Sad and sultry Shelby Lynne seduces with Dusty Springfield songs
STAR TRIBUNE REVIEW
A music stand stood directly in front of singer Shelby Lynne Wednesday night at the Dakota nightclub in downtown Minneapolis....
Jan 25
Cécile McLorin Salvant
STAR TRIBUNE CRITICS' PICK
She is a modern-jazz marvel. The most esteemed jazz vocalist of her generation, the triple Grammy winner, 34, is a...
Jan 23
Cécile McLorin Salvant
RACKET CONCERT PICK
Salvant has been all but universally acclaimed as the most inventive jazz vocalist of her generation, and her grasp of...
Jan 23
Vijay Iyer’s blend of jazz, classical and Middle Eastern Indian on display Friday at the Dakota
MINNPOST FEATURE
The music that pours out of pianist Vijay Iyer often feels perpetually coiled. There is an interior density to his...
Jan 19
Shelby Lynne
STAR TRIBUNE BIG GIG
A gifted Alabama singer/songwriter of dark, painful alt-country songs, Grammy's best new artist of 2001 has been mostly low profile...
Jan 17
Keb’ Mo’
STAR TRIBUNE CRITICS' PICK
The happiest of bluesmen, the five-time Grammy winner has over the years expanded his palette that puts him in the...
Jan 16
Vijay Iyer Trio
STAR TRIBUNE CRITICS' PICK
He is one of the most celebrated and esteemed jazz pianists of this century. He has won a MacArthur "genius"...
Jan 16
Vijay Iyer Trio feat. Harish Raghavan & Jeremy Dutton
RACKET Concert Pick
Vijay Iyer is the kind of 21st century improvised music performer you can’t sum up in a blurb. His corpus...
Jan 15
Star Tribune’s 6 cool things in music this week
Ruben Studdard & Clay Aiken and Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal
2 Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, the Dakota. For their 20-year "American Idol" anniversary tour, their patter was a little...
Jan 12
Billy Prine Presents: The Songs of John Prine
STAR TRIBUNE BIG GIG
The late, magnificently great John Prine used to refer to Billy as his "big, little brother." Billy stands 6 foot...
Jan 10