About an hour northeast of the Twin Cities lies a 50-acre open-air sculpture park near Taylors Falls where visitors can roam among modern art installed on rolling grassland. In addition to visual art, Franconia Sculpture Park also offers a film series and Music at Franconia.

Serving as opening support for bands like Sleigh Bells and Puscifer, the Twin Cities experimental hip-hop band looks at the bigger picture after 2020 had different plans in store.

Rainey’s ‘Niineta’ album release show in Minneapolis pulled together local BIPOC excellence, and carved out space for Indigenous voices across genres.

Mahoney provides a steady foundation when performing with Early Eyes, Huhroon, Honeybutter, and many other bands in the region.

With so many great concert series in Rochester, Minnesota, this summer, here’s a guide for places to eat, drink, and more before and after Down by the Riverside, forWARD Neighborhood Park Concerts, and the Global Music Series.

Check out some of Diane’s favorite song of 2022 (so far). Artists include Joe Rainey, The Cactus Blossoms, Zora, Ricki Monique, Chastity Brown, Polica, Cloud Cult and more.

A review of Jim Ruland’s new book, ‘Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records,’ featuring the misadventures of Hüsker Dü and a whole generation of influential punk acts.

Here’s a selection of events — Beer Dabbler, All Pints North, food truck fests, and more — to snack and sip your way through summer.

Hear a variety of new music from artists like Trampled by Turtles, Thomas Abban, Doug Collins, and St Paul Peterson. In honor of pride, we’ll celebrate queer voices such as Zora, Dua Saleh, Ness Nite, Gully Boys, Nat Harvie and more. In honor of Juneteenth, we also spin some anthemic music to help celebrate.

The folk-tinged singer-songwriter has a number of shows in the Upper Midwest in June before crossing the Atlantic for a series of shows in July, August, and September. “It was a dream of mine,” says Siri Undlin, aka Humbird.