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Music

Best Buy to acquire Napster

Best Buy to acquire Napster

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Inc. said Monday it will acquire online music-sharing site Napster Inc. for about $126.8 million in cash, in a move to boost its digital media capabilities.

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Songs for the lovelorn

Songs for the lovelorn

For centuries, lovelorn souls have written letters addressed to "Juliet, Verona, Italy." They're writing to the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A production at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis takes a musical and theatrical look at "The Juliet Letters."
by Marianne Combs

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Dance hits rock bottom with unique setting of 'Ocean'

Dance hits rock bottom with unique setting of 'Ocean'

If you are a modern dance lover, the place to be this weekend is the bottom of a quarry in central Minnesota. Thousands of people will travel to St. Cloud to see the Merce Cunningham Dance Company perform "Ocean" on a specially constructed-stage, 150-feet below ground level.
by Euan Kerr

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Slideshow: People and design behind 'Ocean'

Slideshow: People and design behind 'Ocean'

The stage and set design for the production of "Ocean." The stage and seating is built into the bottom of a rock quarry near St. Cloud, Minn.
by Euan Kerr

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The self-described Forrest Gump of comedy

The self-described Forrest Gump of comedy

Actor Taylor Negron has appeared in more than 100 movies and many TV shows. Now he's telling many of these stories in a show called "Satellites," which he'll perform this weekend in Minneapolis.
by Euan Kerr

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VocalEssence celebrates its 40th season

VocalEssence celebrates its 40th season

Minnesota is one of the best places in the country to hear choral music. There are many reasons why. At the top of the list of choral music movers is Minneapolis' Philip Brunelle, who founded VocalEssence four decades ago.

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SPCO kicks off 50th season

SPCO kicks off 50th season

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is kicking off its 50th anniversary season this weekend. The opening concerts are tonight and tomorrow at the Ordway Center.
by Karl Gehrke

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Singer Janis Ian reminisces about her career on the edge

Singer Janis Ian reminisces about her career on the edge

At age 15, Janis Ian recorded a song that many considered too controversial for its time. Forty years later, her autobiography of the same title, "Society's Child," describes how music has guided her life through early protest concerts, and shored up her social causes today.

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New Classical Tracks: A piano concerto by a veteran of classic rock

New Classical Tracks: A piano concerto by a veteran of classic rock

Jon Lord, best known as part of the group Deep Purple, has also had a lifelong involvement with classical music. His new piano concerto is influenced by Bach and Dave Brubeck, and takes its title from D. H. Lawrence.
by Julie Amacher

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New Classical Tracks: The King's Singers cover Billy Joel, Sting, and James Taylor

New Classical Tracks: The King's Singers cover Billy Joel, Sting, and James Taylor

In "Simple Gifts," the King's Singers bring their signature a cappella sound to songs like Helplessly Hoping and She's Always a Woman. It's a successful venture into a fraught category -- crossover.
by Valerie Kahler

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