Faith Salie introduces us to the work of a music-loving artist on what you might call the FRINGE: “I like this machine,” said quilter Ben Venom, “because once it gets going, I liken it to shooting a ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Liner notes: “What are we running after?” asks this intoxicating epic, which consists ...

Over the course of the last decade, Anna Fox Rochinski spent her time leading the psych-folk band Quilt. It’s been four years since that band last put out an album, and now Rochinski is returning with ...

BLUE EARTH — Mike Ellingsen wasn’t looking for a hobby when he visited a local fabric store in Blue Earth 30 years ago. It was merely a quilt on a magazine cover that inspired his shopping trip.