Local music
MN Country Singer Cancels Gig at WV Bar Offering ‘Kyle Rittenhouse Special’
Plus a job opening at WCCO, St. Paul may OK public drinking, and the inexcusable state of COVID in prisons in today's Flyover.
FKA Twigs Is Local Music Now
Is Pitbull local music? Are Red Wing, Eau Claire, and Winona "local"? So many questions!
I Have a Very Big Theory About People Who Didn’t Grow up in Minneapolis
Saying goodbye to Ray Evangelista and the Black Dog, hello again to Diane and Golden Smog, in this week's local music roundup.
Is Live Music Going Away Again?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Plus a farewell to a bluegrass king, a new Cactus Blossoms vid, and a belated record release show in this week's local music roundup.
10 Local Albums From 2021 That Were Better Than a Lot of Other Local Albums
A definitive best-of list? In this economy? No, but here's a handpicked selection of the Minnesota music I kept coming back to.
5 Minnesota Hip-Hop Projects from 2021 You Might Have Missed
From fierce veterans to upstart goofballs, these Minneapolis and St. Paul spitters dropped heat this year
Dairy Queen is a Royal Pain for Local Songwriter Zaq Baker
Plus a 'Minneapolis Sound' museum proposal, Lady Midnight's night, and self-promotion disguised as a plug for non-commercial radio.
So, There’s a Rock Band Made up Entirely of Minnesota Sheriffs
Plus a Bad Bad Christmas, a good local music playlist from the Current, and DEMO needs your stuff in this week's music roundup.
‘West Side Story’ Learns From the Past. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Repeats It.
Steven Spielberg is still good at making movies. Aaron Sorkin is still bad at it.
RIP Brother Jules, DJ for Prince and KMOJ
Julian White was part of the first generation of Minneapolis hip-hop DJs, beginning as a teen in the '80s.
