Other recipients include Madeleine Albright, Toni Morrison

Tim Eriksen performs live on Radio Heartland.

After a brief stint at the Loring Theater, which closed down last fall, the annual Heliotrope festival has found a new home at the Lab Theater in Minneapolis’s Warehouse District, which the festival’s organizers Flaneur Productions describe as “posh.” The festival traditionally showcases some of the most forward-thinking, avant garde experimental rock music in town,…

Polica and Trampled by Turtles are latest in long tradition of Minnesota bands making television appearances

Last night, Trampled by Turtles made their network television debut — and they managed to surpass the late-late shows like Jimmy Fallon and Craig Ferguson and go straight to the biggie, the Late Show with David Letterman. Letterman was visibly pleased by the band’s performance, too, marching over to greet them as soon as they…

Local bands that deserve must-hear status this week

Now in its third year, the Mid West Music Fest brought concertgoers to downtown Winona for three days of concerts across 15 different venues. I had a chance to attend approximately half of the festival, arriving for the the later part of Friday night and staying through Saturday evening, and was impressed by the variety…

Photo highlights from the Friday and Saturday night festivities at the third annual Mid West Music Festival in downtown Winona. Check out our recap of the acts here. ALL PHOTOS BY BEN CLARK.

18 years after formation, Snow Patrol is still barreling onward with record releases, their most recent being Fallen Empires.

Jack White is no stranger to making records. From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs, to The Dead Weather and producing records for Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, he's become a music icon and an admired guitar player. Until now, we've experienced Jack White's trademark sound and vocal style through his various projects and bands. After all this time, he's finally made a record under his own name. It's his debut, solo full-length album "Blunderbuss."