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Jacob Aloi has 83.9% among authors. BS Score: 7.3%. Articles analyzed: 3. Words analyzed: 3,753.
MPR News - By Jacob Aloi - 12/26/2025, 10:00 AM
Dance, not song, carries the emotional weight in Matthew Lopez’s “Somewhere,” now onstage at the Guthrie Theater. In the play, a Puerto Rican family of performers struggles to hold onto art — and home — as their neighborhood disappears in 1959 New York City. “There is something to be said about the art of dance, where words can't really... more
MPR News - By Jacob Aloi - 12/25/2025, 10:00 AM
What exactly is wassailing — and why does it keep showing up in Christmas songs? From medieval drinking bowls to danceable melodies, here’s what separates a carol from a hymn and why songs like “The Gloucestershire Wassail” still endure. This Christmas season, arts reporter Jacob Aloi went down a bit of a rabbit hole exploring the... more
MPR News - By Anika Besst, Jacob Aloi - 12/20/2025, 8:30 PM
Fans know Jellybean Johnson’s music as a soundtrack of an era that lives on, but at his funeral on Saturday, his family remembered the man. Johnson, an accomplished producer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer, was the beat behind hits like “Jungle Love,” “Jerk Out” and “The Bird.” He played with Flyte Tyme starting in the early 1970s.... more