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January 11, 2015

A studio tinkerer with a perfectionist streak, Ronson himself admits he can't sing. Instead, he built a reputation on instinct and good taste.

Uptown Boy: Mark Ronson And The Producer As Rock Star

Uptown Boy: Mark Ronson And The Producer As Rock Star

NPR Staff • Jan 11, 2015

A studio tinkerer with a perfectionist streak, Ronson himself admits he can't sing. Instead, he built a reputation on instinct and good taste.

A new life for Pachyderm Studio

A new life for Pachyderm Studio

Andrea Swensson • Jan 9, 2015

Driving down the county highway that leads to Pachyderm Studio, it’s only natural to start to imagine all of the rock stars over the past 30 years who’ve made this same curious trek. Although the drive isn’t too long, it’s far enough off the beaten path to leave the cityscape far behind in the rearview mirror—that…

Bob Dylan’s looking for a sketchy guy, a fat guy, a bartender, and a full-figured dancer

Bob Dylan’s looking for a sketchy guy, a fat guy, a bartender, and a full-figured dancer

Jay Gabler • Jan 9, 2015

Bob Dylan’s new album Shadows in the Night is coming out on Feb. 3, and it looks like Dylan’s getting ready to support the release with a new music video directed by Nash Edgerton—the Australian director who’s been Dylan’s preferred video director for the past several years. Billboard got a hold of the casting call for…

Friday Five: Mike Mictlan, Allan Kingdom, Chris Koza, and more new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Mike Mictlan, Allan Kingdom, Chris Koza, and more new Minnesota music videos

Andrea Swensson • Jan 9, 2015

Happy Friday! After a couple of slow weeks over the holidays someone has turned the Minnesota music video faucet back on full blast, and it was tough narrowing it down to just five to feature in today’s roundup. Buckle up, bbs, something tells me we’re in for an action-packed 2015… Mike Mictlan Directed by Adam J. Dunn, this…

YourClassical

9:30 Coffee Break: Charlie Hebdo

Jan 9, 2015

What song, or songs, do you think we should play for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?

Movie Maven: 'Selma', 'Inherent Vice'

Movie Maven: 'Selma', 'Inherent Vice'

Stephanie Curtis • Jan 9, 2015

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis joins Jill Riley to talk about a new film, 'Selma', set 50 years ago but with powerful resonance today, that Stephanie asserts will be nominated for Academy Awards. She also describes a new stoner-noir film starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Dessa shares the story of how an electronics guru and a dentist made her mouth light up for Doomtree’s Blowout

Dessa shares the story of how an electronics guru and a dentist made her mouth light up for Doomtree’s Blowout

Jay Gabler • Jan 9, 2015

When Doomtree said that they were going to bring their A+ game to December’s Last Blowout Ever, they weren’t joking. “I wanted to do some special costuming for the Icehouse Blowout set,” writes Dessa on Doomtree’s blog, “something with lights. Something beautiful and spooky. I wanted our sternums to glow, and I wanted lights in…

Today in Music History: Jimmy Page is 71

Today in Music History: Jimmy Page is 71

Jan 9, 2015

Charlie Watts decided to join The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed got married, and Jimmy Page is 71 Today in Music History.

YourClassical

Lizzo and Toki Wright to headline benefit show at the Varsity Theater

Hailey Colwell • Jan 9, 2015

Lizzo and Toki Wright (with producer/collaborator Big Cats) will headline a show Jan. 10 at the Varsity Theater to benefit To The Bridge Foundation. To The Bridge supports individuals struggling with addiction on their way to recovery. Proceeds from the show will go toward helping people working through chemical dependency build bridges to the next stage of their lives. Lizzo…

Today’s Music News: Neil Young recording new album with Willie Nelson’s sons

Today’s Music News: Neil Young recording new album with Willie Nelson’s sons

Staff • Jan 9, 2015

While he was at the Consumer Electronics Show promoting his new Pono music player, Neil Young happened to mention that he’s working on a new album with Willie Nelson‘s sons Lukas and Micah Nelson. He joked that the album is going to be about his change-of-heart regarding an agribusiness giant he’s been protesting for years. The Monsanto Years, Young said, will…

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