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NRBQ + Humbird & Aida Shahghasemi

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While only pianist Terry Adams remains from the 1970s heyday of this cultishly adored and influential boogie-rock band, the current...

Nov 30

Leo Kottke + Bobby Rush + NRBQ

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Kottke plays a medium-sized hall every year around Thanksgiving, typically to sold-out audiences. Although the program varies little, his between-songs...

Nov 25

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

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