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Featured Story: Q&A with playwright Alan Berks about his new play, Music Lovers

By: David de Young

Nathan Christopher, Lindsay Marcy and Randy Reyes in MUSIC LOVERS - Photo credit - Travis Anderson Those of us who regularly see both music and theater events in the Twin Cities know that the scenes overlap a lot more than people might suspect. Musical theater aside, as exemplifed by the recent production of Rent which featurng Twin Cities Hip Hop and R&B artist Maria Isa and Far From Falling vocalist Harley Wood, it’s still not surprising to see the same folks at the rock shows late in the evening that you just ran into a few hours before post-show in the Guthrie’s Target Lounge.   ...

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Photo of the Week for March, 3, 2010

It was August of 2007 when I first stumbled across “Radio,” the obvious single from what was to become Ten Ton Bridge’s album Landfall, released February 27th with a CD Release Party at Sauce Spirits and Soundbar.     “Radio” was so catchy it was still with me more than two years later when I finally got the chance to listen to the full-length album after picking it up at the show. Landfall turned out to be one of the most listenable discs I’ve heard this year, chock-full of unpretentious, passionate songs buoyed by a crack band of musicians who know what the soundtrack to Minnesota life sounds like.    Listen to “Radio” on Ten Ton Bridge’s MySpace page here:...

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Photo by: Meredith Westin