Play

Local Current Blog

Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment

State of Minnesota

This activity is made possible in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Local Current Blog

Icehouse restaurant and venue set to open in late May on Nicollet Ave

Andrea Swensson • Apr 18, 2012

Venue will re-launch JT Bates’ long-running Monday night jazz residency

Duluth

Record Store Day 2012: A Minnesota music lover’s guide

Andrea Swensson • Apr 18, 2012

Record Store Day, the annual celebration of mom-and-pop music shops nationwide, is happening this Saturday, April 21. As in past years, record stores throughout Minnesota will be participating and hosting special events and in-store performances, and a few different labels are stepping forward with exclusive releases by Minnesota acts. Here’s a guide to all of…

Local Current Blog

Local Radar: Deepest Bison, Hollow Boys and more

Jon Schober • Apr 17, 2012

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week

Duluth

Duluth Homegrown releases mixtape curated by Alan Sparhawk

Andrea Swensson • Apr 17, 2012

Festival and mix shine light on robust Duluth music community

Local Current Blog

Is/Is command the Turf Club at album-release show

Andrea Swensson • Apr 16, 2012

Heavy Deeds, Zoo Animal also among night's highlights

Local Current Blog

Song of the Day: A. Wolf and Her Claws

Jon Schober • Apr 13, 2012

Read about and download their new track "All This Time"

Duluth

Friday Five: R.T. Rybak goes crowdsurfing, Aaron & The Sea debut new video, and more

Andrea Swensson • Apr 13, 2012

Local music notes from the week of April 9-13

SXSW

Midwest Music Fest will bring a mini-SXSW to Winona next week

Andrea Swensson • Apr 12, 2012

Starting next Thursday, April 19, thousands of music fans will flock to Winona, Minnesota for the third annual Mid West Music Fest. Much like the South By Southwest music festival hosted in Austin, Texas, each year, the MWMF sprawls across the downtown area and into 15 different venues with a schedule so bountiful and busy…

Local Current Blog

Pizza Luce Block Party canceled for 2012

Andrea Swensson • Apr 12, 2012

Organizers say event has outgrown its space in Lyn-Lake area

Local Current Blog

Kathleen Edwards postponing Varsity Theater show

Andrea Swensson • Apr 11, 2012

Just this morning, Kathleen Edwards tweeted that she had lost her voice and was canceling a handful of upcoming shows, including her stop in Minneapolis on April 15. This afternoon, the Varsity Theater confirmed the news that her show will be postponed to September 28. The silver lining is that they do say that they…