http://mnmusic.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Minnesota Music en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:03:03 GMT 2010-01-03T12:03:03Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971014&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Rammstein's new video, Ich Tu Dir Weh.       Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:46:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971014&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace WS R. 2010-01-01T03:46:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958813&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace As the year winds down, the next couple of weeks we'll take a look back at the year in music and discuss some of the albums we really dug  in 2009. This episode I'm joined by Radio Free Current & . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:32:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958813&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-12-22T16:32:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958132&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace After a break, I'm back to writing letters to the President. In case you don't know, I write one a day (or so), and the letters are silly, random, and usually fairly apolitical, so please check them out. . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:43:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958132&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Brett Ortler 2009-12-22T05:43:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948282&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace From Mom Culture blends high art with little ones : When many people become parents, they say goodbye to going to the concerts, plays, and other cultural events. It's not just for lack of time. It's . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:36:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948282&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Julia Schrenkler 2009-12-17T14:36:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948285&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Mark Wheat and our Teenage Kicks' host Jacquie Fuller join me to discuss the new album from the Cribs, featuring their new guitar slinger Johnny Marr. We will also discusses the new album from . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:42:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948285&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-12-15T16:42:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937945&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace David Campbell & Mac Wilson join me to discuss to the new power trio/super-group Them Crooked Vultures, the ragged garage rockers Turbo Fruits, and the autumnal new album from The Clientele. . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:08:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937945&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-12-09T01:08:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937052&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2009/12/suburbs_guitari.php   Bruce Allen, guitarist of The Suburbs, was taken off life support today. Thank you for the great music. Growing up in . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:36:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937052&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Winston Smith 2009-12-08T15:36:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931073&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace You compiled a great list from your staff but was disappointed to see Idle Hands on there. Their music is really good, but it is hard to give respect to a local band that has started fights (even at their . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:08:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931073&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Joe T 2009-12-04T19:08:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925731&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace In a rebroadcast from October, Mark Wheat and David Safar join Bill DeVille to discuss Brother Ali's strong new work, "Us," indie rockers Built To Spill's sixth effort, "There Is No Enemy," and the . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:32:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925731&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-12-01T18:32:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915723&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace This week I welcome The Current's Music Director Melanie Walker and Jacquie Fuller, host of The Current's new show Teenage Kicks, to discuss The Mountain Goats' "The Life of the World to Come," the . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:57:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915723&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-11-24T15:57:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905467&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth has a new solo project entitled "Mo Beauty," and the Musicheads chime in on how is stacks up to Ounsworth's work with the band that helped launched . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:55:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905467&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-11-17T21:55:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900524&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace This freewrite is one that I thought about while driving my car so it's not as pure a freewrite as I prefer.  Also, I had to look at the map while *not* driving in order to write this piece.  . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:02:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900524&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-11-14T08:02:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894742&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Sometimes, sucessful major-label artists make "uncommercial" albums in the name of artistic creativity.  What's an example where an artist simply went too far? That's the question we ponder this . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:41:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894742&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-11-10T21:41:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977873956&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace What song, album, artist or band scared you as a little kid?  That's the Halloween-themed question I posed on this week's show.  J im McGuinn and Melanie Walker join me . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977873956&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-10-28T13:00:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977872605&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace I'm excited about an upcoming poetry presentation I'll be giving on November 9th.  It's at the Women's Club of Minneapolis, in Minnesota.  There will be dance, skits, music, and poetry.  . . . Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:58:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977872605&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2009-10-27T17:58:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977871796&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace I have been so busy with recording and touring that I have not been on gather much...the last person to Ping me was my friend Chana....she was going to write a poem about me...her vision of me in the . . . Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:36:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977871796&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Paul Kurrey 2009-10-27T06:36:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977865425&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace   It’s entirely possible that a significant swathe of listeners, who came of age and discovered The Flaming Lips in the last ten years, have gone completely unaware of how shambolic . . . Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:59:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977865425&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace yorgo d. 2009-10-22T18:59:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977861893&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Are the Twin Cities experiencing another musical golden age?   That's the question I put to the cast, and we're asking you to consider the same on this week's show.  Mark Wheat . . . Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977861893&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-10-20T17:26:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977852203&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace A lot of veteran artists are getting together and playing some of their classic albums from start to finish on stage these days. Our question this week: Who's an artist or band you'd like to see do this . . . Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:50:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977852203&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-10-14T00:50:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841403&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace The 80s were a rough decade for a number of artists; which 60s and 70s veterans made some of their bigger mis-steps, and which ones survived intact? We invite you to discuss the day-glo decade this . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:57:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841403&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-10-06T19:57:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837545&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Right now in Kentucky, on a ridge near Rosine, Kentucky, music is wafting over those rolling Kentucky hills.  That music is bluegrass music, and the annual Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass music festival . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:21:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977837545&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Jacqueline D. 2009-10-04T00:21:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977831494&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace The Current's Program Director Jim McGuinn and weekend host Jacquie Fuller join me this week to discuss some recent releases including "Lungs" - the debut from England's Mercury Prize nominee Florence . . . Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:39:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977831494&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-09-30T03:39:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822106&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace As we continue our celebration of The Beatles all month long on The Current, we still want to know, "What's one of your favorite Beatles moments in your life?"   That's the ongoing topic of our . . . Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:01:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977822106&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-09-22T18:01:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819877&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace   How well is Tyler Perry's ~ "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" . . . doing at the BOX OFFICE?   Tyler Perry's latest movie, I . . . Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:18:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819877&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace René Allen 2009-09-20T23:18:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819519&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace     Tyler Perry's ~ "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" MOVIE REVIEWS REQUESTED! From Members of Artistic Minds® .   VIEW THE MOVIE TRAILER . . . Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:49:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819519&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace René Allen 2009-09-20T14:49:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813641&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace This month on The Current we're celebrating The Beatles, with the reissue of the Beatles catalog on CD. Most people who are Beatles fans have at least one memory of listening to the band that they . . . Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:32:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977813641&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-09-15T18:32:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810627&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Rammstein have been hard at work on their latest album and finally, after months of rumors, leaked songs and photos, and witch hunts by Pilgrim Management, dates for the single and album have been announced. . . . Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:54:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810627&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace WS R. 2009-09-13T12:54:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804705&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Most of the music world (including The Current) is abuzz this week with the reissue and remastering of The Beatles catalog on CD, as well as the debut of The Beatles: Rock Band.     . . . Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:44:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804705&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-09-08T20:44:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796300&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Producers like George Martin, Phil Spector and Quincy Jones are widely known to the public, but  who are some producers who aren't quite household names but have still made big impacts . . . Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:21:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796300&grpId=3659174697239177&nav=Groupspace Bill DeVille 2009-09-01T21:21:15Z