Music

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Concert review

A Green Day reckoning

Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong

• Fans got a teasing sample of the group's new rock opera.

Music

The allure of Lura

Lura

Lura

The music of Cape Verde hits the Dakota this week when the singer presents "the feeling of the songs" of her parents' homeland.

The Big Gigs: Our critics' music picks

Green Day

Green Day

This weekend: For the 15th annual Basilica Block Party, Cities 97 has tapped bands that stand out onstage rather than on the station's playlist.

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It's a field day for Green Day's Armstrong

The unstoppable punk-rock showman relishes rocking in his wife's hometown.

A Black and 'Blue' Basilica party

Gary Louris of the band The Jayhawks

Gary Louris of the band The Jayhawks

Even though his band was one of the unlikeliest performers in its 15-year history, Craig Finn of the Hold Steady offered one of the best summations ever of the Basilica Block Party:

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