The 1984 “Purple Rain” album poster: from left, Mark Brown, Prince, Bobby Z, Matt Fink, Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin. (All/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
about the writer
Jon Bream
Critic / Reporter
Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.
