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August 23, 2023

Pair these tacos with grilled elote salad, and have yourself a backyard bash.

Recipe & playlist: Chicken tinga tacos to toast the final days of summer

Recipe & playlist: Chicken tinga tacos to toast the final days of summer

Tay Elhindi • Aug 23, 2023

Pair these tacos with grilled elote salad, and have yourself a backyard bash.

Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov brings his own rock show to Twin Cities venues

Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov brings his own rock show to Twin Cities venues

Luke Taylor and Darin Kamnetz • Aug 23, 2023

Mojsilov has been enhancing the landscape of the Twin Cities and beyond with his larger-than-life sculptures for many years. “It’s not public art,” he insists, “it’s art in the public.”

Coffee Break: Let's go swimming

Coffee Break: Let's go swimming

Jill Riley • Aug 23, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which swimming songs do you want to hear?

Watch Caroline Rose perform two songs in The Current studio

Aug 22, 2023

The artist plays solo versions of songs from their latest album, ‘The Art of Forgetting.’

Coffee Break: Rock star pianists

Coffee Break: Rock star pianists

Jill Riley • Aug 22, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs from rockers who play piano do you want to hear?

When the world's your stage, can an album capture the feeling?

When the world's your stage, can an album capture the feeling?

Nate Chinen • Aug 21, 2023

New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.

Photos: Sylvan Esso radiate and captivate at the Armory

Photos: Sylvan Esso radiate and captivate at the Armory

Sara Fish • Aug 21, 2023

The North Carolina electronic duo put on a spectacle in Minneapolis on Saturday night. Their opener was singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza.

Coffee Break: Best rock lead vocalists

Coffee Break: Best rock lead vocalists

Jill Riley • Aug 21, 2023

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs from top rock vocalists do you want to hear?

 The Minnesota State Fair 2023 music guide

The Minnesota State Fair 2023 music guide

Ali Elabbady • Aug 21, 2023

From the Black Keys to Brandi Carlile, Kiss the Tiger to Blu Bone, here’s a look at some of the top live music for each day of the 2023 Minnesota State Fair.

Album of the Week: Hozier, "Unreal Unearth"

Album of the Week: Hozier, "Unreal Unearth"

Jade • Aug 21, 2023

Dante’s journey through the nine circles of Hell in Dante’s Inferno inspired Hozier’s new album.

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