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Minnesota Orchestra's 2019-20 season invites speculation about future music director
ANALYSIS: Guest conductors cycle through Minneapolis in 2019-20 as Minnesota Orchestra looks for its next music director.
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Skylark Opera radically reworks Mozart's 'Così fan tutte' for the 21st century
REVIEW: Skylark Opera rethinks the work's sketchy gender politics.
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Bob Mould brings 'Sunshine' to St. Paul 40 years after first Hüsker Dü gigs
The ex-Minnesota rocker returns with a sunny album born in Berlin.
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Former Prince guitarist Donna Grantis celebrates new jazz-rock album at the Dakota
3rdEyeGirl guitarist Donna Grantis will celebrate her new jazz-rock fusion album in Minneapolis.
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Patti LaBelle sounded great, sang too few lyrics at Mystic Lake Casino concert
Her entertaining show was long on vocalizing, short on lyrics.
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St. Paul & the Broken Bones bring pure joy to the city of St. Paul
Paul Janeway and his namesake band earn their First Avenue star in sold-out Palace gig.
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Famed composer will expand the universe of 'America's National Parks' at Walker Art Center
A "national treasure" himself, musician Wadada Leo Smith expands the notion of "America's National Parks" at the Walker.
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Weezer riding high into St. Paul concert after 'completely unforeseen' hit Toto remake
The "Buddy Holly" hitmakers carry on after topping the charts and becoming "SNL" fodder with a Toto cover.
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Country duo Dan + Shay charm the crowd at a sold-out Armory
REVIEW: The "Tequila" hitmakers were all about romance Friday night in Minneapolis.
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Theater Latté Da, VocalEssence stage Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' as the masterpiece it always was
REVIEW: A new staging helps audiences find the brilliance in Bernstein's misunderstood operetta.
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90-year-old queen of cabaret Marilyn Maye is coming to Minnesota
She's making a rare Minneapolis appearance this weekend at Crooners.
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Twin Cities concerts of the week: Oberst & Bridgers, Dan + Shay, Dessa & MN Orchestra
The big gigs for March 22-28, also including St. Paul & the Broken Bones, A Boogie Wit Day Hoodie, Katy Vernon and Mayda release parties and more.
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Where does the cult-loved album 'Pinkerton' fit with Weezer's rebounding hitmaker status?
The oddball, hard-rocking 1996 sophomore album has been ignored at other recent gigs, but apparently not out of contempt.
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Jennifer Lopez planning a 'Party' at Xcel Center on June 28
The singer and actress is celebrating her 50th birthday all summer long on tour.
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