Various, Minneapolis, George Clinton, Nona Gaye, The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince), Mayte, The Steeles, The New Power Generation, Margie Cox, Mavis Staples, Madhouse, Nona Gaye, Minneapolis

Minneapolis Sound

Linn drums, Oberheim stabs, no horn section: funk rebuilt by one city's worth of overlapping bands.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.