Rebirth Brass Band, Paris Nights, Yellowjackets Featured in Star Tribune

It’s become an annual tradition for one of New Orleans’ most storied second-line units to trek its way up the Mississippi to warm up Minnesotans in January ahead of Mardi Gras. They still always make it back home in town for their legendary Tuesday night blowouts, too, which are now held at the Rabbit Hole after a quarter-century at the Maple Leaf Bar. The NOLA troupe has been funking up Crescent City joints and international festivals for four decades now and picked up a couple Grammys and two or three generations of fans along the way. They’ve played the Dakota enough to really know how to work the room.