Minnesota Music Notes: Stories from First Avenue

Series produced by Ampers

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Minnesota Music Notes celebrating noteworthy artists, people and moments that shaped the history of Minnesota's Mainroom First Avenue

Minnesota Music Notes First Avenue are produced by Ampers with support from the Minnesota Historical Society and their new exhibit First Avenue: Stories from Minnesota's Mainroom


25 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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In 1996, the Fugees were touring on the biggest single of its career. The Roots were an eclectic hip-hop band finally breaking into the top twenty....

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
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Summer 2010, the Twins had a new stadium, Target Field. And First Avenue, which had declared bankruptcy six years before, was bouncing back with a ...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
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Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree had been hosting a popular annual Blowout at First Avenue since 2009. Britt Aamodt takes a look at the fina...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
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Caption: courtesy of MNHS
No one could believe it. Prince was dead at 57. Fans congregated at his home in Paisley Park—and outside First Avenue. Here producer Britt Aamodt r...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: courtesy of MNHS
In Minneapolis, you couldn’t think of First Ave without thinking of Prince. But by 2007 the funk-rock icon hadn’t played there two decades when the...

Bought by KSRQ and KQAL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 2