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
Rebirth Brass Band
STAR TRIBUNE BIG GIG
Coming just four days after fellow Louisiana music legend CJ Chenier also hits the Dakota stage, this New Orleans institution...
Jan 10
American Roots Revue feat. Robert Robinson, Tonia Hughes Kendrick, Larry Long & Barbara Cohen
STAR TRIBUNE CRITICS' PICK
A folk singer from the old school, the St. Louis Park-reared singer troubadour is about building community, on- and offstage....
Jan 9
Martin Dosh Presents: The Larry Schaefer Memorial Orchestra
RACKET CONCERT PICK
Dosh has gathered an incredible lineup here: Bryan Nichols and John Keston on electric piano and synth; Jeremy Ylvisaker and Dee Kesler on guitars; Erik Fratzke on bass; Peter Goggin and Chris...
Jan 4
From ‘American Idol’ rivals to besties, Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken explain
STAR TRIBUNE INTERVIEW
They seemed an unlikely couple — the teddy bear from Alabama with the gospelly R&B voice and the geeky pop...
Jan 4