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Music

SXSW 2011: Minnesota presence felt at Austin music festival

SXSW 2011: Minnesota presence felt at Austin music festival

Today will be another busy day at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. This is the festival's 25th year and this one is the biggest yet. Over 1500 bands will perform over four days, including more than 50 local acts from around Minnesota. The Current's Mary Lucia talks about the bands, the music, and how the Minnesota music scene is representing in Austin.
by Phil Picardi and Mary Lucia

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South by Southwest: Beyond Austin's city limits

Once an eclectic music festival, SXSW has grown into one of the nation's largest music, film and interactive events. We focus on entrepreneurs riding "startup buses" into town and one writer's call to abolish the festival.

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President Obama press conference on Middle East and Japan

President Obama press conference on Middle East and Japan

President Obama holds a press conference to discuss unrest in the Middle East and rising gas prices. He's also expected to address the developing situation in Japan. Live coverage from National Public Radio

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Gay rights issue ends Lady Gaga, Target romance

Gay rights issue ends Lady Gaga, Target romance

Representatives for pop musician Lady Gaga say the artist has ended Target's exclusive deal to sell a special edition of her new album due out later this year.
by Annie Baxter

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Patti Austin in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio

Patti Austin in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio

Grammy-award winner Patti Austin stops by to talk about her 53 year musical career, a career that began at age 4 on the stage of the famed Apollo Theater.

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Dancers explore the darker side of the Carpenters' story

Dancers explore the darker side of the Carpenters' story

For people of a certain age, the prospect of an evening of Carpenters music probably raises some mixed emotions. The brother-sister team of Richard and Karen Carpenter pumped out hit after hit in the 1970s. However behind the scenes the Carpenters were troubled. Karen struggled with an eating disorder which was to claim her life in 1983. That facade of pop music happiness covering a real life tragedy forms the basis of a new dance presentation in Minneapolis this weekend.
by Euan Kerr

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Red Wing: carving a violin

Red Wing: carving a violin

Scrapes and cuts help fine tune the violin.
by Marc Sanchez

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Rodney Crowell in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio

Rodney Crowell in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio

What do you get when you grow up poor, as an only child of a drunk father and a holy-rolling mother? How about an acclaimed musician, songwriter and now author of the book "Chinaberry Sidewalks." Hear Rodney share his story, through words and songs.

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Faith and suffering in song

Faith and suffering in song

Conductor and composer Andre Thomas says that when choirs perform spirituals, they need to understand both the joy and the pain of the slave experience. He joins Midmorning to discuss the legacy of spirituals and their meaning for modern-day audiences.

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Anthology of rap and hip-hop

Anthology of rap and hip-hop

Over the past 30 years rap and hip-hop have emerged as a powerful and influential cultural force. Midmorning examines the power and the poetry of rap music, from the "old school" to the present day.

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