Music

Music note: True Colors Tour celebrates the gay (19)90s

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Cyndi Lauper in a previous performance. Photo courtesy Cyndi Lauper.

I can’t claim that it was a deliberate choice to wear my t-shirt featuring a Power Ranger (on the front) and the words I LOVE THE 90S (on the back) to the True Colors Tour—a rolling revue benefitin

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Music note: Jistoray shoot from the hip

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Jistoray

I remember walking away from the Nomad World Pub a couple years ago, absolutely convinced that Jistoray play some of the finest low-key music the Twin Cities scene has to offer.MORE »

Music note: Awesome Snakes rock the patio

By Melissa Slachetka, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Melissa Slachetka

Local groups the Vignettes, the Talkers, and Awesome Snakes were undaunted by storms that flooded the patio last Thursday night at the Minnesota Museum of American Art as they launched the museum's PaMORE »

Music note: Old 97's run smooth at First Ave

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

L-R: Murry Hammond, Philip Peeples, Rhett Miller, Ken Bethea. Photo courtesy the Old 97's.

”So,” my girlfriend asked as we stood on First Avenue’s upper level, watching the Old 97’s. “What do you think?”
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Famous Dave brings the blues downtown

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

Ellen McIlwaine. Photo courtesy Famous Dave's BBQ & Blues Festival.

Every spring and summer, you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting somebody or other’s blues festival.MORE »

Minneapolis MOSAIC celebrates area’s rich cultural diversity

By Susan Budig, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
The summer-long festival begins this Saturday night

Summer in Minnesota is synonymous with festivals. There’s the Pan African Festival, the Irish Fair, and BBQ & Blues Fest.

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Musical reminders of when the heartland still had a heart

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Matteson and Rue

One thing the Twin Cities scene doesn’t get enough of is original folk music.MORE »

Interview: Janis Lane-Ewart, the breath of Fresh Air Radio

By Patricia Webb-de la Cadena, TC Daily Planet
Operating at 90.3 in Minneapolis and 106.7 in St. Paul, KFAI-FM is a non-profit, volunteer based community radio station that has been broadcasting since 1978.MORE »

Book note: Highway 61 visited and revisited

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Cover image ©2008 University of Minnesota Press

”If you’re really a Dylan buff, I mean tuned right into the stereo microgrooves of his soul, you’ll get a kick out of this.

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Kenyan songbird Amani to perform in Minneapolis

By Helen, Mshale

Award-winning Kenyan singer Amani will perform in Minneapolis on May 31 as part of her U.S. tour. Photo: Kilimanjaro Entertainment.

Most East Africans are quite familiar with her music, especially her hits "Missing ma Baibe,” “Bad Boy ft.MORE »
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