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Nina Simone

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    April 6, 2011

    JoAnna James at Aster Cafe, 4/5/2011

    Photos by Nick Wosika​JoAnna James April 5, 2011 Aster Cafe, Minneapolis JoAnna James has a voice that could halt a stampede of wild horses--such is her stirring vocal power. Her show last night at the Aster Café was proof enough of that, as the petite songbird took the stage and, with backi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Muse at Target Center, 10/05/10

    photo by: Jonathan Behm​Muse have come a long way from the feisty club band that played the Quest back in 2004 as if they had a point to make and a country to conquer. At the Target Center on Tuesday night, it seemed as if the Teignmouth trio (who are joined by multi-instrumentalist Morgan Nicholl ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2010

    Janelle Monae, Matt & Kim, and more

    photo by: Jonathan Behm​Muse have come a long way from the feisty club band that played the Quest back in 2004 as if they had a point to make and a country to conquer. At the Target Center on Tuesday night, it seemed as if the Teignmouth trio (who are joined by multi-instrumentalist Morgan Nicholl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2010

    Meklit Hadero

    photo by: Jonathan Behm​Muse have come a long way from the feisty club band that played the Quest back in 2004 as if they had a point to make and a country to conquer. At the Target Center on Tuesday night, it seemed as if the Teignmouth trio (who are joined by multi-instrumentalist Morgan Nicholl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Jerry Jeff Walker ('Mr. Bojangles') to play Zoo Saturday

    ​In 1965, an Upstate New Yorker turned National Guardsman gone AWOL turned traveling busker turned Greenwich Village folk scenester was thrown in a New Orleans jail for public intoxication, where it came that he... knewaman - Bojangles - and - he'ddance - for... oh, it's only one of the most-playe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Top 10: Songs with sexually suggestive food metaphors

    "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard," "My heart is like an artichoke," and "I want a little sugar/in my bowl..."

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Reporter's Notebook: Mark Olson interview transcript

    The full transcript of a conversation with former Jayhawk Mark Olson.

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Minnesota Mixtape 2008

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Steve Earle

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    Dee Dee Bridgewater

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Music

    May 2, 2007

    Feist: The Reminder

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2007

    New Brother Ali Video

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2007

    Top 50 CDs from 2006

    Every year I make mix CDs of my favorite tracks, with one song per artist per disc. Here's the '08 edition, local and national. It's all from 2008 unless otherwise specified, but there are a few oldies. At the bottom are my year-end lists, because I know you needed more of those. Happy holidays! MN ... More >>

  • Music

    December 6, 2006

    Dirty Talk

    The Hidden Cameras play church rock, with a naughty twist

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Picked to Click XVI

    This one goes to 11!

  • Movies

    May 31, 2006

    Mommie Darko

    Bottle-blonde goth queen Asia Argento gives birth to 'Deceitful' adaptation

  • Arts

    October 5, 2005

    Wild Men Blues

    The tortured artist abuses his privilege in Sound Unseen's painful docs

  • Columns

    May 18, 2005

    You Have No Idea How High I Am

    Columnist grows to appreciate another kind of weed

  • Music

    May 11, 2005

    Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Feist's 'Let It Die' is make-out music for the whole family

  • Unknown

    March 9, 2005

    "My Lady Story," Antony and the Johnsons

    Feist's 'Let It Die' is make-out music for the whole family

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2005

    I'm In Love with That Song: "My Lady Story" by Antony and the Johnsons

    Feist's 'Let It Die' is make-out music for the whole family

  • Music

    February 16, 2005

    Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now

    Feist's 'Let It Die' is make-out music for the whole family

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2005

    Stephanie says she wants to sing

    Feist's 'Let It Die' is make-out music for the whole family

  • Columns

    November 3, 2004

    Come Together

    It's November 3. Let the rapture begin.

  • Arts

    September 24, 2003

    Score

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • Music

    July 9, 2003

    Nina Simone: Anthology

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • Music

    October 20, 1999

    The Voice of Brazil

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Artists of the Year

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • Music

    July 8, 1998

    Exile from Guyville

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • Music

    June 17, 1998

    Dead Reckoning

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • Music

    June 17, 1998

    This Charming Man

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

  • News

    January 24, 1996

    The Year in Music 1995

    Underground movies and rebel music hook up in the Sound Unseen Festival

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