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Stevie Wonder’s “Talking Book”

by Grant Tillery
Published June 3, 2014

A trip to Seattle to visit music-loving relatives led to a spin of an original copy of Stevie Wonder’s 1972 album “Talking Book” on an unseasonably sunny Saturday night.  Straight...

Huey Lewis & the News, 30 years later

by Grant Tillery
Published May 30, 2014

Sometimes, you can’t help but like cheesy music.  Case in point: Huey Lewis & the News.  They’re as cheesy as ‘80s rock gets, yet their square anthems possess undeniable...

Wiz Khalifa performs at Soundset at Canterbury Park on Sunday. Wiz Khalifa's appearance was a relief for fans after worries that he wouldn't make his set because of an early morning arrest in Texas.

A bigger, badder Soundset

by Spencer Doar
Published May 28, 2014
This year’s festival hinted at the best and worst to come.
Musician Lori Barbero, of Minneapolis all-female band Babes in Toyland, is hosting Girl Germs, an upcoming concert to celebrate women in rock music. Girl Germs Live Tribute to Women in Rock's kick-off will happen at First Avenue on Friday.

Girl Germs just wanna have fun

by Grant Tillery
Published May 28, 2014
Lori Barbero set to host Girl Germs, a tribute to female rockers.

Soundset 2014 quick takeaways

by Spencer Doar
Published May 26, 2014

Another day of hip-hop in Shakopee bites the dust — and there was a lot of dust.  Here are some of A&E’s findings from the seventh Soundset hip-hop festival. -Wiz Khalifa, in Texan...

Soundset fast approaching

by Spencer Doar
Published May 24, 2014

The Soundset hip hop festival in Shakopee, Minn. looms large this Sunday, and unlike previous years, it’s supposed to hit 80 degrees and be partly sunny. The concert staple has grown in size...

Concert review: HAIM at First Ave

by Grant Tillery
Published May 20, 2014

The Haim sisters are forces of nature, the “Witchy Wom[e]n” Don Henley sang about years before their birth, and are highly in tune with the fiendish aspect of hard rock, which they masterfully...

Music of the people, for the people

by Jackie Renzetti
Published May 8, 2014
The well-traveled Charlie Parr reveals his experiences in soulful folk.
Will Wiesenfeld proves he is a master of the sound wave.

Shower the people

by Grant Tillery
Published May 8, 2014
Baths is Will Wiesenfeld's swim into soloism.
Courageous Endeavors saxophone player Nelson Devereaux, right, and drummer Miguel Hurtado, left, practice with their jazz quartet at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 1. Courageous Endeavors released their debut album on Tuesday, May 6.

The shape of jazz to come

by Grant Tillery
Published May 8, 2014
Courageous Endeavors are poster boys for a jazz scene overcoming significant challenges

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