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February 28, 2020

A new documentary, 'Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band,' opens Friday night at the Lagoon Landmark Cinema in Minneapolis. In the run-up to the release, Mary Lucia had the chance to talk with Robbie Robertson. Listen to Mary's conversation with Robertson about the new film.

Robbie Robertson: 'It's been a long journey'

Robbie Robertson: 'It's been a long journey'

Mary Lucia • Feb 28, 2020

A new documentary, 'Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band,' opens Friday night at the Lagoon Landmark Cinema in Minneapolis. In the run-up to the release, Mary Lucia had the chance to talk with Robbie Robertson. Listen to Mary's conversation with Robertson about the new film.

Local DJ Disco T says cancer ‘showed me who is in my corner’

Local DJ Disco T says cancer ‘showed me who is in my corner’

Iman Jafri • Feb 28, 2020

Tredis Adams, better known as Twin Cities DJ Disco T, knew he wanted to be a DJ since he was in the sixth grade, when he saw Farley Keith DJing at Kenwood High School (now Kenwood Academy) in Chicago. “And I just stood around all night and watched him and how he controlled the crowd,”…

Coffee Break: Kindness and cheer

Coffee Break: Kindness and cheer

Anna Weggel • Feb 28, 2020

The member drive is over, the weather is warming up, and we're headed into a lovely-looking weekend. For today's Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that exhibit kindness and cheer?

Friday Five: Humbird, Bora York, and more new Minnesota music videos

Friday Five: Humbird, Bora York, and more new Minnesota music videos

Emma Manley • Feb 28, 2020

If you have a music video you’d like to be considered for an upcoming feature, give me a shout at fridayfive@mpr.org! Humbird – “Pharmakon” This is the title track from Humbird’s debut full-length; singer-songwriter Siri Undlin named it after a Greek word/concept that something can be both the poison and the cure. These opposing ideas…

Movie Review: Music video great Autumn de Wilde helms a sublime feature film in 'Emma.'

Movie Review: Music video great Autumn de Wilde helms a sublime feature film in 'Emma.'

Jay Gabler • Feb 27, 2020

Autumn de Wilde is in the elite ranks of music photographers, having shot album covers for Elliot Smith, Wilco, Beck, Jenny Lewis, the White Stripes, Fiona Apple, and many more. As director, she's helmed music videos for Spoon, Rilo Kiley, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Decemberists.

Thundercat is a lovelorn goofball in the video for 'Dragonball Durag'

Thundercat is a lovelorn goofball in the video for 'Dragonball Durag'

Mano Sundaresan • Feb 27, 2020

The latest video, from the young master of funk's forthcoming new album, finds him unlucky in love -- until the titular headcovering intervenes.

Coffee Break: Teenage Kicks

Coffee Break: Teenage Kicks

Anna Weggel • Feb 27, 2020

Each Saturday morning, Jim McGuinn takes listeners on a trip into our collective retro past - from 1970s punk to '90s grunge, and everything that happened in between.

The Chart Show: Locked Inn at Number 1

The Chart Show: Locked Inn at Number 1

Mark Wheat • Feb 27, 2020

Bon Iver comes in at #1 ahead of his show at The Oxbow Hotel's Lock Inn.

David Roback, Mazzy Star guitarist, dead at 61

David Roback, Mazzy Star guitarist, dead at 61

Andrew Flanagan • Feb 26, 2020

The musician was a prominent member of the 1980s 'Paisley Underground' scene in his native Los Angeles before gaining commercial success with Mazzy Star in the early '90s.

Hear Phoebe Bridgers' first solo release in almost three years, 'Garden Song'

Hear Phoebe Bridgers' first solo release in almost three years, 'Garden Song'

Cyrena Touros • Feb 26, 2020

Bridgers has been busy, releasing the collaborative projects boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center. 'Garden Song' is her first release since her 2017 debut, 'Stranger in the Alps.'

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