Mpls.St.Paul Magazine’s music writers culled
through the dozens and dozens of albums released this year by Twin Cities
musicians and offer you their favorites.
The
Czech Nonet not only spawned a new branch of classical chamber composition, but
it also carved out an interpretive niche for which there was no model.
It’s
not often a jazz/ragtime pianist and a classically trained cellist find common
ground onstage. But Butch Thompson and Laura Sewell have succeeded.
Covering
the likes of Queen, Nirvana, and the Pixies, the acoustic trio—bassist Reid
Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson, and King—have ruffled some jazz feathers.
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