Andrea Swensson

Andrea Swensson is host of The Local Show and a blog at St. Paul, Minn., public radio station The Current. As part of this week's Sense Of Place series, World Cafe asked her to pick five bands representing the best the Twin Cities scene has to offer right ...

Low's music is minimalist in every sense of the word. Each note, each rise and fall in dynamic, each snippet of between-song banter is intentional and measured.

The Fitzgerald Theater proved an ideal setting for Low's poignant performance on March 23 — I can't imagine trying to stand up or ...

As a music journalist from the North Country, I'd be a fool to pass up the opportunity to head down Austin, Texas, each March for the South by Southwest Music Conference. It provides those of us on the ice-whipped prairie a respite from our endless winter season, not to mention ...