Tag: mpr
group name: mnmusic
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November 24, 2009 10:57 AM EST --
This week I welcome The Current's Music Director Melanie Walker and Jacquie Fuller, host of The Current's new show Teenage Kicks, to discuss The Mountain Goats' "The Life of the World to Come," the . . .
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November 10, 2009 04:41 PM EST --
Sometimes, sucessful major-label artists make "uncommercial" albums in the name of artistic creativity. What's an example where an artist simply went too far? That's the question we ponder this . . .
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August 25, 2009 02:54 PM EDT --
New releases discussed this week include the latest from Fiery Furnaces, "I'm Going Away," plus the hard-to-pigeonhole debut "Up From Below" from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and the very tongue-in-cheek . . .
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October 19, 2006 08:42 AM EDT --
I woke up this morning to the sound of Fall on the radio. The Minnesota Public Radio Fall Fund (i.e. "Pledge" to some of you) Drive began today. Some may grumble and moan, but I enjoy . . .
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September 22, 2009 02:01 PM EDT --
As we continue our celebration of The Beatles all month long on The Current, we still want to know, "What's one of your favorite Beatles moments in your life?" That's the ongoing topic of our . . .
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April 04, 2008 01:22 AM EDT --
March 28, 2008 brought rock and roll author Greil Marcus and his favorite band, The Mekons, to the Fitzgerald theater in tropical St. Paul, MN for another installment of the Current Fakebook.
Greil . . .
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January 23, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
It's not just a podcast anymore: as of January 23, 2007, Musicheads is hitting The Current's airwaves at 11 p.m. on Tuesday nights! And we want to truly get you in on our discussions much more . . .
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September 15, 2009 02:32 PM EDT --
This month on The Current we're celebrating The Beatles, with the reissue of the Beatles catalog on CD. Most people who are Beatles fans have at least one memory of listening to the band that they . . .
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August 04, 2009 04:01 PM EDT --
These days lot of artists get exposure for their songs through movies and TV shows, but h ave you ever discovered a song through a TV commercial? If so, what was it?
That's what we ask you . . .
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August 11, 2009 03:23 PM EDT --
This week's episode features CDs that couldn't be more sonically diverse: Barb Abney, David Campbell and I discuss new releases including The Gossip's pulsating, dance-driven "Music For Men," Megafaun's . . .
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July 21, 2009 11:38 AM EDT --
It's the "new bands with odd names" episode this week! Mark Wheat and Jim McGuinn join me in reviewing new releases including Cage The Elephant's self-titled debut, The Rural Alberta Advantage's “Hometowns,” . . .
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August 18, 2009 04:09 PM EDT --
Is Tori Amos' 10th album, “Abnormally Attracted To Sin,” too long at 17 songs? Or is that just more of a good thing? Tori's latest is just one of the CDs Barb Abney, . . .
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July 01, 2009 10:34 AM EDT --
If you are, tune in to MPR at 10 a.m. or listen online as Kerri Miller interviews lead singer David Pirner on the second half of Midmorning . (What could be a better break from politics and the final . . .
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April 17, 2009 03:22 AM EDT --
The name Bill Holm has seen a lot of print lately. Minnesotans who didn't know him from Paul Bunyan suddenly found themselves looking at his big Icelandic face in the newspapers and . . .
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August 30, 2006 12:02 PM EDT --
Here's another one of those instances whereby I want to twist and bend the definition of Minnesota Music to suit my own needs. Remember a little band by the name of Hüsker Dü? I should hope . . .
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January 25, 2008 10:34 PM EST --
Where other news sources offer sound bytes and sensationalism, Irrational Public Radio informs, challenges, soothes and/or berates, and does so with a pleasing vocal cadence and unmatched . . .
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