Music

August 26, 2011 9:37 AM

A local music fan's guide to the Minnesota State Fair

With the exception of the amateur talent contest and our own Garrison Keillor, it's all national acts playing the Grandstand at the State Fair this year. But there are plenty of opportunities to catch local music at the fair. And if you don't count the cost of admission to the fairgrounds, they're all free!

by David Campbell

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August 25, 2011 10:45 AM

Performance Today: Gustavo Dudamel & the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

When Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela made their BBC Proms debut in 2007, they blew the roof off the Royal Albert Hall in London with a program of Latin music. They came back to the Proms this year, a little more mature (they no longer call themselves a youth orchestra). But the SBSO can still pack a punch. On Performance Today, we'll hear their sold-out performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, from a concert three weeks ago in London.

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August 17, 2011 11:40 AM

Performance Today: Joshua Bell at Aspen, Then and New

Violinist Joshua Bell remembers being a 15-year-old student at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and how it changed his life. On today's episode of Performance Today, he'll tell the story, and we'll hear Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, Ingrid Fliter, and others share their Aspen memories. And from the Aspen Music Festival, Joshua Bell joins the Aspen Chamber Symphony to play the Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn.

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July 23, 2011 12:46 PM

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse dead at 27

Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

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July 22, 2011 9:05 AM

What makes a great concert?

In anticipation of this weekend's sold-out U2 concert at TCF Bank stadium, Midmorning examines the elements that make a great rock concert.

by Jim McGuinn

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July 21, 2011 11:00 AM

Defending U2 against the cynics (including myself)

By Bill Wareham, MPR News When the topic of this Saturday’s U2 concert came up in our morning editorial meeting, it exposed a cultural divide far deeper than one might expect among this rather homogeneous group of 40- and 50-somethings. On one side of the gulf there was open derision of the Irish rockers as…

by David Cazares

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July 19, 2011 12:00 AM

The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970

In his latest book, David Browne tells the story of 1970's four most iconic albums, setting the life and times of each artist against the chaotic cultural backdrop of the day. Browne joins NPR's Ann Powers to discuss how the 60's ended and the 70's began.

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July 15, 2011 3:32 PM

Musical nomads deliver the 'wow' factor

Featuring horns instead of guitars, and a frontwoman who looks as if she had been lifted from another century, the music of Davina and the Vagabonds doesn't fit the traditional Minneapolis indie rock mold.

by Chris Roberts