​Caitlin Robertson has a voice that sounds like a Minnesota landscape--all soft, rolling, and peaceful, like a dusky late summer evening. That's a lot like what her debut album, Coyote Blues, sounds like, mixed with a little of the prairie folk tendencies that comes with Robertson's eclectic background.

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​So this is the new year
And I have no resolutions
For self assigned penance
For problems with easy solutions
- Death Cab for Cutie

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Publicity photo courtesy Christine Rosholt

​The Twin Cities jazz scene is grieving today upon learning the news that Christine Rosholt, an omnipresent and longtime local singer, has passed away suddenly. She was just a week shy of her 47th birthday, which she would have celebrated on January 3.More >>

​It's been a trying few years for the old theater space on Nicollet Ave. and 14th St., which wrapped up its run as the Music Box Theater and converted back to its original name, the Loring Theater, under new management last year. More >>

​St. Paul singer/songwriter and guitar-wizard sideman Terry Eason has two big landmarks to celebrate this week. Not only is he turning 50, but he will be completing his massive "Song-A-Day" project that he has successfully kept up this past year.

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Charlie Louvin

​It's an annual tradition to look back at year's end to those who've passed on in the previous twelve months. Whether it's just filler for the year's final broadcast of Entertainment Tonight, or Americans really do feel a need to reflect with sadness on the deaths of celebrities, I do not know. What I do know is that many fans of country music bemoan its transition away from the traditional, and so it is tangibly bittersweet to remember the elder fathers and mothers of the genre who have now passed, and whose voices will only carry on these American musical traditions into the future courtesy of their legendary recordings.

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2011 Best New Band nominees Sexcat

​With all of the holiday hubbub this week, this one almost got lost in the shuffle: the lineup for First Avenue's annual Best New Bands showcase was announced last Friday afternoon on Radio K's Off the Record, and now those of us who missed the live reveal can check out the seven chosen bands thanks to an announcement on the venue's site.More >>

Photo By Steve Cohen

​Not only can local pro hoops fans finally rejoice that the lengthy NBA strike has at long last been settled, and the restocked and recharged (but still substandard, apparently) Minnesota Timberwolves can decisively take to the court again. But they can also take some pride in knowing that local legends the Original 7ven (aka The Time) have partnered with Fox Sports Net to help kickoff the festive start to the basketball season.

The venerable Minneapolis group's energetic new tune "#Trendin" will accompany hoop highlights and game recaps featured on the station throughout the season, lending some decidedly Twin Cities funk flavor to clips of Kevin Love's rim rattling dunks and Ricky Rubio's stylish no-look passes.

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​Your guide to all the best musical events happening on New Year's Eve.


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​Fans of poetic and thought-provoking rappers like Kristoff Krane, No Bird Sing, and Astronautalis will find lots to love in the new single from DIY hip-hop artist Ecid, "Werewolf Hologram," which is also the title track off his forthcoming full-length record. Ecid dropped the video for his dark and delirious new song last week, and we are excited to be the first to report the full details for his new record and his album release show.More >>