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Music

Gary Burger and the Monks

Gary Burger and the Monks

The cult band The Monks would wear robes and tonsured their hair. But that was just a gimmick, what was great about the band was their sound. They sounded like a punk band before Iggy Pop, before the MC-5, before the New York Dolls. The band's singer, Gary Burger, lives in Bemidji.
by Mary Lucia

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New Classical Tracks: Joel Fan

New Classical Tracks: Joel Fan

On "World Keys," pianist Joel Fan circumnavigates the musical earth. Seven of the 13 pieces on this recording are world premieres that explore music from Asia, Europe and Australia.
by Julie Amacher

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New Classical Tracks: Vivaldi's long-lost score

New Classical Tracks: Vivaldi's long-lost score

Last year, while quietly examining manuscripts in the Dresden library, musicologist Janice Stockigt unearthed a score that looked out of place. It turned out to be a long-lost score by Antonio Vivaldi. Classical host Julie Amacher listens to the first recording of the "Dixit Dominus" Psalm.
by Julie Amacher

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Minnesota violinist becomes Houston Symphony concertmaster

Minnesota violinist becomes Houston Symphony concertmaster

After six seasons with the Minnesota Orchestra, violinist Angela Fuller is leaving to become one of the youngest concertmasters in the country when she joins the Houston Symphony in September.
by Karl Gehrke

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Preaching for the choir

Preaching for the choir

Choir master Philip Brunelle talks about the state of vocal music and his latest project to find and perform American choral music from the Revolutionary War era to the present.

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Minnesota diva comes home to begin new career phase

Minnesota diva comes home to begin new career phase

Soprano Audrey Stottler is an international opera star who is little known in her home state of Minnesota. She's recently been spending more time at home as she plans for the next phase in her career and starts to teach.
by Karl Gehrke

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New Classical Tracks: the guitar works of Ponce

New Classical Tracks: the guitar works of Ponce

In a new CD release, Puerto Rican guitarist Eladio Scharron continues his survey of guitar music by early 20th-century Mexican composer Manuel Ponce. Julie Amacher says Scharron produces a warm, inviting tone that makes Ponce's inviting melodies even more memorable.
by Julie Amacher

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The Raconteurs - Live from First Avenue

The Raconteurs - Live from First Avenue

People like to call them a "super group." And that's understandable considering the band is comprised of Jack White of the White Stripes and singer/songwriter Brendan Benson as well as Greenhornes bassist Jack Lawrence and drummer Patrick Keeler.
by Mark Wheat

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Singer Mason Jennings hits the big time

Singer Mason Jennings hits the big time

A rebroadcast of Kerri Miller's conversation with Minneapolis singer and songwriter Mason Jennings. Originally broadcast on August 3, 2006.

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Bruce Carlson's friends remember musical visionary

Bruce Carlson's friends remember musical visionary

Services will be held Sunday at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis for a local music visionary. Bruce Carlson, director of the Schubert Club, died of complications from leukemia, leaving behind him a legacy of several decades of gorgeous music.
by Marianne Combs

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