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Music

Segovia's heir has blond hair

Segovia's heir has blond hair

With his blond hair, David Russell certainly doesn't look Spanish, but when his fingers touch the fretboard of his guitar, any question of whether he has authentic Spanish roots vanishes immediately.
by Julie Amacher

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Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited

Th Current explored the Weisman Art Museum's three-day Bob Dylan symposium. Steve Seel interviewed several Dylanologists.

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Kohl aims for the finals in the Met's March Madness

Kohl aims for the finals in the Met's March Madness

As the NCAA basketball tournament field narrows from the Sweet 16 to the Final Four this weekend, the Metropolitan Opera's annual vocal competition reaches its semi-final stage. Minnesota Opera resident artist Joshua Kohl is one of the singers still in the running.

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Skylark gets Lost in the Stars

Skylark gets Lost in the Stars

For its debut as Skylark Opera, the former North Star Opera company is staging Kurt Weill's 1949 musical tragedy, "Lost in the Stars," which is set in South Africa. In a Minnesota Public Radio studio session, members of the cast sing selections and discuss the musical's contemporary relevance.
by John Birge

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Eric Tretbar raises The Horrible Flowers

Eric Tretbar raises The Horrible Flowers

For more than a decade, Eric Tretbar has been making movies filmed in and set in Minneapolis. His movies feature characters hanging out in the local music scene, which Tretbar knows pretty well from playing in bands like The Funseekers in the 1980s and The Spectors in the early '90s.
by Mary Lucia

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Odds are against graduating orchestra hopefuls

Odds are against graduating orchestra hopefuls

U.S. colleges and conservatories graduate 3,000 music performance majors each year, but the number of orchestra positions is less than 300. University of Minnesota music students are aware of of the difficulties of finding an orchestra position, they're still willing to work hard and buck the odds.
by Karl Gehrke

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Joy, faith, and music

Joy, faith, and music

A Grammy award winning choir from South Africa brings their music to Minnesota. Midmorning talks with the director of Soweto Gospel Choir.

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