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Music

Into the Song: Now Now picks apart 'Thread'

Into the Song: Now Now picks apart 'Thread'

The Twin Cities' indie pop trio Now Now will visit the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis tonight as part of the band's national tour in support of its latest album "Threads."
by Chris Roberts

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'White Zulu' Johnny Clegg mixes music and politics

'White Zulu' Johnny Clegg mixes music and politics

Johnny Clegg, who became famous as part of the first successful integrated band in South Africa, will play in Minneapolis this week.
by Euan Kerr

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Opera allows him all, 'Doubt' playwright says

Opera allows him all, 'Doubt' playwright says

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley joins members of the Minnesota Opera to work on a new adaptation of his play "Doubt, which began as a play on Broadway and then a movie.
by Euan Kerr

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The benevolent Beastie: Adam Yauch remembered

The benevolent Beastie: Adam Yauch remembered

Adam Yauch: the gravelly-voiced rapper who helped make the Beastie Boys one of the seminal groups in hip-hop, and whose good-hearted nature led him to humanistic causes.

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Dylan Hicks' debut novel "Boarded Windows" reviewed

We can never fully understand the hold some people have on us -- the way some figures loom large in memory and some take on a certain magnetism in the present. Dylan Hicks' debut novel, Boarded Windows, is a tango of sorts, both intellectual and emotional, between a nameless narrator and his shadowy father-figure.

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Mother and son get to the heart of music

Mother and son get to the heart of music

Throughout French horn virtuoso Bernhard Scully's career, his mother, Bloomington pianist Joanne Minnetti, has been in his shadow — as his accompanist. Now the pair are sharing equal billing on their first full-length album.
by Chris Roberts

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SPCO plan offers members concert buffet for $5 a month

SPCO plan offers members concert buffet for $5 a month

Beginning in fall, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will offer monthly memberships which allow patrons to attend as many concerts as they wish.
by Euan Kerr

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The Current's Andrea Swensson on SXSW's Minnesota ties

Cathy Wurzer talks with The Current's Andrea Swensson from the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.
by Cathy Wurzer

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U of M study: Can rock music make you racist?

A University of Minnesota study finds that when people listen to music that is culturally relevant to them, it conjures warm feelings about their own racial or ethnic group.
by Cathy Wurzer

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