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![Cello player Richard Belcher plays for his 14-month-old son Finn before performing int he concert. ] LEILA NAVIDI ï leila.navidi@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/776HMLI6KJG72E2T2QR5WJ6EO4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
It's truly a family affair for some of the touring musicians: 'We've had about 50 babysitters'
For touring musicians who have kids under 2 years old, the orchestra pays for a caregiver to come along.
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An extended goodbye in Johannesburg as the trip wraps up with an emotional finale
Powerful lessons learned, the musicians look back and look forward. But next stop: home.
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![Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins performed Disarm at the Xcel Energy Center. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com ñ August 19, 2018, St. P](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/A24TZJM5ZKZQUOKKQKVKAFU5XU.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Smashing Pumpkins reunion bloated by classic covers, old-school ego
Billy Corgan and his reunited bandmates played for a staggering three hours at Xcel Center, including one fittingly inflated Zeppelin cover.
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It's the end time for Flyte Tyme, Edina studio that was home to Minneapolis Sound
Flyte Tyme Studios — the hit factory of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis — will be razed for a housing complex.
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Aretha Franklin commanded respect, even in a sweaty cubbyhole at the Metrodome
Our music critic recalls a brief but memorable interview with the Queen of Soul in 1996.
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Pick Six: Praise for Boz Scaggs, Grateful Dead, Academy of Prince, more
Pick Six is a half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view.
![Sean Tillmann, aka Har Mar Superstar, moved a few blocks from the Mississippi River in Northeast Minneapolis. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/5QAOXU2EEGXTJ6ISKWN62ME7I4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
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Minnesota Orchestra crosses divide between South Africa's grand halls and shantytowns
A quarter-century after the end of apartheid, South Africa is still grappling with massive income and wealth gaps that fall along racial lines.
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In teaching young South African talents, Minn. Orchestra musicians find their own inspiration
While encouraging young South African talents, Minnesota Orchestra musicians are finding inspiration of their own.
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