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Music

Power Pair: The music critic and ‘The Laundry Guy’

Power Pair: The music critic and ‘The Laundry Guy’

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Pioneer Press pop music critic Ross Raihala and his partner Patric Richardson, author of “Laundry Love” and “House Love.”  
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Art Hounds: Love, dance and embroidery

Art Hounds: Love, dance and embroidery

Minnesota Opera’s “Elixir of Love,” “Untitled Night” dance on Silver Lake’s ice Saturday and an “Embroidering Red Wing” art show.
by Emily Bright

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Closing time? No, it’s Oscar time for Minnesotan Dan Wilson

Closing time? No, it’s Oscar time for Minnesotan Dan Wilson

Minnesotan Dan Wilson was nominated for an Oscar on Tuesday for his work on the movie “American Symphony.” Wilson is known for being in the Minneapolis rock band Semisonic.
by MPR News Staff

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Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages

David Cunningham’s “City Life” opens at Gallery 360. Raw Stages’ New Works Festival stages a different reading of a work-in-progress at History Theatre. Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap performs to benefit the Arbitrarium art house. 
by Emily Bright

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Prince's 'Purple Rain' headed to Broadway in stage adaptation

Prince's 'Purple Rain' headed to Broadway in stage adaptation

Forty years after Prince's iconic "Purple Rain" film and album, a stage adaptation is in development for Broadway, featuring a team including Pulitzer-finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as writer and Tony-winning Lileana Blain-Cruz as director.
by Max Sparber

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Tundra tunes and yuletide yarns: Six Minnesota holiday songs

Tundra tunes and yuletide yarns: Six Minnesota holiday songs

Minnesota’s holiday music legacy includes songs that capture its unique frosty mood and Midwestern melancholy; here is a sampling for the season.
by Max Sparber

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