Jerry Garcia

The Big Wu mark 20th anniversary at Cabooze tonight (Interview)

​This year marks the 20 year anniversary of Minneapolis band The Big Wu's formation at St. Olaf College. Bassist Andy Miller lovingly refers to the band's aesthetic as "White Guy Jam Rock," and confirms that the songwriting process hasn't changed much at all. "The songwriter brings in the bulk of ... More >>

Dark Star Orchestra at First Avenue, 02/01/12

​Dark Star OrchestraFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 1, 2012Although First Avenue can't quite stack up with an outdoor festival setting, last night's Dark Star Orchestra show in the mainroom was still plenty good. The band has made a name for itself by traveling the world and playin ... More >>

92 KQRS Classic Rock Art Show

​Dark Star OrchestraFirst Avenue, MinneapolisWednesday, February 1, 2012Although First Avenue can't quite stack up with an outdoor festival setting, last night's Dark Star Orchestra show in the mainroom was still plenty good. The band has made a name for itself by traveling the world and playin ... More >>

Jimmie Rodgers: On this day in country music history

​Nicknamed the Singing Brakeman for his work on the railroad, on this day in 1933 the man also known as the Father of Country Music died at the age of 35 of a massive tuberculosis-related hemorrhage at the Hotel Taft in New York. Twenty-eight years later, Jimmie Rodgers, who would have been 63 ... More >>

92 KQRS Classic Rock Art Show

​Nicknamed the Singing Brakeman for his work on the railroad, on this day in 1933 the man also known as the Father of Country Music died at the age of 35 of a massive tuberculosis-related hemorrhage at the Hotel Taft in New York. Twenty-eight years later, Jimmie Rodgers, who would have been 63 ... More >>

On the trail of the Nitrous Mafia

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Liars, Widespread Panic, and more: Critics' Picks

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Tea Leaf Green

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Motion City Soundtrack, TC Hip-Hop Awards, and more

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Andy Kindler

Summer concerts are jamming to the familiar hiss of “hippie crack”

Gene Ween tonight at the 7th Street Entry

Just because it's only half of Ween doesn't mean you should only get half as stoned.

Rock Art Show

Just because it's only half of Ween doesn't mean you should only get half as stoned.

The Dead announce a 19-date spring tour

Railroad Earth

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Dark Star Orchestra

Various artists: Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul

Sibling rivalries battle for attention on the bookshelves this summer

As the memoir boom winds down, authors are training their sights on sis and bro

Knee-Deep in the Hoopla

Paisley swirls sell, but where is the soul of San Francisco?

Put Down What You're Eating

A new movie looks at our unhealthy appetite for Frankenfoods

Wu Is Me

How one reluctant hippie embraced the smell of patchouli and the sound of Minnesota's preeminent jam band, the Big Wu

We Got the Beat?

The Source suggests that beatness is in the eye of the beholder

Fresh Meat for Rotting Puppets

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

Killer of Smurfs

With a new lineup and reissued back catalog, the last great punk band of the '80s gets lost on the freeway again

The Good, the Bad, and the Sleepy

A tale of two CDs

Blues People

In 1965, the field recordings of the Bahamas were an island unto themselves. Thirty years later, it's a small world after all.

WORLD MUSIC '96

In 1965, the field recordings of the Bahamas were an island unto themselves. Thirty years later, it's a small world after all.

End Notes

In 1965, the field recordings of the Bahamas were an island unto themselves. Thirty years later, it's a small world after all.

The Year in Music 1995

In 1965, the field recordings of the Bahamas were an island unto themselves. Thirty years later, it's a small world after all.