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February 23, 2023

The Heavy Heavy hold on to the No. 1 spot for the fourth week in a row as Amanda Shires enters the Chart Show Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, songs by Yo La Tengo, Dan Auerbach’s The Arcs and Canadian artist Talk make their Chart Show debuts.

The Chart Show: "Run Away to Mars" finds space

The Chart Show: "Run Away to Mars" finds space

Feb 23, 2023

The Heavy Heavy hold on to the No. 1 spot for the fourth week in a row as Amanda Shires enters the Chart Show Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, songs by Yo La Tengo, Dan Auerbach’s The Arcs and Canadian artist Talk make their Chart Show debuts.

Minnesota music gets its Big Turn in Red Wing

Minnesota music gets its Big Turn in Red Wing

Diane • Feb 22, 2023

The Local Show host Diane catches up with festival organizer Sam Brown, and finds great music all over town.

Photos: Big Turn Music Fest takes over Red Wing

Photos: Big Turn Music Fest takes over Red Wing

Darin Kamnetz • Feb 22, 2023

Named after the sharp turn the Mississippi takes in Red Wing, Big Turn Music Fest featured 200+ musicians at 20+ venues within two days.

The Winter Beer Dabbler pours old favorites, new curiosities

The Winter Beer Dabbler pours old favorites, new curiosities

Natalia Mendez • Feb 22, 2023

The 13th annual running of the event is at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Saturday, Feb. 25. And the dabbling continues at Dabbler Depot, now open on West Seventh in St. Paul.

Coffee Break: The birth of hip hop

Coffee Break: The birth of hip hop

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Feb 22, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what classic hip hop songs do you want to hear?

Margo Price never misses a beat during First Avenue show

Margo Price never misses a beat during First Avenue show

Joel Swenson and Steven Cohen • Feb 21, 2023

She stopped in Minneapolis on her “Till the Wheels Fall Off” tour supporting her fourth studio album, Strays.

Maggie Rogers makes joyful return to the Armory

Maggie Rogers makes joyful return to the Armory

Macie Rasmussen and Sara Fish • Feb 21, 2023

On Saturday night, Rogers’ Feral Joy Tour arrived in Minneapolis in support of 2022’s release, ‘Surrender.’

Coffee Break: Fat Tuesday

Coffee Break: Fat Tuesday

Jill Riley and Rachel Frances • Feb 21, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what NOLA/Mardi Gras style music do you want to hear?

Album of the Week: Caroline Polachek, 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'

Album of the Week: Caroline Polachek, 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'

Jade • Feb 20, 2023

For Caroline Polachek, love is all or nothing. She cries out in her lyrics, “You are melting everything about me” or seductively taunts, “Welcome to my island, hope you like it, you’re never leaving.”

21 years ago, rapper Eyedea showed the world ‘Oliver Hart’

21 years ago, rapper Eyedea showed the world ‘Oliver Hart’

Ali Elabbady • Feb 17, 2023

Micheal David Larsen made a bet on something bigger than rap battle supremacy two decades ago. He bet on himself and his artistry for his Rhymesayers album ‘The Many Faces of Oliver Hart or: How Eye One the Write Too Think.’

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