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Review – MR DR – Summer in the Backseat EP

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By Rebecca Marx, Photo Credit Stephanie Marie Victoria Braun

I can be a real sucker for a good ole bit of country and western rock, especially if it comes with that perfect male and female vocal blend that lingers, and alights together in all the right places. MR DR nails that on every “drunken love and sobering truth” track of their debut EP Summer in the Backseat. [Read more…] about Review – MR DR – Summer in the Backseat EP

Article – DEMO turns up the volume for Minnesota musicians from the quietest place on Earth

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By Ann Treacy

There’s a lot of great music in the Twin Cities. There are a lot of great places to see local music. But how to raise the voices of local music beyond the local stage? DEMO is doing that with the Naked Songwriter, a video series starring emerging Minnesota musicians airing on YouTube and MTN.

Each video features an artist or group playing the music they want to play with just enough introduction to up the intimacy to a comfortable warmth. Taping for the shows recently moved from a coffee shop to Orfield Labs, dubbed the quietest place on Earth by the Guinness World Records in 2005 and 2103 because of their anechoic chamber. Orfield was formerly Studio 80, the birthplace of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and Lipps Inc’s Funkytown. [Read more…] about Article – DEMO turns up the volume for Minnesota musicians from the quietest place on Earth

Stone Arch Bridge Festival Full Music Schedule

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If you want to see local music and art, there is no better place then at the Stone Arch Bridge Festival. This year they have added some great evening concerts that start Wednesday evening.

The Stone Arch Bridge Festival features more than 50 local and regional bands, and local artists. Entertainment coordinator Stacy Schwartz does a great job setting up this event, and picking out great bands and musicians.

Here is a listing of all the musical acts and where they are playing, starting with Wednesday night! [Read more…] about Stone Arch Bridge Festival Full Music Schedule