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Prince to appear on Fallon's show Friday

Prince to appear on Fallon's show Friday

Prince is continuing to ramp up his public profile. This week, he'll make an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

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Minn.'s Red House label plans Toronto show

Minnesota-based Red House Records is bringing its 30th anniversary celebration north of the border.

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Grammy Awards voters spread the love all around

Grammy Awards voters spread the love all around

Mumford & Sons' "Babel'' has won the Grammy for album of the year, while Gotye won record of the year for "Somebody That I Used to Know." Fun. won two major awards, winning song of the year for the transcendent anthem "We Are Young,'' and best new artist.

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Okee Dokee Brothers win Grammy

Okee Dokee Brothers win Grammy

The Okee Dokee Brothers won in the Best Children's Album category for their 2012 album "Can You Canoe?" The Brothers, Denver-born, Minneapolis-based friends and musicians Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing, were awarded the Grammy in the pre-telecast portion of the ceremony.

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All you need to know about the 2013 Grammys

The popular line is that the Grammys are permanently out of touch - either rewarding established veterans or teenybopper flavors of the week. But over recent years, we've seen a gradual shift towards an embrace of the "alternative" side of the music industry.

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Stars and newcomers to perform at Schubert Club next season

Barry Kempton, the artistic director and executive director of the Schubert Club, announced the new star-studded season for the state's oldest arts organization, which pulls in big names like pianist Jonathan Biss and violinist Christian Tetzlaff, as well as newer names like Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa.

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Rybak hosts concert to celebrate Minn. Orchestra's Grammy nod

Rybak hosts concert to celebrate Minn. Orchestra's Grammy nod

Mayor R.T. Rybak hosted a celebration concert Friday night at the Minneapolis Convention Center to mark the Minnesota Orchestra's Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance.
by Euan Kerr

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Peter Asher of 'Peter and Gordon' recalls '60s music in new show

Peter Asher of 'Peter and Gordon' recalls '60s music in new show

Peter Asher began a singing career in 1964, as one half of the group, "Peter & Gordon," but Asher's greatest musical success came in a different form - record producing and management.

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SPCO musicians won't budge on 2-tier pay scale

Representatives of the locked-out musicians of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra say they continue to have objections to a compensation package proposed by management.
by Euan Kerr

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World premiere of 'Doubt' opera in St. Paul this weekend

World premiere of 'Doubt' opera in St. Paul this weekend

After life as a Pulitzer Prize-winning play and then an Oscar-nominated film, "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley will have its world premiere as an opera this weekend in St. Paul. Shanley, who wrote the libretto for the Minnesota Opera production, said it is the most complete telling of his story about a priest accused of impropriety.
by Euan Kerr

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