Jim Messina, Janis Siegel, Shaun LaBelle Featured in Star Tribune
Country-rock royalty Jim Messina, formerly of Buffalo Springfield, Poco and Loggins & Messina, returns to regale with “Danny’s Song” and “You...
Jun 11
Lil’ Ed & Blues Imperials, Judy Collins Featured in Star Tribune
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Chicago’s Lil Ed & Blues Imperials, 2024 inductees in the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, are back with their bottleneck...
Jun 4
Nachito Herrera, Matteo Mancuso featured in Star Tribune
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Nachito Herrera, the Cuban-American piano man who has become an essential part of the Twin Cities music scene, celebrates his...
May 28
Charles McPherson, Tim Sparks, Klezmatics, Antonio Rey Featured in Star Tribune
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Charles McPherson: The 85-year-old San Diego alto saxophone master has had a long and distinguished career. He was a key sideman...
May 21
Peter Asher, Verve Pipe, The Wailers, Benmont Tench, JAZZMN Orchestra Featured in Star Tribune
One of the Zeligs of pop music, charming U.K. raconteur Peter Asher concludes his two-night stand featuring songs and stories...
May 14
Ghost-Note, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Asher featured in Star Tribune
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Dallas’ jazzy funk group led by Snarky Puppy members Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, are back at the Dakota....
May 7
Klezmatics trumpeter Frank London Interviewed in American Jewish World
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Global klezmer superstars The Klezmatics return to Minneapolis for a May 27 concert at the Dakota By MORDECAI SPECKTOR My...
May 5
Stella Cole, Elvin Bishop featured in Star Tribune
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Stella Cole, the young Tik Tok-launched jazz chanteuse, can get a little Broadway brassy but she does an alluring soulful...
Apr 30
Junior Brown, Room3, Joey Alexander, Branford Marsalis Featured in Star Tribune
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The quirky, Texas-reared cross between Ernest Tubb and Jimi Hendrix, guit-steel twanger Junior Brown is back out patrolling the highways....
Apr 23
Nachito Herrera, String Queens, Lady Blackbird, Tinsley Ellis Featured in Star Tribune
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The great percussive Cuban American pianist Nachito Herrera is at his hometown haunt once again. NACHITO HERRERA: THE LAST OF THE...
Apr 16