“grooves from across the musical spectrum!” — JAZZIZ   Led by keyboardist/composer Lao Tizer (Special EFX, Down To The Bone), the Lao Tizer Band features Grammy-winning sax legend Eric Marienthal (Chick Corea, Rippingtons), American Idol star Elliott Yamin, drummer great Joel Rosenblatt (Spyro Gyra, Michel Camilo, Blood Sweat & Tears), and Rolling Stone 2022 Bassist of the Year nominee Anthony Crawford (Erykah Badu, Alan Holdsworth, Jeff Lorber). Hailing from Boulder, CO, with a […]

DAKOTA DEBUT “a must-see event… uniquely irresistible” – SPIN On Mardi Gras morning, your eyes may feast on the intricate and elaborate beadwork of the Indians as they dance down the street, but the first thing you’ll hear when they make their way toward you is the back line, known as “the rumble” featuring six Grammy-nominated […]

“sublime… a spectacular singer” – Independent DAKOTA DEBUT Martha Wainwright is beginning again. The beguiling performer and songwriter returned with 2021’s Love Will Be Reborn. Not since 2012’s Come Home to Mama has a Martha Wainwright record been so full of original written material. Wainwright’s fifth studio album follows recent years of loneliness and clarity in search of optimism […]

“The world needs more musicians like her: creatively restless and ambitious” – NPR Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell […]

“The world needs more musicians like her: creatively restless and ambitious” – NPR Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell […]

“The world needs more musicians like her: creatively restless and ambitious” – NPR Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell […]

“The world needs more musicians like her: creatively restless and ambitious” – NPR Acclaimed GRAMMY-winning multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello makes her Blue Note Records debut with The Omnichord Real Book, a visionary, expansive, and deeply jazz-influenced album that marks the start of a new chapter in her trailblazing career. Following her 2018 covers album Ventriloquism, Meshell […]

“one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades” – All About Jazz Emmet Cohen has emerged as one of his generation’s pivotal figures in music and the related arts. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. Downbeat observed that […]

“an unbelievable night of iconic songs” – Explore MN Kathleen Johnson of “Musicians4Musicians” presents… A Juneteenth Celebration of “Sangaz that Sang” This live music production features the music of Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, Teena Marie, and Sade! This evening of old-school R&B flavor will put you and your family in the […]

“lively, soulful honey to the ears” – NPR Ranky Tanky (a Gullah phrase for “get funky”) are five lifelong friends from Charleston, South Carolina who have established themselves as passionate global ambassadors for their local culture and community, helping to faithfully preserve the traditions originated by African Americans in the coastal South during slavery that is […]