On a relatively quiet Thursday night in downtown Minneapolis, patrons slow streamed into a mid-sized new venue called The Pourhouse.  While large flat-screen TVs broadcast the Olympic games on nearly every wall, this night's customers were here for another reason: the release of the new CD Exotic Paraphernalia by the popular underground Twin Cities duo Villa Rosa. Villa Rosa consists of Maria Isa, a young "SotaRican" (Minnesota-Puerto Rican) in her mid-twenties, and Muja Messiah, a … [Read more...]