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Music

Top 89 of 2022: Top Minnesota songs and albums

Top 89 of 2022: Top Minnesota songs and albums

Here are The Current staff’s picks for the top Minnesota singles and albums of 2022.

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Musicians use rhythm and harmony to heal America's toxic divide

Musicians use rhythm and harmony to heal America's toxic divide

These days, as polarization reaches deep into American life, some musicians are trying to stay out of the fray and use their music to bridge divides.
by John Burnett

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Where to hear music in the Twin Cities on New Year’s Eve

Where to hear music in the Twin Cities on New Year’s Eve

As we close the book on 2022, here are 10 music events throughout the Twin Cities to celebrate the start of 2023. For even more New Year’s Eve options, check The Current’s Gig List for additional shows you can take in on Dec. 31.

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10 Minnesota musicians causing a stir in December

10 Minnesota musicians causing a stir in December

Welcome to The Scouting Report, a monthly list of 10 Minnesota artists with exciting new projects, as curated by our local music team at the Current.

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Duluth remembers Mimi Parker with Low 'Christmas' EP listening party

Duluth remembers Mimi Parker with Low 'Christmas' EP listening party

A Very Mimi Christmas: A Low Christmas Album Listening Party will occur 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 at Sacred Heart Music Center, 201 W. Fourth St., Duluth. 

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Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut

Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut

A Ukrainian chorus first performed “Shchedryk” in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.
by Rachel Treisman

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A rare recording of a musical by an 18-year-old Stephen Sondheim surfaces

A rare recording of a musical by an 18-year-old Stephen Sondheim surfaces

Broadway-legend-in-training Stephen Sondheim was a college sophomore in 1948 when his musical Phinney's Rainbow was produced — and recorded — at Williams College in Massachusetts.
by Bob Mondello

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Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79

Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79

Her death was announced on the band’s social media accounts. No cause of death or other details were immediately provided, but a family statement said she “passed away peacefully at hospital this morning” with family around her after a “short illness.”
by The Associated Press

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