The Jeremy Walker/Clara Osowski Quartet: Ellington + Originals: Jazz Art Song
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Just over a year ago, award-winning mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski and jazz pianist and composer Jeremy Walker released their first album...
Nov 15
Marc Cohn + Nellie McKay
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Marc Cohn: After umpteen performances at the Minnesota Zoo, the “Walking in Memphis” piano man heads indoors for a two-nighter...
Nov 14
JT Bates Quartet
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The quartet is Bates on drums, Mike Lewis on saxophones, Bryan Nichols on piano and Jeff Bailey on bass. All...
Nov 12
Tinsley Ellis & Tommy Castro
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These two blues guitarists were born in the mid-’50s, thousands of miles apart (Castro in the Bay Area, Ellis in...
Nov 11
Marcia Ball
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Ball was born and raised in Louisiana and resided for decades in Austin, Texas, and her music is thoroughly indigenous...
Nov 8
T’n’T Tour + Jimmy Webb + Passage
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Tinsley Ellis and Tommy Castro: It's a double dose of blues guitar from two unstoppable veterans. Tommy Castro and...
Nov 7
Tierney Sutton Band + Slaid Cleaves
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After scoring Clint Eastwood’s 2016 film Sully, the Tierney Sutton Band dove into a full-blown tribute to movie music on...
Nov 4
Tierney Sutton Band + Janiva Magness
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With her affinity for themed albums (songs associated with Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell and Bill Evans), this veteran Milwaukee-reared...
Nov 1
The radical inclusiveness of Rhiannon Giddens
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Like a good gospel preacher, Americana musician Rhiannon Giddens becomes more and more impassioned when she talks about her efforts...
Oct 29
Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi
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While her deep knowledge of southern folk music made her a key player in Ken Burns’ “Country Music” series...
Oct 25