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Pop/Rock

• Holy hip hop hits town
  Does this seem familiar? A music style that captivates young people, but is condemned by the larger society. Once it was rock and roll. Now it's hip hop.April 7, 2006
• Tom Russell - live in studio
  Tom Russell has recorded over 20 albums of original material. Artists such as Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, and Dave Alvin have recorded his music.April 6, 2006
• Hip hop nation
  One scholar describes hip hop as a vehicle for the youth and civil rights movement.Midmorning, April 6, 2006
• Arab Strap - live in studio
  The Scottish duo Arab Strap have a reputation for having rather bitter, lovelorn songs.March 31, 2006
• Chris Koza - live from Gluek's
  The winner of the 2005 Minnesota Music Award for Best New Artist has a new album out. Chris Koza's follow up to "Exit Pesce" is called "Patterns."March 30, 2006
• The Mila Vocal Ensemble
  The Mila Vocal Ensemble is celebrating the release of their new CD titled V Gradinata. They perform in the vocal traditions of over 30 countries, specializing in Bulgarian and other eastern European folk music.March 29, 2006
• Cloud Room - live in studio
  The self-titled debut album of Brooklyn-based Cloud Room was released to critical acclaim. The band came by the studio to talk with Bill DeVille and perform some songs, including an unreleased track.March 26, 2006
• Osmo on Abba
  The music of the 1970s Swedish supergroup is back and on stage at Orchestra Hall. Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vanska is more famous for performing Beethoven and Sibelius, but he's no stranger to ABBA -- and he enjoys performing their pop melodies with a symphony orchestra.March 24, 2006
• The Umbrella Sequence - live in studio
  The Umbrella Sequence will be releasing their latest album in late spring 2006March 23, 2006
• Headlights - live in studio
  The Headlights are a quartet from Champaign, Illinois. They have an EP out and hope to get their first full length album released in late 2006.March 21, 2006
• Minnesota bands descend on South by Southwest
  Some 22 Minnesota bands have been invited to perform. For local musicians, South by Southwest is a chance to reach wider audiences and if they're lucky, impress influential players in the music industry.March 15, 2006
• Jim Derogatis and the long-lived "Lips"
  Music critic Jim DeRogatis thinks that only a few people in the rock world qualify as geniuses, and that Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips is one of those people.March 9, 2006
• Belle and Sebastian: The old within the new
  Since their first release in 1996, Glasgow-based cult icons Belle and Sebastian have been crafting sweetly whimsical tunes that smack of sentimental '60s pop. However, the disquieting juxtaposition of the precious and the macabre will have you hooked.March 7, 2006
• Trevor Hall - live in studio
  A native of Hilton Head, South Carolina, Trevor started writing at age 14, inspired by artists like Ben Harper as well as legends Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix.March 2, 2006
• Captain Yonder's songs of madness
  In a local music scene that's become a melting pot of styles, the group "Captain Yonder" refuses to blend in. The band's instrumentation -- acoustic guitar, cello, saw and an occasional glockenspiel -- is unique. The group's lyrics, frequently referring to madness and death, are unsettling. It's all captured on Captain Yonder's new CD.February 10, 2006

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