Cyrille Aimée, JD Simo & Luther Dickinson, Morgan James, Sonny Landreth & Iguanas Featured in Star Tribune

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Cyrille Aimée

Cyrille Aimée, the award-winning French jazz chanteuse with the kind of girlish voice, returns to the Dakota.

CYRILLE AIMÉE
MAR 19 • 7PM
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JD Simo & Luther Dickinson: Do The Rump! Tour

J.D. Simo & Luther Dickinson

These two bluesy guitarists teamed up on a 2024 album “Do the Rump” with Afrobeat-inclined drummer Adam Abrashoff. They interpret tunes by Bobby Charles, J.J. Cale, Junior Kimbrough, John Lee Hooker and others with a raw, mind-bending hill country blues take that’s as moody as it is mesmerizing. Of course, the guitarists come with reputable resumes, with Simo having provided some of the guitar work for the biopics “Elvis” in 2022 and “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” in 2025. The more high profile Dickinson leads the North Mississippi Allstars and plays with the Black Crowes.

JD SIMO & LUTHER DICKINSON: DO THE RUMP! TOUR
MAR 20 • 7PM
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Morgan James

Morgan James

A versatile vocalist who has performed on Broadway (“Motown: The Musical,” “The Addams Family”) and with Postmodern Jukebox (“Take Me to Church,” “Dream On”), the Juilliard-educated James takes on ‘80s and ‘90s rock hits on her eighth studio album, 2025’s “Soul Remains the Same,” reimagining them with her soulful style. Who knew that AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” could be interpreted with such nuance? Or that Whitesnake’s “Is This Love” could be such a sultry plea? Or Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight” could penetrate as a quiet, haunting piano-and-voice ballad?

MORGAN JAMES
MAR 24 • 7 & 9PM
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Louisiana Calling w/Sonny Landreth Band & Iguanas

Slide guitar ace Sonny Landreth shares a bill with fellow Louisianans the Iguanas, rootsy NOLA vets with a Latin bent.

LOUISIANA CALLING: SONNY LANDRETH & THE IGUANAS
MAR 25 • 7PM
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