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Bon Iver is second billed to Beyonce at this year's Coachella festival
That's a really big gig for the Grammy winner from Eau Claire, Wis.
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Mariah Carey ends 2016 with New Year's Eve live performance disaster
On ABC's "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve," Carey suffered an apparent audio equipment malfunction, which resulted in one of the more awkward television moments of a year that many would like to forget.
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Prince dominated the Minnesota cultural landscape in death as in life
The world loved Prince and his music. The day he died, the world was lit purple. He is the Star Tribune's Artist of the Year for 2016.
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Pick Six: Praise for Pearl Jam, Blue October, Nathaniel Rateliff, Nachito Herrera, Nancy Harms, Peter Wolf
Pick Six is a half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view.
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Artist of the Year 2016: Prince's memorials were the year's rock stars
An impromptu street gathering in the grim hours following Prince's death lit a spark that shined through a year of tributes.
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Top Minnesota album of 2016? Newcomers ZuluZuluu edge out veteran Haley Bonar
Twin Cities Critics Tally 2016: The cosmic hip-hop sextet's debut record edged out Haley Bonar in our year-end poll.
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Nominations are open for the 2017 'Are You Local?' best-new-band search
The eighth-annual band battle offers the chance at $2,000 in prizes, a First Avenue slot and more.
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Psst! There's a party at Osmo's house with Dawn Upshaw this weekend
Dawn Upshaw prefers a quiet New Year's, but Vänskä persuaded her to sing with the Minnesota Orchestra.
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