Jon Bream
Music Critic and Editor at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Music critic at Star Tribune. Author of books on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan. https://t.co/Bv5mLc4wjn https://t.co/YWzX13BEWu.…
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startribune.com | Jon Bream
Tonic Sol-fa's Shaun Johnson likes to compare his Minnesota a cappella group to megastars like the Rolling Stones and Metallica. Excuse me, what? "When I read biographies of these giants, so many of the things they went through, we did on a microcosm level," Johnson said. "At one point, the Stones recorded in a castle in France because of tax reasons, and Metallica was going to a counselor.
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startribune.com | Jon Bream
Thursday, April 17 1. Jess Gilliam: This young Englishwoman has blazed a path for the saxophone in the classical music world, hitting the top of the classical charts in her native country and hosting her own weekly show on BBC Radio 3, "This Classical Life." Those who caught her with the Minnesota Orchestra on New Year's Eve of 2019 can attest to her skills and charm.
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yoursun.com | Jon Bream
MINNEAPOLIS — At concerts, some bands set aside audience sections for “tapers” who want to record the audio with sophisticated equipment and share it with other fans. At their gigs, The War and Treaty, an award-winning Americana duo, have an area for fans to make live video recordings, pro camera or not.
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startribune.com | Jon Bream
There was pyro. Of course, there was pyro. And a giant bell, blasting cannons, shrieking vocals and Angus Young in a schoolboy uniform. Of course, he wore shorts and a little cap even at the AARP-old age of 70. It's time to suspend any wokeness you have and get in touch with your inner adolescent because AC/DC is back. With all those guitar power chords, anthemic choruses, loutish double entendres and lusting lyrics about doing the deed.
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courant.com | Jon Bream
By Jon Bream, The Minnesota Star TribuneMINNEAPOLIS — Paisley Park has announced some details for Celebration 2025 set for June 5-8 in Chanhassen and downtown Minneapolis. The annual celebration of Prince will honor things that happened 40 years ago — Prince & the Revolution releasing the album “Around the World in a Day,” Prince winning three Grammys and an Oscar, workers breaking ground for Paisley Park and the Family, a Purple side project, dropping their debut album.
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It’s You Shook Me All Night Long by @acdc at PWR Up Tour opener @usbankstadium in Minneapolis https://t.co/rth6UKY5U6
It’s Highway to Hell by @acdc in tour opener @usbankstadium in Minneapolis https://t.co/wn9Eelqc0M