Music
October 21, 2019
Luke Combs sold out Xcel Energy Center in September.

Winstock fest announces Luke Combs and Darius Rucker for 2020 headliners

The June 12-13 festival west of Minneapolis will also feature Brett Eldredge, Big & Rich, Phil Vassar, Shenandoah and lone women out Runaway June.
Music
October 21, 2019
Hear preview tracks from the ambitious new Dessa and Poliça albums

Hear preview tracks from the ambitious new Dessa and Poliça albums

Dessa's orchestral live album lands Nov. 8, while Poliça's fourth LP arrives Jan. 21.
Music
October 20, 2019
Miranda Lambert in concert. Orlando 2019
Photo by Becky Fluke

Country's Miranda Lambert sparkles anew with an all-female lineup in St. Paul

Her voice and friends buoyed her marathon show at the X.
Music
October 19, 2019
Richard Egarr

SPCO's newest artistic partner makes his mark both musically and on the mic

Egarr brings expertise and enthusiasm to a program of Bach and Telemann.
Music
October 18, 2019
American violinist Joshua Bell will perform at the Ordway Music Theater on Sunday, Oct. 27, for the Schubert Club recital.

Joshua Bell, Diva Cage Match & more: The week's best classical concerts

Music
October 18, 2019
Adrianne Lenker, bottom right, with her Big Thief bandmates. From left: guitarist Buck Meek, bassist Max Oleartchik and drummer James Krivchenia.

Big Thief is a little bit local: 'We lived in Coon Rapids, Plymouth, Maple Grove and some places I don't even remember'

With two acclaimed albums out this year, singer Adrianne Lenker has hardly had time to be at home in Minneapolis.
Music
October 18, 2019
Peter Frampton performs during the last stop at Blossom Music Center for his Frampton Farewell Tour on August 8, 2019. ORG XMIT: 1385879

Six cool things in music include Taylor Swift, Sara Bareilles, Peter Frampton, Rosanne Cash

Music
October 17, 2019
Miranda Lambert in concert. Orlando 2019
Photo by Becky Fluke

Nashville 'wild card' Miranda Lambert brings an all-women lineup to St. Paul

Headed for St. Paul this weekend, country star Miranda Lambert lets her gut be her guide.
Music
October 17, 2019
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015 file photo, Bob Dylan accepts the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year award at the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year show in

Best of the Week Oct. 20-27: Bob Dylan, Sesame Street Live, Twenty One Pilots, an Irish 'Swan Lake' and more

Music
October 17, 2019
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The band Explosions in the Sky

Twin Cities concerts of the week: Fall Jazz Fest, Explosions in the Sky, Trey Anastasio

The big gigs for Oct. 18-24, also including Frank Turner, Ingrid Michaelson, Big K.R.I.T., Tom Morello and Mpls. Ltd. XX
Music
October 17, 2019
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, “Ghosteen”

New music reviews: Nick Cave meditates on pain and wonder; Vince Gill sings about sexual abuse and other taboo topics

Music
October 17, 2019
photo by Shervin Lainez Motion City Soundtrack

Ticket Alert: 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' Brandi Carlile, Buddy Guy, Thom York, Killer Queen and more.

Music
October 17, 2019
From left: Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, and Natalie Hemby of the Highwomen before their set at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R

Beyond Miranda: 10 newer country women you should hear

Music
October 17, 2019
Pop star Sara Bareilles performs 'Brave' for University of Minnesota cancer nurses

Pop star Sara Bareilles performs 'Brave' for University of Minnesota cancer nurses

In a performance at Xcel Energy Center, the "Waitress" composer and "Love Song" hitmaker celebrated nurses at Masonic Children's Hospital who made a viral video of the song.
Music
October 16, 2019
Carrie Brownstein, left, and Corin Tucker on tour in 2015 after Sleater-Kinney returned from a decade-long hiatus.

Sleater-Kinney loosens and lightens up with new lineup at Palace Theatre

Tuesday's sold-out Palace Theatre gig stayed meaningful even as it turned more playful.
Music
October 15, 2019
Dorrance Dance will perform "Jungle Blues" as part of the Twin Cities Tap Festival. Dana Lynn Pleasant

Dance events: Twin Cities Tap Festival; 'motherlanded' at Dreamland Arts

Music
October 15, 2019
Brandi Carlile to open Fillmore Minneapolis with three-night February run

Brandi Carlile to open Fillmore Minneapolis with three-night February run

Live Nation's new club in downtown Minneapolis also announced Buddy Guy, Motion City Soundtrack, Jonny Lang, Yung Gravy and Evanescence among its initial concerts.
Music
October 14, 2019
Nancy Wilson, left, and Ann Wilson of Heart perform during the "Love Alive Tour" at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre on Thursday, July 11, 2019, in C

Heart and Joan Jett show the power of sisterhood in St. Paul concert

After a bizarre falling out, Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson rocked in vintage form at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center.
Music
October 14, 2019
Gary Briggle, left, James Napoleon Stone and Bruce Bohne star in "Rogue Prince: Henry IV Parts I and II," adapted by Briggle from the Shakespeare play

Minneapolis theater stages two-part Shakespeare play in a two-part venue

Music
October 14, 2019
Workshop participant Paula Mann, center, worked on her body drawing. Galia Eibenschutz has developed experimental research on the interaction between

Mexico City-based choreographer Galia Eibenschutz draws pictures through dance

Mexican choreographer Galia Eibenschutz infuses the Twin Cities dance scene with a new approach to movement and art.

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