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February 16, 2021

One of the most dynamic, compelling artists of his generation, Donald Glover - a.k.a. Childish Gambino - is a Musicheads Essential Artist.

Musicheads Essential Artist: Childish Gambino

Musicheads Essential Artist: Childish Gambino

Jay Gabler • Feb 16, 2021

One of the most dynamic, compelling artists of his generation, Donald Glover - a.k.a. Childish Gambino - is a Musicheads Essential Artist.

Musicheads Essential Artist: Ma Rainey

Musicheads Essential Artist: Ma Rainey

Jay Gabler • Feb 16, 2021

A foundational singer and songwriter who's rightly known as 'the Mother of the Blues,' Ma Rainey is a Musicheads Essential Artist.

Photos: Twin Cities venues await the return of live music

Photos: Twin Cities venues await the return of live music

Emmet Kowler • Feb 15, 2021

Emmet Kowler shares photographs and a few thoughts on the empty venues of the Twin Cities.

A presidential Coffee Break

A presidential Coffee Break

Jill Riley and Anna Weggel • Feb 15, 2021

What songs do you want to hear for a presidential Coffee Break?

Album of the Week: Weezer, 'OK Human'

Album of the Week: Weezer, 'OK Human'

David Safar • Feb 15, 2021

Motivated to recreate the classic songwriting of Harry Nilsson and production from timeless albums like Pet Sounds, Weezer delivers a release that adds sounds from the history of orchestral pop but still sounds exactly like Weezer. 'OK Human' is 30 minutes of expertly paced new material from the architect of alt rock who continues to chase the perfect song.

Musicheads Essential Artist: Charles Bradley

Musicheads Essential Artist: Charles Bradley

Jay Gabler • Feb 15, 2021

Charles Bradley, a powerfully emotive singer and songwriter also known as "the Screaming Eagle of Soul," is a Musicheads Essential Artist.

Musicheads Essential Artist: Lauryn Hill

Musicheads Essential Artist: Lauryn Hill

Feb 15, 2021

She may have only released one solo album, but 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' is so rare and essential that she only needed one.

Behind the Scenes: Bugsy get vulnerable in ‘overwhelming’ video

Behind the Scenes: Bugsy get vulnerable in ‘overwhelming’ video

Maddie Schwappach • Feb 13, 2021

Local quartet Bugsy‘s latest music video, for “overwhelming,” features the band spitting out plastic spiders and taking baths in blazers alongside rubber snakes.  The band’s debut EP, Teratoma, was released just over a year ago and their latest single “overwhelming” features the band’s signature lively guitar riffs and sweeping vocal harmonies. The music video was…

Altin Gun: Virtual Session

Altin Gun: Virtual Session

Maddie • Feb 13, 2021

Altin Gun's Jasper Verhulst talks to Maddie of The Current about crate digging for traditional Turkish folk songs, exploring a poppier sound on their new record, and what the band looks forward to when live shows return.

Watch the New Standards' special Valentine's Day performance of 'Love Is the Law'

Watch the New Standards' special Valentine's Day performance of 'Love Is the Law'

Luke Taylor, Erik Stromstad and Eric Xu Romani • Feb 12, 2021

Chan Poling, John Munson and Steve Roehm offer up an exclusive, quarantined performance of the Poling-penned song that was a hit for the Suburbs in 1984 and enjoyed new life as a civil rights anthem in 2013.

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