Jewel (Musician)

Thao and Mirah with the Most of All at the Cedar, 7/1/10

Photos by Bre Mcgee​Thao and Mirah with the Most of AllJuly 1, 2010The Cedar Cultural CenterA collaboration described in their press release to be "as accidentally intentional and charmed as a real-life love child," it was hard to know what to expect from the pairing of beloved indie singer/songwr ... More >>

Lilith Fair moves to Target Center here, oblivion elsewhere

​The Lilith Fair was born of an odd doldrum in popular, female-fore music; the bulk of headliners for their first three seasons - before they suspended the festival for eleven years - were cut from the cheesecloth of alternative radio-directed acoustic-type pop (think Joan Osbourne, Indigo Girls, ... More >>

The Top 9 sellingoutest musicians in pop history

​ Proudly gay pop icon Elton John last month played Rush Limbaugh's most recent wedding, obviously bringing into question Elton's valuation of morals over-- do we really need to spell this out for you? Bottom line is it was a sellout for the record books. Here's some other sad cases of how th ... More >>

Dan and Matt Wilson: The extended interview

A special online-only extended interview, including the questions and answers that didn't appear in the paper this week.

John Rich and Cowboy Troy rep for MuzikMafia or: WTF?

A collective of whatever the hell they want. Check out Saturday's Grand Casino show and see if you can make some sense of it.

Jewel tonight at Mystic Lake Casino

Crouching Producer, Hidden Director

Longtime collaborators James Schamus and Ang Lee leave their cinema unsigned

Crow Triumphs Over Phair in Soccer-Mom Death Match

How I survived a long weekend with Liz and Sheryl

Radio Gaga

Finger Eleven: "One Thing"

Verse, Chorus, Verse

Symphony of a City

Suzzy Roche hits the road with a new album about the beauty of staying home

Dan Schneider vs. the Rest of the World

The never-ending showdown between a relentless poetic provocateur and the back-patting literary establishment that shudders at the very sound of his name

Fakin' to Be

Talk of the Nation

Alanis Morissette, pedagogue

Fight the Power

A new FCC proposal creates high hopes for local low-watt radio

And She Moved Through the Fair

This year's model, Natalie Imbruglia: The Australian daytime TV actress with the fever for the flavor of a single

R.I.P. Indie Rock, 1990-1996

Girl Talk

Daughters of the Revolution: De'Yona and her cousin in Girls Like Us.

Content-less Provider

Maybe pop songs kick-start dreams, secrets: Against rock's more comprehensive demands ("You WILL be moved in THIS way!"), maybe all pop wants to be is a spark.