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The New Congress

The New Congress combats the creeping sanitization and corporatization of contemporary pop music by blending R & B, hip-hop, jazz, and rock that it calls “urban soul.”

November 2009

Alicia Wiley

Alicia Wiley

One-on-one with jazz pianist and singer Alicia Wiley.

December 2006

The Cellists Voice

Maya Beiser’s blend of cello, voice, and surrealistic poetry sounds almost human.

December 2006

Fifty-two and Counting

Cuba native Paquito D’Rivera stops in the Twin Cities but shows no signs of slowing down.

December 2006

Hansel and Gretel Redux

Hansel and Gretel Redux

Engelbert Humperdinck’s family-friendly opera returns to Orchestra Hall.

December 2006

Blue Baroque Band

Baroque and Beyond

The Blue Baroque Band performs Bach, Vivaldi, and the Midwest premiere of a work by David Evan Thomas.

December 2006

10 Local, Notable CDs of 2006

10 Local, Notable CDs of 2006

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.

December 2006

John Gorka

John Gorka

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine takes a snapshot look at local folk singer John Gorka.

November 2006

Chuck Statler

Music Video's Godfather

Minneapolis’s Chuck Statler is recognized by MOMA.

November 2006

Retelling Hoffmann's Tales

Director Helena Binder brings a new vision to Jacques Offenbach’s celebrated opera, Tales of Hoffmann.

November 2006

Great Expectations

The Minnesota Orchestra's recording of Beethoven's Ninth is here.

November 2006

Robert Abbado

A Sharper Edge

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra undertakes a world-class Beethoven project.

November 2006

The New Congress

In Session

Minneapolis-based The New Congress performs at the L.A. Music Awards.

November 2006

The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus

The Bad Plus, jazz provocateurs

October 2006

David Evan Thomas

International Relations

An English choir premieres the work of Minnesota’s David Evan Thomas.

October 2006

Nine's Company

Nines Company

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.

October 2006

In Tune

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.

October 2006

Musical Alchemy

Musical Alchemy

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.

October 2006

Ben Connelly

Something Beautiful

Ben Connelly's music is intimate in sound and universal in message.

September 2006

Matt Culloton

Singing for Their Supper

Under the direction of Matthew Culloton, The Singers have joined the ranks of professional choirs.

September 2006


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