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    March 16, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Buddy Guy at State Theatre, 3/02/12

    ​By Rick MasonBuddy GuyState Theatre, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012A week after taking part in a stellar blues summit at the White House and personally persuading President Obama to chime in on "Sweet Home Chicago," Buddy Guy reveled in his own role as blues statesman Friday night at Minneap ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards, Father You See Queen, and more

    ​By Rick MasonBuddy GuyState Theatre, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012A week after taking part in a stellar blues summit at the White House and personally persuading President Obama to chime in on "Sweet Home Chicago," Buddy Guy reveled in his own role as blues statesman Friday night at Minneap ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2012

    Garland Jeffreys

    ​By Rick MasonBuddy GuyState Theatre, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012A week after taking part in a stellar blues summit at the White House and personally persuading President Obama to chime in on "Sweet Home Chicago," Buddy Guy reveled in his own role as blues statesman Friday night at Minneap ... More >>

  • Music

    November 16, 2011

    Critics' Picks: M83, Roseanne Cash, Red Daughters, and more

    ​By Rick MasonBuddy GuyState Theatre, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012A week after taking part in a stellar blues summit at the White House and personally persuading President Obama to chime in on "Sweet Home Chicago," Buddy Guy reveled in his own role as blues statesman Friday night at Minneap ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 16, 2011

    C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band

    ​By Rick MasonBuddy GuyState Theatre, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012A week after taking part in a stellar blues summit at the White House and personally persuading President Obama to chime in on "Sweet Home Chicago," Buddy Guy reveled in his own role as blues statesman Friday night at Minneap ... More >>

  • Music

    July 27, 2011

    Dolly Parton, Handsome Furs, Journey, and more

    ​By Rick MasonBuddy GuyState Theatre, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012A week after taking part in a stellar blues summit at the White House and personally persuading President Obama to chime in on "Sweet Home Chicago," Buddy Guy reveled in his own role as blues statesman Friday night at Minneap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Richard Lloyd of Television kicks off week-long residency at Nick and Eddie tonight

    ​Richard Lloyd is a guitarist and the founding member of legendary post-punk band Television that formed in New York City in 1973. He was one of the few people hosting bands at CBGBs, where Television regularly played since its earliest days. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA. in 1951 and his family m ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    Buddy Guy: From the mouth of a legend

    One of the greatest guitar players of all time comes to the State

  • 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 >>

  • Music

    August 11, 2010

    Keane, Phoenix, the Wainwrights, and more

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2010

    George Throrogood & the Destroyers

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Tinariwen

    ​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 >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2009

    Judas Priest, the Roots, and more

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Robert Cray

    ​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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2008

    Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Fest

    ​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 >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2008

    Vampire Hands

    Me and You Cherry Red

  • Arts

    January 19, 2005

    And on the Ninth Day Sean Rested

    A blow-by-blow account of Slug's weeklong stand in the 7th St. Entry

  • Music

    January 14, 2004

    Who's Your Dada?

    The Fiery Furnaces turn poetic non sequitors into the surreal life of songs

  • Music

    January 29, 2003

    Lonesome Midwest Blues

    Dan Kase--Aspiring to make Minnesota sound like the Mississippi Delta

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    One Foot in the Grave

    A melancholic Beck waxes fatalistic on 'Sea Change'

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    The .14 Cent Solution

    New royalties proposed by the music industry threaten to kill independent Internet radio

  • Arts

    January 2, 2002

    The Year in Music

    The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

  • Music

    October 10, 2001

    God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You

    The Sound of Music, 2001: Our Favorite Things

  • Books

    September 12, 2001

    Saloon Blues

    Lucy's has neighbors in Frogtown clamoring for closing time

  • Music

    July 4, 2001

    White Lies

    Caucasian rockers addicted to black blues. So-called siblings with an intimate past. Meet the myth of Detroit's White Stripes

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Young Spuds in a Longhorn Daze

    Caucasian rockers addicted to black blues. So-called siblings with an intimate past. Meet the myth of Detroit's White Stripes

  • Music

    April 29, 1998

    Soul to Solex

    Sole-glo: Elisabeth Esselink smiths a post-pop pap paradise

  • Music

    March 25, 1998

    Olu Dara-In the World from Natchez to New York

    Sole-glo: Elisabeth Esselink smiths a post-pop pap paradise

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