News and InterviewsBerlin is a Minneapolis music venue that creates unmatched intimacyNatalia Toledo and Bump Opera • Jul 26, 2024Open every night, except Tuesdays, the 85-capacity nightclub in North Loop has quickly built a reputation as a supportive environment for local and national performers.
News and InterviewsGrateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors listIsabella Gomez Sarmiento • Jul 18, 2024The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."
In MemoriamBernice Johnson Reagon, a founder of The Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock, has diedAdwoa Gyimah-Brempong • Jul 17, 2024The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.
News and InterviewsThis may sound like a broken record, but Taylor Swift has broken another recordAnastasia Tsioulcas • Jul 17, 2024Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.
The Morning Show - With Jill RileyDirector Dawn Mikkelson provides an inside look at Roller Derby Jill Riley, Nilufer Arsala and Luke Taylor • Jul 16, 2024Minnesota Mean is a new documentary that takes viewers into the exciting world of roller derby — but it also reveals the deep bond the athletes share. Director Dawn Mikkelson visited with Jill Riley, a retired roller derby player, to talk about the new film.
News and Interviews'Born In The U.S.A.' at 40Robin Hilton • Jul 2, 2024With the Fourth of July week here, we look at an album all about the messy, complicated and wonderful culture of America: Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., which recently turned 40 years old.
Radio Heartland®Greg Brown talks about his retrospective 'Ring Around The Moon: A Songbook'Mike Pengra • Jun 30, 2024Iowa folk-singer Greg Brown recently released an autobiographical retrospective filled with short essays of recollections and musings, along with a scrapbook’s worth of photos, plus sheet music, lyrics and chords for 40 of Brown’s songs. Brown visited with Radio Heartland’s Mike Pengra to talk about it.
News and InterviewsDuluth jam band Saltydog tighten their groove on new recordMark Nicklawske • Jun 27, 2024The band just released their second studio album, ‘Pepper,’ and will perform at the Blue Ox Music Festival.
News and InterviewsAfter backing up others, Trash Date find their own truth on debut album Macie Rasmussen and Juliet Farmer • Jun 27, 2024A supergroup of Twin Cities musicians used to playing supporting roles now has an outlet for complete creative freedom.
News and InterviewsIn an industry of conformity, Questlove remains a hip-hop iconoclastRodney Carmichael • Jun 25, 2024In a new interview, Questlove reveals why Drake vs. Kendrick was so triggering, how he regained his passion for hip-hop and what to expect from the new Roots album.