Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky

The Walker: Low's set was one of the best Rock the Garden moments ever

The Twin Cities music community needs a jolt every so often, and it came over the weekend via Low's performance at Rock the Garden. In a set defying their more-traditional recent material, including this year's fascinating The Invisible Way, the 20-year vets leaned heavily on their slower, contempla ... More >>

Joffrey Ballet

Filmmaker Bill Morrison: I can't make film for very fast music

Bill Morrison's approach to film is much like most modern day composers or musicians. With primarily discarded archival footage as his main axe, his visual storytelling resembles sample-based music. Often the origins of his source material become greatly obscured by the final expression in his work. ... More >>

Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, and more

Tim Sparks

New York City Ballet MOVES

The Bad Plus record songs by Duke students, announce Dakota Christmas shows

The Bad Plus have consistently been interested in pushing the boundaries of typical modern jazz music, reflected by their playful pop covers as well as their boundless experimental nature. Their new creative partnership with Duke University's Department of Music continues their inventive tradition, ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Vampire Hands, Alexander O'Neal, Twilight Hours, and more

The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus return to perform Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'

​The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for new ideas in both classical and jazz worlds.

The Bad Plus

Grant Cutler & the Gorgeous Lords, the Bad Plus, and more

Stick Men

Art-A-Whirl, Henry Rollins, and more: Critics' Picks

Minnesota Orchestra: Weekend rundown (classical edition)

​Saturday night is your last chance to catch the Minnesota Opera's production of Salome by Richard Strauss, the German Romantic composer's steamy take on the story of a young girl who performs an erotic dance for her step-father in order to wreak vengeance on a holy man who rebuffed her advances ( ... More >>

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet

Raise the Curtain ticket sale tomorrow

This one-day only sale features half-off tickets for dozens of shows in St. Paul this season.

Ballets Russes 100 Year Festival

The Bad Plus: For All I Care

Ballet of the Dolls: Rite of Spring

Watercolors: Caroline Palmer reviews ARENA's new dance

The State Ballet of Georgia: Giselle

State Ballet of Georgia:Repertoire Evening

Free Will Astrology

Classic Stoner Behavior

Of Transgendered Violas and Transatlanic Collaborators

Composer Nico Muhly Can't Stick to Classical, So He Heads to...Iceland?

3 Questions: Choreographer Stephen Petronio

Before the Law

A lawyer, a bartender, a modern classical guitarist, and a drum teacher rock out in Cougar

Quote Unquote

Homages, paraphrases, and glorious messes from Ornette Coleman and Sonny Rollins

On Their Toes

'Ballets Russes' invites old dance legends to take a bow

Film Fest Coverage II: The Sequel

The M-SPIFF's second week brings 'The World' and more

How To Disappear Partially

Longhairs and jazzbos give radiohead a new face

Do You Hear What I See?

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo and friends answer the cinematic koan: What is the sound of a Stan Brakhage film?

The Soundtrack of Our Lives

The Best Albums in the World Ever!! Okay, Maybe Just in This Town, Circa 2003

Bad Luck!

How three Midwestern boys reached jazz nirvana

Victor Victoria

A rock band dresses up like an experimental instrumental outfit--or vice versa?

Chris Bowden: Slightly Askew

Dylan's Basement Movie

Little Orphan Orchestra

Why the Minnesota Orchestra can't find a summer home

This Charming Man

Prog Spring

Owning Up: Local art rockers Severens, Anfinson, and Lewis make a progressive punk for the '90s.

Expanding Inward

With Institute Benjamenta, the Brothers Quay widen their dreamscape to human proportions.

Barry Black

Hardcore Dave, Rock God of the Twin Cities

GREEN EGGS & WALTZES

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