evening of Saturda ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2011

    Low

    Photo by Erik Hess​The West Bank Music Festival will return for a second installment this year, anchored around an outdoor stage and fanning out to all of the music venues that line Cedar Ave. in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis. The festival will take place on the evening of Saturda ... More >>

  • Music

    April 13, 2011

    Low release C'mon

    Duluth trio gets personal

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    DeVotchKa

    Duluth trio gets personal

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir at the Cedar, 02/03/11

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel ChoirFebruary 2, 2011Cedar Cultural CenterThings were so comfortable on stage for both Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir on Thursday night at the Cedar that at one point Alan Sparhawk was giving Peter Pisano a neck mess ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2011

    Peter Wolf Crier, Retribution Gospel Choir

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel ChoirFebruary 2, 2011Cedar Cultural CenterThings were so comfortable on stage for both Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir on Thursday night at the Cedar that at one point Alan Sparhawk was giving Peter Pisano a neck mess ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    The Hold Steady

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel ChoirFebruary 2, 2011Cedar Cultural CenterThings were so comfortable on stage for both Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir on Thursday night at the Cedar that at one point Alan Sparhawk was giving Peter Pisano a neck mess ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2010

    Gee's Bend

    Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel ChoirFebruary 2, 2011Cedar Cultural CenterThings were so comfortable on stage for both Peter Wolf Crier and Retribution Gospel Choir on Thursday night at the Cedar that at one point Alan Sparhawk was giving Peter Pisano a neck mess ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Retribution Gospel Choir record session for The Current

    photo via Retribution Gospel Choir's Myspace​Alan Sparhawk's relatively aggressive, tightly yet epically sprawling, and stunningly composed project Retribution Gospel Choir recently recorded a session at The Current, playing their songs "Working Hard," "Hide It Away," and "Your Bird." Lucky for ev ... More >>

  • Music

    June 9, 2010

    Chastity Brown releases High Noon Teeth

    Soul singer straddles multiple genres

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Retribution Gospel Choir get intense at the Triple Rock

    The unrelenting sonic assault began with a cover of Low's "Breaker" and didn't let up until the encore.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    6 Questions: Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk

    RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2010

    Retribution Gospel Choir

    RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

  • Music

    February 17, 2010

    Dre Day, Bassgasm, and more

    RGC return to Minneapolis to play the Triple Rock this weekend.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Retribution Gospel Choir to play 501 Club, release "2"

    Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir will play the 501 this coming December 19 and release its new album the following month.

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2008

    Second Annual West Bank Bash

    Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir will play the 501 this coming December 19 and release its new album the following month.

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2008

    Vusi Mahlasela

    Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir will play the 501 this coming December 19 and release its new album the following month.

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Retribution Gospel Choir

    Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir will play the 501 this coming December 19 and release its new album the following month.

  • Music

    March 19, 2008

    Critic's Picks: British Sea Power and more

    Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir will play the 501 this coming December 19 and release its new album the following month.

  • Music

    September 20, 2006

    Talk to Him

    Oral historian Studs Terkel gets 20th-century singers to spill it

  • Columns

    August 30, 2006

    It's Fun to Sing at the YMCA

    The ballad of Clark "Motown" Adams, man without a mic

  • Music

    March 9, 2005

    La-La (Means I Love You)

    Coming alive with Ashlee Simpson, Brother and Sister, Soweto Gospel Choir

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    October 13, 2004

    Saved!

    Pleading for redemption, R. Kelly steps back into the light

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    October 17, 2001

    Feels Like Home

    A multiracial, multidisciplinary extravaganza suggests people can find their roots in unexpected places

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    September 24, 1997

    Pride and Prejudice

    Not Honkey-Tonkin': Wheels roll through Treasure Island.

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