The Cactus Blossoms and Nikki Lane capped off a full day of music, bull riding, and line dancing on Saturday, June 6.

Members of Prince’s bands the Revolution and New Power Generation took part in a marathon set with guest vocalists Kris Kollins, Miguel, Bilal, Tevin Campbell, and more.

The latest season of Saturday Night Live felt transitional in many ways, but it was full of blockbuster pop stars, up-and-coming bands and musical legends. We ranked them from worst to best.

The scholar Rashad Shabazz offers a compact but sweeping historical overview of the music in Minneapolis that made its way into Prince’s own.

The Boss brought the full weight of the E Street Band — and the full weight of the moment — to a three-hour set.

Dubbed, “Be Human: A Concert for Minneapolis,” Carlile’s concert on Saturday, Feb. 21, was to a sold-out crowd as well as a radio and viewing audience.

Isbell and company treated the Minneapolis audience to a 23-song setlist that sampled broadly from Isbell’s discography.

Held on Sunday, Feb. 15, in Minneapolis, the benefit show was hosted by Twin Cities United Performers and featured over two dozen Twin Cities musicians — including Hippo Campus, Justin Vernon, and many more — sharing the stage and covering protest songs.

On Thursday evening, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Alan Sparhawk played the entire show in lockstep with the six members of Trampled by Turtles.

Before the ascendant New York indie-rock band played a single note, their Saturday performance at Amsterdam Bar and Hall was already riding serious hype. A review and photos from the night capture the band’s latest ambitious moment.