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First Avenue

Carbon Sound 1st Birthday Party at Fine Line!

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Carbon Sound

Enter for a chance to win tickets to Rooted: Hip-Hop Choreographers' Evening!

Watch the rising rapper’s interview with Carbon Sound on YouTube.


Videos

redveil talks growing up, playing with fire, and more with Carbon Sound

All of the tracks added to rotation on Carbon Sound the week of June 5, 2023.


New Music

Natalia Toledo

New Music on Carbon Sound - Week of June 5, 2023

Blu Bone’s 2nd Hi Cotton Ball was decadent mix of live music, dance breaks, and a ballroom showdown at the end.


Concert Reviews

Darin Kamnetz for MPR

Blu Bone Raptures the crowd at the Hi Cotton Ball

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Enter for a chance to see MMYYKK at Dakota!

Watch Carbon Sound Correspondent Liam Armstrong’s full video of Rico Nasty’s St. Paul show here.


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Video: Rico Nasty LIVE in St. Paul | 5.23.23

Her first Twin Cities performance since 2015 featured Ludacris as the opening act.


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Janet Jackson dazzles in career-spanning Xcel show

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Enter for a chance to see Mack OC at 7th St Entry!

Three years later, SoulFlower, Breezy2Fresh, Mack OC, and Oaojooo came together to share their experiences, inspirations, and thoughts on the role of music in bringing about social change


Features

Taycier Elhindi for MPR

How George Floyd's murder changed four Minneapolis musicians' paths

The pioneering vocalist, who played a pivotal role in the history of rock and soul music, had suffered a litany of health issues in recent years.


News

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Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83 

The rapper was joined by Omeretta the Great for her stop in St. Paul


Photos

Photos: Rico Nasty lights up the Amsterdam

The Minneapolis-based artists hopes to provide listeners with sonically satisfying tunes that embody any mood on his new project.


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Moise manifests optimism on "WE SURVIVED THE STORM"

The 20-year-old Minneapolis rapper first performed at First Avenue at age eight and has shared the stage with Lizzo.


Bigg Kiaa makes a bigg splash

The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and Radical Reversal seek to make change through providing access to recording equipment to the incarcerated.


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