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Minn. college students lead SXSW road trip
Minnesota will be well represented next week at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.March 9, 2013
Prince to appear on Fallon's show Friday
Prince is continuing to ramp up his public profile. This week, he'll make an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."February 24, 2013
Minn.'s Red House label plans Toronto show
Minnesota-based Red House Records is bringing its 30th anniversary celebration north of the border.February 16, 2013
Grammy Awards voters spread the love all around
Mumford & Sons' "Babel'' has won the Grammy for album of the year, while Gotye won record of the year for "Somebody That I Used to Know." Fun. won two major awards, winning song of the year for the transcendent anthem "We Are Young,'' and best new artist.February 10, 2013
Okee Dokee Brothers win Grammy
The Okee Dokee Brothers won in the Best Children's Album category for their 2012 album "Can You Canoe?" The Brothers, Denver-born, Minneapolis-based friends and musicians Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing, were awarded the Grammy in the pre-telecast portion of the ceremony.February 10, 2013
All you need to know about the 2013 Grammys
The popular line is that the Grammys are permanently out of touch - either rewarding established veterans or teenybopper flavors of the week. But over recent years, we've seen a gradual shift towards an embrace of the "alternative" side of the music industry.February 10, 2013
Stars and newcomers to perform at Schubert Club next season
Barry Kempton, the artistic director and executive director of the Schubert Club, announced the new star-studded season for the state's oldest arts organization, which pulls in big names like pianist Jonathan Biss and violinist Christian Tetzlaff, as well as newer names like Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa.February 9, 2013
Rybak hosts concert to celebrate Minn. Orchestra's Grammy nod
Mayor R.T. Rybak hosted a celebration concert Friday night at the Minneapolis Convention Center to mark the Minnesota Orchestra's Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance.February 2, 2013
Peter Asher of 'Peter and Gordon' recalls '60s music in new show
Peter Asher began a singing career in 1964, as one half of the group, "Peter & Gordon," but Asher's greatest musical success came in a different form - record producing and management.The Daily Circuit, January 28, 2013
SPCO musicians won't budge on 2-tier pay scale
Representatives of the locked-out musicians of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra say they continue to have objections to a compensation package proposed by management.January 27, 2013
World premiere of 'Doubt' opera in St. Paul this weekend
After life as a Pulitzer Prize-winning play and then an Oscar-nominated film, "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley will have its world premiere as an opera this weekend in St. Paul. Shanley, who wrote the libretto for the Minnesota Opera production, said it is the most complete telling of his story about a priest accused of impropriety.January 24, 2013
Local musician Steve Kramer dies
Twin Cities musician Steve Kramer has died. Kramer's business partner, Bob Hest, confirmed he died in his sleep on Saturday night.January 20, 2013
Prince jams with his hometown fans
His six-piece horn section marched out NOLA-style, cycling through a funky, complex melody, followed by a drummer, bassist, guitarist, and three back-up singers. Prince himself emerged on the dark stage soon after. Andrea Swensson, of The Local Current blog, talked about the show with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.January 18, 2013
Why there are only 100 copies of the new Bob Dylan record
Bob Dylan has made some puzzling moves in his celebrated career, but the compilation that his record label recently released may be as odd as anything he's ever put out. The compilation, "50th Anniversary Collection," is a limited-edition, four-CD set that was only released in Europe.January 13, 2013
Shake it up! Vintage cocktails are ripe for revival
It's the holiday season and for some people that means celebrating with friends, family and cocktails. But instead of settling for the standard martini or Manhattan, author and historian Lesley Blume suggests you reach for a taste of bygone cocktail culture.December 29, 2012