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Osmo Vanska, director of the Minnesota Orchestra, poses for a portrait outside of Northrop Hall on Thursday. May 1 marked the first day of his two-year contract to return as music director for the Minnesota Orchestra after a 16-month musician lockout.

Conductor in chief

by Grant Tillery
Published May 8, 2014
Osmo Vänskä aims to restore one of the world’s premier orchestras to its previous heights

Usher – “Good Kisser”

by Grant Tillery
Published May 8, 2014

Classic R&B is characterized by its raw authenticity that communicates primal urgency rarely felt in the saccharine, soulless pseudo-R&B of today.  Old school R&B is romantic music; instead...

Local rapper speaks up with his lyrics

by Zach Simon
Published May 4, 2014

For Minneapolis native Jason “Ecid” McKenzie, growing up on gangster rap was just as natural as breathing. Starting out in high school as Dice the Greedy Player, McKenzie felt it necessary...

Michael Jackson (feat. Justin Timberlake): “Love Never Felt So Good”

by Grant Tillery
Published May 3, 2014

Releasing an artist’s music posthumously raises questions of authenticity.  The doctored-up restorations of their songs may not represent what the artist had intended the original mixes to become,...

Sonny Knight, a prominent Minneapolis R&B musician in the '60s and '70, at local label Secret Stash Records on Monday. Knight held a release party for his new album at First Avenue on Monday, April 28, 2014.

Knight time

by Grant Tillery
Published May 1, 2014
Minneapolis soul legend Sonny Knight is back on the scene and better than ever

Tenor madness

by Grant Tillery
Published May 1, 2014
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet brings saxophone to a medium where it’s often overlooked.

Taking the band by the horn

by Jackie Renzetti
Published May 1, 2014
For brothers Robert and David Perlick-Molinari, the French horn powers electronic dance beats.
Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club performs at Varsity Theater in Dinkytown Tuesday evening.

Show review: Bombay Bicycle Club

by Zach Simon
Published April 30, 2014

If there was one thing that the audience could take away from last night’s Bombay Bicycle Club concert, it’s that only listening to music on a superficial level often leads to misconceptions...

The Pixies "Indie Cindy" is a hodge-podge that can only leave listeners wondering what could have been.

Album review: Pixies’ “Indie Cindy”

by Spencer Doar
Published April 29, 2014
Pixies release their first “new” album in 23 years — it isn't worth the wait.

Neither wind nor rain could deter these free spirits

by Zach Simon
Published April 26, 2014

Before the light show could begin or doors even opened for the Mowgli’s show I was ushered into a small room, thick with the aroma of Chinese food. I had to step over both Suki and Abby, the dog...

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