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Soulful roots run deep on Night Sweats’ debut
by Stephen Anderson | Aug 19, 2015
There’s a deep satisfaction I take in the fact that Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats’ self-titled debut comes courtesy of the revitalized Stax…
Read NowQ&A with guitarist Jack Semple
by Diane Miller | Aug 14, 2015
Canadian blues virtuoso Jack Semple is one of Friday’s Fargo Blues Festival headliners.
Read NowPainting the town blue
by Jack Dura | Aug 14, 2015
Painting the town blue
Read NowNo limits
by Diane Miller | Aug 5, 2015
Fargo country band Redline talks WE Fest, Windbreak, social media and more
Read NowHave we reached critical Mac?
by Stephen Anderson | Aug 5, 2015
Mac DeMarco, the indie world’s most charming crooner, has claimed more lost hours of my slumber than I am willing to admit ...
Read NowWilco just wants to have fun
by Stephen Anderson | Jul 29, 2015
Surprise release of “Star Wars” finds band at their loosest
Read NowgodheadSilo reunites for Ralph’sFargo punk legends return to the stage
by Chris Hennen | Jul 22, 2015
On Saturday, July 25, godheadSilo will perform their first show since 1998 in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the closing of Ralph’s Corner…
Read NowEaux boy!
by Stephen Anderson | Jul 22, 2015
In 2008, Justin Vernon was known best, if at all, for the icy falsetto that blew through “For Emma, Forever Ago.”
Read NowOh Hell Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah celebrates the 10th anniversary of its landmark debut
by Stephen Anderson | Jul 17, 2015
In 2005, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah released its eponymous debut album to an immediate flurry of praise, largely from fawning music bloggers.
Read NowGrace Potter’s ‘Magical Midnight Roadshow’
by Diane Miller | Jul 15, 2015
Vermont rock ‘n’ roller Grace Potter is going solo. Sort of.
Read NowWho is Lydia Loveless?
by Stephen Anderson | Jul 15, 2015
It seems that things are only looking up for Lydia Loveless.
Read NowThe best overlooked albums of 2015, so far
by Stephen Anderson | Jul 15, 2015
As the second half of 2015 unfolds with the early promise of new albums from Tame Impala, Beach House and Mac DeMarco ...
Read NowModest Mouse added to the Bluestem Concert Series lineup
by HPR Staff | Jul 14, 2015
Tickets on sale Friday, July 17, 2015, at 11 a.m.
Read NowLittle music show on the prairie
by Diane Miller | Jul 9, 2015
No need to leave the house on Friday nights in July to enjoy and support quality local music. Just turn to channel 13 ...
Read NowBells, whistles and good vibrations on “Key Change”
by Stephen Anderson | Jul 1, 2015
“The most modern thing I can do in 2015 is make music with my bare hands.” That’s the explanation that multi-instrumentalist Dominic Salole gives...
Read Now5 upcoming must-see concerts
by Diane Miller | Jun 17, 2015
5 upcoming must-see concerts
Read NowGood vibes abound on ambitious, collaboration-heavy “Surf”
by Stephen Anderson | Jun 5, 2015
“Surf” is sure to go down as one of 2015’s quintessential hip-hop releases
Read NowVeeder fever: North Dakotan singer-songwriter releases Nashville-produced record
by Diane Miller | Jun 3, 2015
...this new record is Americana magic.
Read NowCleveland unplugs for front-porch reverie on “Oh Man, Cover the Ground”
by Stephen Anderson | May 27, 2015
Billed as “12 songs about dark rooms, water, wind, stoned afternoons, sun in your eyes, sex, hair, snacks, death, & the beach,” Shana Cleveland’s…
Read Now‘Mutilator Defeated’ a triumph of consistence for Thee Oh Sees
by Stephen Anderson | May 20, 2015
In a musical landscape ever-hungry for the Next Big Thing, artistic consistence is a severely underappreciated quality.
Read NowThe Weather Station stays loyal to folk tradition
by Stephen Anderson | May 13, 2015
Lindeman’s third full-length, “Loyalty,” is a sublime song cycle with lyrical baggage far heavier than her avian voice lets on.
Read NowThe scoop on Spoon
by Diane Miller | May 13, 2015
Bassist Rob Pope, also of the The Get Up Kids, discusses new record and tour
Read NowQ&A with Monica Martin of Phox
by Diane Miller | May 13, 2015
Q&A with Monica Martin of Phox
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