Bon Iver‘s classic 2009 EP Blood Bank turned 10 last year, and Bon Iver will celebrate the anniversary with an expanded reissue on March 27 via Jagjaguwar. Blood Bank was Justin Vernon’s first release ...

Justin Vernon, formerly of the Raleigh band DeYarmond Edison, scored a surprise indie hit last year with For Emma, Forever Ago, his debut solo album as Bon Iver. Recorded in a Wisconsin cabin as ...

To hear how much Bon Iver has evolved since Justin Vernon recorded the first album in a Wisconsin cabin as a one-man, acoustic-guitar-driven project, “Blood Bank” is a good place to start. The ...

In 2008, no album came close to the emotional palpability of Bon Iver’s debut, For Emma, Forever Ago. “Blood Bank,” the EP’s title track, finds the one-time recluse trading his acoustic guitar for an ...

DULUTH — With sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s on Wednesday night, sailboats milled just inside Duluth Harbor, waiting for the Lift Bridge to let them out for the weekly races. Among the crowd ...

Livie Augustine drove nearly six hours from Minneapolis to Chicago only to travel another five hours to Iowa. The 21-year-old picked up three of her friends — Jill Hunter, Em Sheldon and Kara Bailey — ...