Tag: mnmusic
group name: publicradio
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July 03, 2008 09:50 AM EDT --
Between the rising temps and another Gather discussion that had me thinking about the music of summer, I have to ask:
What music makes you shiver?
I clearly remember the first . . .
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November 02, 2007 11:20 AM EDT --
Well November's musical forecast seems very mix & match, smidge o'this, smatter of that. Sort of a doldrums of seasonal shift? Theories abound. So here's what I'm sorta listening . . .
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October 28, 2009 09:00 AM EDT --
What song, album, artist or band scared you as a little kid? That's the Halloween-themed question I posed on this week's show.
J im McGuinn and Melanie Walker join me . . .
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May 26, 2009 04:17 PM EDT --
Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is back with his second solo outing, "Further Complications," and the Musicheads contemplate whether or not it's funny, sexy, offensive, or all of the above on . . .
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October 13, 2009 08:50 PM EDT --
A lot of veteran artists are getting together and playing some of their classic albums from start to finish on stage these days. Our question this week: Who's an artist or band you'd like to see do this . . .
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February 10, 2008 09:35 AM EST --
Somehow January became February when I wasn't looking or listening. But here's what I'm hearing so far:
Veneer from Jose Gonzalez Doesn't it just seem right? I know this . . .
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April 02, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
March, whatta month. Plenty of us were grooving on SXSW . One of us gave up listening to specific music for Lent. Some of us just blow my little mind .
Let's get good . . .
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July 08, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
MPR's Songs from Scratch Vol. 2 is here! The project is meant to show the songwriting path from "a vague idea into a full-fledged tune." It is also your opportunity to create a song for . . .
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July 17, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
Hello all, I hope you enjoyed Songs from Scratch Vol. 2 . I'm still catching up on all the songs!
But here is the list of songs from folks that participated:
No Place Like Home - Annie . . .
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March 03, 2009 02:19 PM EST --
The show overflows with high-profile releases this week, opening with the biggest of big new CD's, U2's "No Line On the Horizon." Also reviewed: Neko Case's new effort, . . .
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March 10, 2009 02:22 PM EDT --
Morrissey's "Years of Refusal," Ben Kweller's "Changing Horses," and Sam Roberts' "Love At the End Of the World" go under the critical microscope this week, . . .
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March 17, 2009 12:57 PM EDT --
Does the latest from Franz Ferdinand, "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand," continue the band's fresh take on gritty guitar-disco, or does it fall short? Mac Wilson and The Current's Music Director . . .
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March 24, 2009 02:38 PM EDT --
It's time for the gang to weigh in on one of the most blogged, buzzed, talked and twittered-about releases of the season this week: the latest from The Decemberists, "The Hazards of . . .
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May 19, 2009 02:45 PM EDT --
Few artists can lay claim to making even 20 albums during their careers - but when you're on your 33rd effort, you've made it to an elite group. So how is Bob Dylan's muse holding up? . . .
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June 02, 2009 10:32 AM EDT --
Who is an artist that you love, but whom you've never been able to get anybody else to like quite as much as you?
That's the new question we're posing for you to answer online this week. For the . . .
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March 29, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
Gather member Dorothy H and Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music Service got me thinking about Tchaikovsky today.
Think what you want, but I find Classical Music to be crazy with passion and vitality. . . .
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July 22, 2009 10:34 PM EDT --
Gomez kicked off the 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) in Minnesota on Wednesday July 22, 2009, and The Current was there! Here are pictures and highlights from show:
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March 10, 2008 11:54 AM EDT --
The details already noted in Thursday 3/13 and Friday 3/14 schedules:
The Current will broadcast live from the streets of Austin at the Free Yr Radio Broadcast Corner , located in the heart . . .
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April 21, 2009 03:43 PM EDT --
Who could say no to "a ten track album with ten singles?" That's how Mac Wilson describes the new one from Metric, "Fantasies," on this week's show. The Current's . . .
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April 28, 2009 04:37 PM EDT --
With springtime showers now pushing aside the snow for good, we ponder our favorite rainy-day songs this week. What are your favorite rainy-day songs? Barb Abney and Dave Campbell also join me . . .
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