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Music

A new home for music in Minneapolis

The MacPhail Center for Music is building a new home in Minneapolis. MacPhail has unveiled the design for an expanded music center in the Mill District, in what's becoming a new cultural corridor. But MacPhail plans building a new future while breaking down some old walls.

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"Sounds of Blackness" prepares for Juneteenth Festival

Minnesota's own Grammy award winning group "Sounds of Blackness" will be performing this weekend for the annual Juneteenth Festival in Minneapolis' Theodore Wirth Park. Musical director Gary Hines talks about the musical group and their involvement with the event.

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Music under the radar

For some people, underground music means anything that's not played on the radio. For others, the definition goes deeper. Now some of the most subterranean music in the Twin Cities will surface at Heliotrope, a two-day music festival in Minneapolis.

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Music box fans seek a new generation

When you put a coin into a machine from the 1800s, you hear the same tune somebody else heard over a 100 years ago. Not a reproduction, but the exact music from the exact instrument. A group of local collectors hope a new film about mechanical music boxes will attract more enthusiasts into the fold.

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The city of string instruments

If you want to learn how to make a guitar, or repair a violin, head to Red Wing. The city is home to the nation's most comprehensive program focused on building string instruments. Over the years, students from as far away as Mozambique and Thailand have flocked here to learn the art of instrument-making.

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Vanska signs new contract with the Minnesota Orchestra

Osmo Vanska will stay at the Minnesota Orchestra through at least 2011. The Finnish conductor signed a new four year contract today. Orchestra President Tony Woodcock told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he's very pleased.
by Euan Kerr

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B-girl, be you

Mainstream hip-hop music can offer a view of the world that's about drugs and violence, and it's not very nice to women, either. But there are some people who say it doesn't have to be that way. They call themselves B-girls, and they're coming out to play in Minneapolis this weekend.

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Stringing the biggest harp in the world

Minnesota is home to the world's largest hockey stick and the world's largest ball of twine. This week it will become the temporary home of the world's largest string instrument. The "Earth Harp" is being assembled in downtown St. Paul as part of the Flint Hills International Children's Festival.

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