Sean Lennon has a story that precedes him wherever he goes. He’s the son of a Beatle and tragically lost his father, John Lennon, when he was only five years old. His mother, Yoko Ono, is one of the most prolific and visible artists of her generation. And Sean has established himself as a thoughtful, engaged, and influential artist…

The Internet is buzzing with reports that Prince played a semi-secret show for Barack and Michelle Obama as well as several hundred VIP guests at the White House on Saturday night—but the White House will not officially confirm that Prince attended the event, though spokesman Josh Earnest says the Obamas threw the party “on their own dime.” Reports suggest…

As a restless musician who is always on the hunt for the next way to subvert the live concert experience, Mark Mallman has played “Marathon” shows lasting upwards of three straight days, strapped keyboards to his arms and legs to create a character lovingly known as “The Keyborg,” and raced a motorized scooter across his piano just to…

On June 26, Regions Hospital will present a “Concert for a Cause” featuring the Pines, Dean Magraw and headliner Jeremy Messersmith. Held at the O’Shaugnessy in St. Paul, the benefit concert will support the Regions Hospital Complementary Care Therapies department and the Evan Ormasa-Hiendlmayr Healing Arts Program. The show will be Jeremy Messersmith’s last performance in Minnesota before he…

Saturday night in Northeast Minneapolis, P.O.S’s F—ing Best Show Ever (TFBSE) illuminated the Minneapolis music scene. Set on Harrison Street next to Familia Skateshop headquarters in Northeast Minneapolis, TFBSE offered eight sets of music, a community-building experience, and a lot of casual musician sightings—I spotted Lazerbeak, Lizzo, and Caroline Smith. First, Ander Other (the “eighth member of Doomtree”)…

Sir Van Morrison was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on Friday, in honor of his “services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.” As a knighted rocker, the 69-year-old singer-songwriter joins the ranks of Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, and Sir Bono. (Rolling Stone) It was an eventful weekend at Bonnaroo. The festival’s annual SuperJam featured…

Happy Friday! If we must be tethered to our computers on such a beautiful summer day, we should at least spend some of our time watching music videos. Here’s a handful of the best and brightest to emerge from the Minnesota music scene this week, which should get you sailing toward the weekend in style… Sonny…

The Great Minnesota Get-Together has just announced its schedule of free music: concerts that are open to anyone with Minnesota State Fair admission. (Grandstand shows require separate tickets in addition to Fair admission.) With more than 900 live shows to choose from, there will certainly be something to please every music-loving Minnesotan. See the State…

A July 6 concert celebrating the late Waylon Jennings will reunite the two surviving Highwaymen: Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. The country supergroup, who released three albums in the 1980s and 1990s, also included Johnny Cash. The Austin, Texas concert will be filmed for later release. (Rolling Stone) Chance the Rapper is curating a free music festival for teens on June 24…

When your best-known number is a cover of an explicit song about oral sex and your dad is a Saturday Night Live star, the odds of a career as a respectable musician wouldn’t seem to be in your favor. Whether or not Elle King ever set out to be “respectable,” when her first full-length album dropped this year to critical…