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February 2023
Afro-Cuban All Stars
Voice of Traditional Cuban Music
Feb 28, 2023 • 6:30PM • $55/50
“delirious brass, trance piano patterns and irresistible rhythms which [get] the entire audience dancing… it’s actually hard to beat this kind of music – soulful, technically brilliant, sexy and uplifting.” – The ArtsDesk Led by Juan de Marcos (co-creator of Buena Vista Social Club), the Afro-Cuban All Stars (ACAS) is a unique orchestra; devoted to […]
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Afro-Cuban All Stars
Voice of Traditional Cuban Music
Feb 28, 2023 • 8:30PM • $50/45
“delirious brass, trance piano patterns and irresistible rhythms which [get] the entire audience dancing… it’s actually hard to beat this kind of music – soulful, technically brilliant, sexy and uplifting.” – The ArtsDesk Led by Juan de Marcos (co-creator of Buena Vista Social Club), the Afro-Cuban All Stars (ACAS) is a unique orchestra; devoted to […]
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March 2023
Masters of Hawaiian Music
George Kahumoku Jr., Sonny Lim, Herb Ohta Jr.
Mar 1, 2023 • 7PM • $45/40/35
“Virtuosic keepers of a cultural flame.” – New York Times Three Masters, featured regularly at Maui’s renowned Slack Key Show, share the uniquely Hawaiian styles of slack key guitar and ‘ukulele, with origins in the early 19th century when Portuguese immigrants introduced the ‘ukulele to Hawai‘i and Mexican cowboys brought guitars along with their ranching knowledge. […]
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The Steel Wheels
Raw Appalachian Roots
Mar 2, 2023 • 7PM • $35/30
“a truly unique sound… singular” – Elmore Magazine Steel Wheels are familiar with the traditions of folk music and how a string band is supposed to sound. Yet, their name also evokes a sense of forward motion. Their musical style weaves through Americana and bluegrass, folk and old-time music, and the acoustic poetry of the […]
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Ron Sexsmith
Folk-pop Troubadour
Mar 3, 2023 • 7PM • $35/30
“nimble wordplay… wistful and gorgeous” – American Songwriter Ron Sexsmith is a three-time Juno award-winning singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Ron was drawn to music from an early age, and his earliest musical heroes were Buddy Holly and Elton John. While struggling to get noticed by the Canadian music industry, he released his self-titled debut in […]
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Bobby Commodore & Friends
"Songs I've Always Wanted to Play"
70th Birthday Celebration
Mar 4, 2023 • 7PM • $30/25/20
“If you haven’t heard Bobby play drums… you’re missing something.” – Minnpost Bobby says: “Over the course of my 70 years I have heard records and live performances (at the Dakota) of so many great songs many of which I have gotten to perform. But… there have been a few that for one reason or another […]
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Sarah Lee Guthrie
w/ special guest Ben Kyle
Guthrie Family Legacy
Mar 5, 2023 • 7PM • $55/50/45
“honey-sweet harmonies and modest hooks” – Glide Sarah Lee Guthrie’s lineage is undeniable. But if you close your eyes and forget that her last name is synonymous with the river legacy of a widening current of American folk music, you’d still be drawn to the clarity and soul behind her voice. There is a gentle urgency […]
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L.A. Buckner & BiG HOMiE
Modern Jazz Rising Star
Mar 6, 2023 • 7PM • $20/15
“brassy, smooth, and syncopated with perfect finesse.” – Mpls.St.Paul Arthur “L.A.” Buckner‘s deep infatuation with music began at an early age. At age 3 he would practically go an entire church service without looking away from the drums. His father took notice and shortly thereafter purchased his first drum kit. L.A. Buckner is a performing musician, […]
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Alexa Tarantino Quartet
Bold New Sax Sounds
Mar 7, 2023 • 7PM • $25/20
“[Alexa is] a one-woman wrecking crew… an indomitable force” – Wynton Marsalis Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning, vibrant young jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. Alexa’s “high-octane [performance]” (Jazziz Magazine) and “sharply plotted but gracefully unencumbered straight-ahead jazz [compositions]” (The New York Times) establish her individual voice which shines through as a dynamic performer and […]
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John Papa Gros
New Orleans Piano Powerhouse
Mar 8, 2023 • 7PM • $30/25/20
“Gros is a bedrock New Orleans artist” – The Advocate For over three decades, John Papa Gros has brought the Crescent City’s celebratory culture to listeners around the globe. Gros mixes all the sounds of New Orleans – funk, trad jazz, brass band, blues – and makes it his own signature gumbo. Gros began playing gigs […]
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It’s because of concerts like this that I can’t stand living in Los Angeles. Why is it that Lowell Pickett’s Dakota … gets artists and tours to come to Minneapolis, MN and not darken the doors of any club in LA?
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