In high school, Ryan Traster traded his trumpet for a bass guitar and didn’t look back. Over past decade, the singer-songwriter has lived and played in New York, Portland, Los Angeles and...
Listen to this:
Hot 102.5
The Twin Cities finally have a bona fide old school hip-hop station to tune into: Hot 102.5 FM. Summer is the perfect time for bottom heavy rap bangers, and while...
As a McNally Smith College of Music 2005 graduate, Alison Scott entered a singer-songwriting competition and unwittingly kicked off the rest of her music career.
Since winning the contest...
The University of Minnesota will be a central hub for Northern Spark, an all-night art festival throughout Minneapolis on Saturday, but a few staff members and
students are planning to showcase their...
The Twin Cities’ version of the P-Funk family is Black Market Brass. Like the ’70s progenitors of funk, the ensemble’s defining characteristics include their horn-heavy hits and ever-changing...
Wear this:Sun gear
As warm summer temperatures move in, it’s important to keep properly and stylishly covered from the sun. Go find sunscreen and that perfect pair of sunglasses that say...
Though artists Krista Franklin and Gloria Talamantes-Data (aka Gloe) both live in Chicago, they first met at Intermedia Arts’ B-Girl Be Festival.
Now the two will collaborate as featured...
Though it may not match the glamour of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts or the Science Museum of Minnesota, there’s yet another source of educational enrichment in town that quietly opens for the...
When Jonathan Krentz returned from his six-year service in the National Guard band, he joined the first country band he could find.
When that band fell apart, he and bassist Drew Sherman started...
Culture to consume
Make this:
Thai curry
Craving Thai food but don’t feel like making the trek to St. Paul for the authentic stuff? Hit up United Noodles just south of campus. The...
