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Music

Music helps keep Parkinson's patients going

Music helps keep Parkinson's patients going

At Struthers Parkinson's Center in Golden Valley, music therapist Sandi Holten combines exercise and song to ease the symptoms of Parkinson's patients.
by Dan Olson

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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs at MPR studios

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs at MPR studios

Patricia Kopatchinskaja has been called the most exciting violinist in the world. She performed today in the MPR studios.

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Rock the Garden line up unveiled

Tickets for the annual music festival are now on sale. Listen to the line up's mix of local favorites and national acts.
by MPR News Staff

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From Duluth, harpmaker masters an Irish art

From Duluth, harpmaker masters an Irish art

David Kortier has been making early Irish harps in Duluth for more than 20 years, one of only a handful of people in the world to preserve the craft.
by Dan Olson

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Billy Idol will help The Current celebrate its 10th birthday

Billy Idol will be a the Turf Club in St. Paul tonight. His acoustic set, hosted by Mary Lucia, is part of The Current's 10th anniversay celebration.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Daily Dillman releases new album

If you lived in the Twin Cities in the 1970s, you probably remember the Daisy Dillman band.

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Photos: Tuning the new Ordway

Photos: Tuning the new Ordway

St. Paul's Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday moved one step closer to opening its newest space.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Backstage with Janis Joplin: Doubts, drugs and compassion

Backstage with Janis Joplin: Doubts, drugs and compassion

John Byrne Cooke was Janis Joplin's road manager from 1967 until her untimely death in 1970. So he saw a lot of rock history up close -- and describes some of the details in a new memoir.

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Photos: Fleetwood Mac puts on emotional show

Photos: Fleetwood Mac puts on emotional show

Fleetwood Mac reunites with Christine McVie for the first time since 1998 to kick off the band's 2014 tour at Target Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
by Nate Ryan

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'Where Did Our Love Go" marked a Supremes change of fortune

When the women recorded the song, they were known as the "no-hit Supremes." That all changed.

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