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May 14, 2021

Only once in his career has Bob Dylan recorded as much as half of a studio album in Minnesota. As it happened, that album turned out to be the most beloved he's ever made.

Musicheads Essential Album: Bob Dylan, 'Blood on the Tracks'

Musicheads Essential Album: Bob Dylan, 'Blood on the Tracks'

Jay Gabler • May 14, 2021

Only once in his career has Bob Dylan recorded as much as half of a studio album in Minnesota. As it happened, that album turned out to be the most beloved he's ever made.

Musicheads Essential Album: Bob Dylan, 'Highway 61 Revisited'

Musicheads Essential Album: Bob Dylan, 'Highway 61 Revisited'

Jay Gabler • May 14, 2021

It's hard to follow 'Like a Rolling Stone' as an opening track, but Bob Dylan more than manages on his epochal album 'Highway 61 Revisited.'

Pervis Staples, founding member of the Staple Singers, dies at age 85

Pervis Staples, founding member of the Staple Singers, dies at age 85

Andrew Limbong • May 13, 2021

Staples, a tenor vocalist, helped to ease his family's iconic gospel group into secular territory, and later found success as a manager and club owner.

Sophia Eris and DJ Keezy on Auntie's: 'People want to create change out of the chaos'

Sophia Eris and DJ Keezy on Auntie's: 'People want to create change out of the chaos'

Jay Gabler and Sylvia Jennings • May 13, 2021

It's been nearly a year since local women of color announced plans to launch Auntie's, a new safer space on the Minnesota music scene. Jay Gabler spoke with co-founders Sophia Eris and DJ Keezy about what's happened since, and about their plans for the future.

Check out new tracks from bbno$, Arooj Aftab, Sports Team, Dizzy Fae, Sleater-Kinney and Coldplay

Check out new tracks from bbno$, Arooj Aftab, Sports Team, Dizzy Fae, Sleater-Kinney and Coldplay

Jade • May 13, 2021

In this week's new-music playlist, meet an artist from Vancouver by way of Armenia, and a composer from Brooklyn by way of Pakistan. Also catch up with Sports Team, Sleater-Kinney and Coldplay, as well as with Minnesota artist Dizzee Fae.

Rock and Roll Book Club: Billie Eilish shares her life in photos

Rock and Roll Book Club: Billie Eilish shares her life in photos

Jay Gabler • May 13, 2021

'Billie Eilish,' a new book by Billie Eilish, is full of photos of Billie Eilish. If this book is for you, you know who you are.

Musicheads Essential Album: Bob Dylan, 'Blonde on Blonde'

Musicheads Essential Album: Bob Dylan, 'Blonde on Blonde'

Jay Gabler • May 13, 2021

Artists aren't typically their own best critics, but Bob Dylan offered the definitive description of his 1966 classic 'Blonde on Blonde' when he said it was 'the closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind...that thin, that wild mercury sound.'

The Chart Show: Alice Merton's "Vertigo" Debuts

The Chart Show: Alice Merton's "Vertigo" Debuts

May 13, 2021

The first new track since her 2019 record 'Mint,' Alice Merton's "Vertigo" debuts on the Chart Show this week, joined by Jade Bird's "Open up the heavens".

Watch the first entry to the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest: an artist from Minneapolis

Watch the first entry to the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest: an artist from Minneapolis

Elle Mannion • May 12, 2021

The first 2021 Contest entry comes from Minneapolis songwriter (and two-time entrant) Kahlen. If you've got big dreams of playing a Tiny Desk concert, NPR Music is accepting entries until June 7.

For Twin Cities rapper Nur-D, another step forward

For Twin Cities rapper Nur-D, another step forward

Rachel Martin and Vince Pearson • May 12, 2021

All of a sudden, Matt Allen found himself caring for injured and teargassed protestors in Minneapolis last year. The enduring experience found its way into his sunny music.

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