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Music

Cactus Blossoms keep vintage country music alive

Cactus Blossoms keep vintage country music alive

The "alt country" music scene isn't as big as it used to be, but there's still a lot of vintage twang in the Twin Cities, courtesy of the Cactus Blossoms. The Minneapolis group, fronted by a pair of brothers, harkens back to the roots of country with their earnest songs and pristine harmonizing.
by Chris Roberts

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Esperanza Spalding makes light of serious talent

Esperanza Spalding makes light of serious talent

Jazz sensation Esperanza Spalding rolls into St. Paul Tuesday night for a concert at St. Catherine's University. Spalding, an upright bassist and singer, is one of the hottest performers on the jazz scene right now.
by Euan Kerr

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Love The Beach Boys? Meet "The Wrecking Crew"

Love The Beach Boys? Meet "The Wrecking Crew"

It's a little known fact that the music on most of the hit records coming out of California in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including chart-toppers from The Beach Boys, above, was played by the same group of musicians. A new documentary showing tonight in Minneapolis, "The Wrecking Crew," tells the story.
by Euan Kerr

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Villa Rosa stands out as something rare in rap

Villa Rosa stands out as something rare in rap

Villa Rosa features two emcees who both have established identities as solo artists and see their artistic partnership as an equal playing field.
by Chris Roberts

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Special programming on September 11

Special programming on September 11

Tune in to Classical MPR this Sunday for a reflective and appropriate selection of music and programming to to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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How Gretchen Seichrist's band evolved into a variety show

How Gretchen Seichrist's band evolved into a variety show

The Minneapolis indie rock band "Patches and Gretchen" has a big weekend ahead. The theatrical debut of the group's wacky and whimsical variety show, named "Headquarters and Dimes," happens Saturday night at the Loring Theater.
by Chris Roberts

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Salsa lovers look forward to 'voice from the mountain'

Salsa lovers look forward to 'voice from the mountain'

Salsa singer Marc Anthony's appearance at the Minnesota State Fair is a big deal for the state's growing Latino community.
by Carolina Astrain

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A local music fan's guide to the Minnesota State Fair

A local music fan's guide to the Minnesota State Fair

With the exception of the amateur talent contest and our own Garrison Keillor, it's all national acts playing the Grandstand at the State Fair this year. But there are plenty of opportunities to catch local music at the fair. And if you don't count the cost of admission to the fairgrounds, they're all free!
by David Campbell

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Performance Today: Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

Performance Today: Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

When Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela made their BBC Proms debut in 2007, they blew the roof off the Royal Albert Hall in London with a program of Latin music. They came back to the Proms this year, a little more mature (they no longer call themselves a youth orchestra). But the SBSO can still pack a punch. On Performance Today, we'll hear their sold-out performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, from a concert three weeks ago in London.

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