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Music

Minnesota Orchestra lockout: Status check

The Minnesota Orchestra canceled six summer shows this week, as the labor dispute between musicians and management continues.

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Dessa deconstructs her new album “Parts of Speech”

Dessa deconstructs her new album “Parts of Speech”

89.3 The Current’s host David Campbell recently hosted a one hour special with local hip hop maven Dessa to talk and sing a live audience through her latest album, “Parts of Speech.”  A few lucky listeners got to sit in the audience in the UBS Forum here at MPR, but now everyone can enjoy the…
by Marianne Combs

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Minn. Red House Records artist on Letterman

Texas honky-tonk singer Dale Watson of St. Paul-based Red House Records will perform on "Late Show with David Letterman."

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The Beatles' defining moment (hint: It's not 'Sgt. Pepper')

The Beatles' defining moment (hint: It's not 'Sgt. Pepper')

Author Colin Fleming, an avowed Beatles superfan, argues that the Fab Four's most emblematic, "Beatle-esque" year was 1963, before they'd even made it big in the States. His evidence? A set of sessions that John, Paul, George and Ringo recorded that year at the BBC, which Fleming argues are the quintessence of everything the group would become.

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More songs to benefit Slim Dunlap go on auction

A nonprofit created to benefit former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap as he recovers from a massive stroke is putting more songs up for auction.

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Groundbreaking set for Ordway concert hall

Groundbreaking is set June 19 for a new Concert Hall at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul.

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Duluth man finds his niche as the vintage amp guy

Duluth man finds his niche as the vintage amp guy

Nic Patullo started New Vintage Amplifiers in 2008. And with an ever-expanding client list, the 32-year-old Duluth man is quietly -- yet loudly, too -- leaving his mark on the music industry.

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Minn. Opera to stage free outdoor shows

The Minnesota Opera plans to present free outdoor concerts next month. "Opera Under the Stars" will feature a performance of Puccini's "La Boheme."

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Minn Orch musicians demand end to lockout

Minnesota Orchestra musicians have set a new condition in their labor dispute with the orchestra. They want orchestra management to end the seven-month lockout before they'll return to the bargaining table.
by Chris Roberts

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U of M Music School singers to tour state

The University of Minnesota School of Music's University Singers go on the school's first choral tour of Minnesota this week.

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