Music maven from the Motor City: Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble will play shows at the Dakota on May 21
AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD FEATURE
Cleaning up in the kitchen one night, I flipped on the radio to Minnesota Public Radio and listened to a...
May 7
Bringing Back That Detroit Sound (Don Was & The Pan-Detroit Ensemble At The Dakota)
TWIN CITIES ARTS READER PREVIEW
The legendary musician Don Was will be bringing his new Pan-Detroit Ensemble, as well as his many lifetimes of musical...
May 6
Judy Collins Turns 85
Concert Review
When the Dakota announced a few months ago that Judy Collins would be appearing on April 30, I jumped on...
May 1
Alejandro Escovedo
STAR TRIBUNE BIG GIG
Forty-six years after his first band the Nuns opened the Sex Pistols' notorious you've-been-cheated concert at the Winterland in San...
Apr 24
Prince’s sister Tyka Nelson will give her farewell performance at the Dakota
STAR TRIBUNE FEATURE
Tyka Nelson, a onetime recording artist who has been one of the faces of her late brother Prince's estate, will...
Apr 19
Shemekia Copeland
STAR TRIBUNE BIG GIG
The foremost blues singer of her generation, the daughter of bluesman Johnny Copeland is a vocal powerhouse and well-rounded entertainer...
Apr 10
Marc Ribot: The Jazz-Bins
STAR TRIBUNE CRITICS' PICK
The versatile New York guitar hero, who has played everything from punk to classical, has an extensive and enviable resume,...
Apr 9
EP April: Epilogue/Prologue
JAZZ POLICE FEATURE
As you may have noticed, this is not the Lead Sheet. When I started the Lead Sheet over a decade...
Apr 3
Raul Malo
STAR TRIBUNE BIG GIG
He's the bravura Orbisonesque voice of the Mavericks, America's greatest dance band for baby boomers, but Malo marvels as a...
Apr 3
Stanley Jordan: Visionary Guitar Wizard
MINNPOST CONCERT PICK
Stanley Jordan is a classically trained pianist and guitarist, who, early in life, wanted to harness the freedom of piano...
Mar 28