Six months after reopening as Vieux Carre, the St. Paul space formerly known as the Artists’ Quarter has announced a grand opening celebration with, CBS reports, regular hours and a small kitchen. The grand opening on July 14 will include music by local vocalist Katia Cardenas, she announced on Twitter. The venue, now operated by the Dakota…

Eric Koskinen: Live Eric Koskinen recently recorded his live performance at St. Paul’s historic James J. Hill Library for the Real-Phonic Radio hour, and he’s releasing the performance as an album simply called Live. The lead single “Will You Feel My Love” is a nostalgic country-fueled track about the trials of keeping the old romantic…

For today's Coffee Break, we're asking: What songs do you want to hear that reference the periodic table either in the song title or the artist name? Send us your requests.

The Longfellow Roots, Rock and Deep-Blues Festival, presented by Patrick’s Cabaret, returns on Saturday, July 18 for its fifth year, expanding from Lake Street to Minnehaha Avenue. The festival, which has earned numerous media honors, is returning this year with an even larger event than ever, featuring over two dozen bands on six stages, many local artists, and a new international food court. Among…

On July 24 Seattle’s Light in the Attic Records is to reissue Misty Flats, the 1974 album from Minneapolis folk singer/songwriter Goldberg. The album will be available on deluxe LP and, for the first time ever, on CD and for digital download. The reissue will include an exclusive interview with Goldberg and never-before-seen photos. Misty Flats reflects on Goldberg’s childhood…

There’s something about anniversaries that can make a person feel especially reflective. Leading up to the 10th anniversary reissue of his debut album, Lights Out Paris—which is out on vinyl for the first time today—I wondered if Sims might be in the mood to think back to his beginnings of working with Doomtree and unpack some of the…

Madison Square Garden agreed to go entirely vegetarian for Morrissey‘s Saturday night show, and most of the historic arena’s vendors did in fact go meatless—but due to what the venue calls “an oversight,” there was quite a lot of meat served in the venue’s corporate suites. Gothamist has photos of brisket sandwiches, meatballs, chicken fingers, and sushi available…

After Garrison Keillor revealed plans for easing into retirement by having mandolin player Chris Thile guest-host 'A Prairie Home Companion', we're asking: What songs do you want to hear that feature mandolin? Send us your requests.

My Morning Jacket gave an ethereal performance Friday night at Northrop. Jim James and the rest of the band seemed to have been graced by the rock gods. The band’s two-hour set seemed infinite—full of stellar guitar solos, bashing drums, and powerful lyrics. The openers, hometown heroes Hippo Campus (who have been touring all summer), gave an equally…

Twice each year, The Current hosts a professional development event for college-student music journalists that write for the Local Current blog, also known as the college contributors. Last fall’s College Contributors Day served as a chance for the writers to meet each other and local music journalists (both at the Current and other various publications), as well as…