Minnesota

When Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing of the Okee Dokee Brothers spent a month canoeing down the Mississippi River last June, it provided some good metaphors for their latest CD, "Can You Canoe?"Read More

L eya Hale found herself dancing on a fine line between honor and offensiveness recently on the ultimate stage. Read More

There are unexpected perks that can come with receiving a Pulitzer Prize , as composer Kevin Puts discovered last Tuesday. Read More

It ain't hip to sing about tractors, trucks, little towns and mama / Yeah, that might be true / But this is country music ... and we do."Read More

Because of its name, the indie folk-rock group River City Extension will inevitably be mistaken as local. Read More

Following the crush of public adulation that surrounded Leslie Feist's breakout third album, "The Reminder," and its iPod commercial-fueled hit single, "1234," the Canadian singer retreated to her home in Toronto for some time off. Read More

Primer is The A.V. Club 's ongoing series of beginners' guides to pop culture's most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you. Read More

With a brand-new play such as Carl Atiya Swanson's most recent effort for Savage Umbrella Productions, sometimes it's best to let the thing -- or its representatives -- speak for itself. Read More

John Moe has numerous ways to describe "Wits," the biweekly radio/stage show he hosts for Minnesota Public Radio. Read More

Musicians come together to rock your soul during the Beit T'Shuvah Sisterhood concert. Read More