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Music

A dark 'Lonely Avenue' turn for Stray Cat Setzer

A dark 'Lonely Avenue' turn for Stray Cat Setzer

Brian Setzer can't keep his fingers still. When he talks about his new CD "Songs From Lonely Avenue," he has to grab his bright orange Gretsch guitar and start firing off the edgy riffs that make up his film noir tribute.
by Jeff Baenen, Associated Press

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Synth-pop duo Lookbook opens up to the '80s

The shadow of the 1980s still looms over a lot of pop music these days and for some of us, it's a decade we'd like to forget, but for the Minneapolis synth-pop duo Lookbook, the '80s represent a musical goldmine.
by Chris Roberts

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An audience with Michael Moore

An audience with Michael Moore

This weekend Michael Moore's new film "Capitalism: a love story" takes a caustic look at the current economic crisis and what caused it. Moore, who recently visited the Twin Cities to talk about the film, says he believes this is a unique moment to discuss change in the U.S.
by Euan Kerr

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Zandra Rhodes turns from clothes to opera

Zandra Rhodes turns from clothes to opera

If you have been in downtown St. Paul over the last few days and seen a diminutive older women with bright pink hair - well, you've just had a brush with an international fashion icon.
by Euan Kerr

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MN Orchestra gets Osmo Vanska for 4 more years

MN Orchestra gets Osmo Vanska for 4 more years

Osmo Vanska is going ot be on the podium of the Minnesota Orchestra until 2015 and he talked to Tom Crann about his renewed contract with the organization.
by Tom Crann

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