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Music

So bad she was good

So bad she was good

Long before the U.S. had American Idol, the nation had Florence Foster Jenkins.
by Euan Kerr

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New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher

New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher

Rachel Barton Pine loves to make musical discoveries. Like the fact that the former lead guitarist of The Scorpions, Uli Roth, got the idea for his now-famous heavy metal guitar lick from the solo part of the Brahms violin concerto. After playing that concerto for years, Pine knows that same little violin riff well.
by Julie Amacher

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New music made the old fashioned way

New music made the old fashioned way

Some Minnesota musicians are turning down the volume and turning back the clock with their music.
by Chris Roberts

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From Belarus to Minn., a composer's journey

From Belarus to Minn., a composer's journey

Ten years after leaving Belarus, Sergey Khvoshchinsky finds a new home and a big audience in Minnesota.
by Dan Olson

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Composers Institute nurtures talent and new orchestral music

Composers Institute nurtures talent and new orchestral music

Tomorrow night in Minneapolis seven young composers will reach what may be the pinnacle of their career, at least so far. They will each hear the Minnesota Orchestra play one of their compositions.
by Euan Kerr

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Dylan plays election night concert at the U of M

Dylan plays election night concert at the U of M

Tonight, while many people will be listening for the early election returns, thousands of fans will be listening to Bob Dylan playing at Northrop Auditorium.
by Euan Kerr

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New Classical Tracks: Songs of Armenia, haunting and lyrical

New Classical Tracks: Songs of Armenia, haunting and lyrical

Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian appears in opera houses throughout the world. But on her new disc, she returns to music from her own heritage -- the songs of the composer Gomidas, considered the founder of Armenian classical music.
by Julie Amacher

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Director of new documentary wanted to get inside Garrison Keillor's head

Director of new documentary wanted to get inside Garrison Keillor's head

A new documentary about Garrison Keillor starts a weeklong run at the Oak Street Cinema tonight. "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes" follows the humorist and radio host through many months of writing and performing.
by Tom Crann

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Marcus and Haynes reconsider Dylan

Marcus and Haynes reconsider Dylan

Cultural critic Greil Marcus, who has written for Rolling Stone for decades, and is an expert on Bob Dylan is teaching a special course at the U of M this fall. Later today in the first of two public lectures Marcus will interview film director Todd Haynes.
by Euan Kerr

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Haunted basement attracts while it scares

Haunted basement attracts while it scares

People are flocking to the Soap Factory gallery in Minneapolis to be scared. The gallery, just across the river from downtown, is making use of its 125-year-old building to present an artist-designed Haunted Basement.
by Euan Kerr

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