Music
6 cool things in music: Silk Sonic, Gully Boys, Rock Hall induction and more
On "Tonight Show," Kristin Chenoweth shares details about her date with Prince.
Books
Review: 'Small Things Like These,' by Claire Keegan
A father of daughters wrestles with what to do about abuses he discovers at a Magdalen laundry in 1950s Ireland.
Variety
Guitar great Leo Kottke and drum master Dave King form a new Minneapolis super duo
Kottke's traditional Thanksgiving concert has become a three-night duo stint at the Dakota.
Music
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss deliver both subtlety and wailing intensity on their long-awaited followup
Review: As they did with "Raising Sand" in 2007, they calmly defy the impatience of 21st-century pop.
Variety
Our Friday Best: James Taylor, Beach Bunny, Choreographers' Evening and holidays at the Hill House
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Music
Minneapolis music vets say hello again with new rock duo the Scarlet Goodbye
Ex-Soul Asylum guitarist Dan Murphy and songwriter-turned-restaurateur Jeff Arundel will preview their new album Friday.
TV & Media
'The Beatles: Get Back' is a long and winding treat for music lovers
Review: The nearly eight-hour documentary includes enthralling footage with the tiniest details.
Music
Young pop stars, Jon Batiste and good ol' Tony Bennett top the 2021 Grammy race
Prince and Dylan received nods but Adele wasn't eligible despite having 2021's best-selling album.
Music
St. Paul rapper Dua Saleh feels 'upheld' playing a nonbinary role on Netflix's 'Sex Education'
The Sudan native also has a new Pitchfork-endorsed EP, "Crossover," completed after months on set in Wales.
Music
In Minneapolis, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti comes across like Ed Sullivan
Review: He trotted out guests including an operatic tenor, balletic violinist, R&B vocalist and Rolling Stones saxophonist.
Variety
6 cool things in music this week include Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Taylor Swift and Divinity Roxx
Shout-outs, too, to the Suburbs, Suicide Commandos, Vial and Brothers Osborne.
Music
Under guest conductor, Minnesota Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Ninth fails to spark joy
Review: Juraj Valčuha led an unbalanced interpretation of a signature work for the orchestra.
Music
Being 'stuck in suburbia' at Mom and Dad's Burnsville home paid off for rock duo
The brother-and-sister band Durry generated nearly 1 million views on TikTok off a home recording that now has them being courted by the music industry.
Nation
Dave Frishberg, a jazz songwriter and St. Paul native who wrote satire and 'Schoolhouse Rock,' dies at 88
After graduating from St. Paul Central, Frishberg briefly attended Stanford University before returning home to enroll at the University of Minnesota.
Music
With her new album '30,' Adele moves on from the drama of divorce
Review: Her fourth album mixes brainy energy and homey wisdom.
Variety
Our Friday Best: Cody Jinks, 'Crows,' Ike Reilly and the MCAD art sale
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Variety
Tim McGraw, Jake Owen will headline Winstock country fest in 2022
Minnesota's first-of-the-season country hoedown will also feature Brothers Osborne and Jimmie Allen on June 17-18.
Variety
Bob Dylan Center acquires early recordings before the singer was famous
The artifacts include 1960-61 tapes in a Madison, Wis., apartment and his first big concert in New York City in '61.
Music
In words and songs, 'Rondo '56' tells the story of St. Paul's Black neighborhood displaced by I-94
The stage show delivers a tough message through song: "Music opens and heals the wounds at the same time."
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