Reviews

The headliner for Bayfront Reggae & World Music Festival is an act composed of the children of a reggae legend. Morgan Heritage features five Morgans that originated with Denroy Morgan, one of the founders of Black Eagles, a band from the 1970s that was part of the NYC scene....

In the upcoming months, the electro-mind behind Dirty Knobs will be curating a series of concerts that showcase experimental music. Expect to see the regional creators of ambient, drone, improv, electro, outsider and leftfield music. This week’s lineup includes Dirty Knobs, a...

It’s a place where everybody knows your name. It’s a place where someone might be easily coaxed into a song. It’s part sitcom/part variety show, and it’s set in a bar and it’s performed as live radio theater. The fourth episode of “Take it With You” plays Tuesday...

The Northwoods Music Festival is an annual showcase of regional musicians set on Barker’s Island in Superior. This year’s headliner is spunky folk singer-songwriter Mary Bue. The lineup also includes surf-rock band The Fractals, Scott Johnson Trio, featuring the festival’s...

The Duluth Playhouse celebrates its 100th season with arguably the most popular musical currently in existence. “Les Miserables” is — as described by the New York Times in a review of the most recent Broadway revival — the “elaborate tale of an unfortunate French guy who...

Used to be that Dierks Bentley opened for the likes of Miranda Lambert. Psh. These days, he’s earning superlatives that leave other country musicians in the dust. Bentley’s “Riser Tour” recently topped the Taste of Country’s Host Summer Tour list, busting ahead of other...

As you know, Trampled By Turtles’ album “Wild Animals” drops Tuesday and the band is scheduled to play the “Late Show with David Letterman” that same night. Meanwhile, back at home base, local jazz musicians will cover Trampled tunes at Tycoons Alehouse leading up to a...

This week marks the kickoff for one of the area’s most charming summer features: Movies in the Park. Family-friendly flicks play on a 20-by-40-foot...

Superior Street gets a festive makeover during the Greater Downtown Council’s Sidewalk Days. Expect to see cheese curds, grilled meat, clothing sales and possibly a dancer or two popping and locking. The annual event kicked off Wednesday and runs through Friday. Superior Street...

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” is an action-packed epic, a moving sci-fi allegory rendered in broad, lush strokes by the latest state of the computer animator’s art. Yes, you will believe a chimp can talk, ride a horse and fire a machine gun. These evolved animated apes have...

The chroniclers of Minneapolis’s yesteryear are touring in support of its new album, which is billed by critics as another, perhaps heavier, notch in the r ‘n‘ r scene. The Hold Steady, which has its roots in the metro, play Sunday at Clyde Iron Works. Cheap Girls open. “Teeth...

Things get extra red, white and blue-y during the annual Independence Day celebration at Bayfront Festival Park. Fourth Fest includes live bands, food vendors and it all ends with what is billed as Minnesota’s largest fireworks extravaganza. Highlights of the entertainment lineup...

It’s the ultimate arena rock mishmash: Axl’s snaky hips and glass-cracking falsetto meets Def Leppard’s pyrotechnics meets Ozzie’s thing for animals and it’s all wrapped in Prince’s favorite blouse. Hairball returns for its fourth annual pre-Fourth concert, Party in the...