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It’s the 4th! Music: 7.1-7.7
Well, the day got away from me, so this post doesn’t contain videos, but I think anyone reading this can find videos if you want to hear what an artist sounds like. Anyway, the defining event of the...
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Celebrations and Visitations. Music: 7.8 – 7.14
The Brass Messengers will bring their antics to Bastille Day in Minneapolis. We’ve got another weekend of outdoor music celebrations this weekend, what with Bastille Day Celebrations in both...
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A New Venue, A Familiar Festival. Music: 7.15 – 7.21
One of the tents at the Roots, Rock, & Deep Blues Festival This week starts the regular programming at the Vieux Carre, located in the old Artists’ Quarter space in the Hamm Building in downtown...
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Outdoors. Indoors. Music: 7.22 – 7.28
Lowertown Blues Festival. One opportunity for outdoor music It’s Summertime, and there are many outdoor events featuring great music. I’ve included a few here. But don’t forget some of the indoor...
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So Much Music, So Little Time: 7.29 – 8.4
I am continuously amazed at the amount of music found in our fair cities. For instance, there are ten different places having jazz on Friday, and much more featuring Blues and Roots music almost every...
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Summer Days, Summer Nights. Music:8.5 – 8.11
The Lowertown Guitar Festival It’s been a great summer for music so far. This weekend, those of you who aren’t attending the Bayfront Blues Festival will have a chance to hear hot guitars at the...
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Summer Nights: 8.12 – 8.18
As the sun sets earlier each day, we can check out indoor music. Greetings and Salutations to one and all; While I am sure you can find some outdoor events around town (Movies & Music in the parks,...
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Summertime Blues, Jazz, and More: 8.19 – 8.25
Boating has always been popular on our lakes, as this vintage postcard of Como Lake attests. Whether you bike, kike, swim, or boat, summertime offers many options to Twin Cities residents, including...
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Summer Music Isn’t Over Yet: 8.26 – 9.2
Though dusk is coming earlier these days, music is always available Well, the State Fair begins tomorrow, which means that Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer, isn’t far behind. There is much music...
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Labor Day Weekend and More: 9.2 – 9.8
Well, along with many other writers, I suppose I could lament the ending of summer, now that Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, yada, yada, yada. I’ll mention instead a couple of things that are...
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Back to School: 9.9 – 9.15
As the summer draws to a close and school begins (at many levels), we can look forward to another week of terrific music here in the Twin Cities, from a bluegrass festival in an art park, to a...
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Jazz, Folk, and Blues: 9.16 – 9.22
The Capri Big Band. Photo by Andrea Canter What a stellar week ahead! We have three old school folkies visiting town, as well as a couple of great jazz vocalists, a Nepalese rock band, and both a jazz...
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Autumn’s Arrival. Music: 9.23 – 9.29
And so it begins… Welcome to Autumn and another week of music to lift your spirit, from new jazz bands, to visiting blues, folk, and Finnish musicians. Autumn also brings the Fall Pledge Drive for...
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Warm Days, Musical Nights: 9.30 – 10.6
Well, the leaves haven’t popped just yet: the days are warm and the nights require a jacket. But soon we’ll be in the midst of full-fledged Fall, thinking about keeping warm. You can do so by clapping...
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Culture, Heritage, Music: 9.7 – 9.13
The National Dance Theater of Jamaica, performing at the Jamaica Heritage Expo on Sunday It’s another week of great music from resident and visiting artists alike, including Hawaiian music as performed...
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Autumn and Music: 10.14 – 10.20
Can it really be the middle of October already? Whatever the time of year may be, we’ve got more music than a person can attend in a week, and are lucky for it. New combinations of Twin Cities...
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Jazz, World Music, and More: 10.21 – 10.27
World music is part of a couple of this week’s jazz offerings, while blues and roots music for the week includes a giant puppet extravaganza, a day of blues, a CD release party, and an 18 minute...
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Well good grief, it’s Halloween! This time showing up on a Saturday night. There are many public events taking place, of which I’m only listing a few. Have fun, and remember that music lifts the...
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The 80s, Chicago Jazz, and more. Music: 11.4 – 11.10
It’s another good week for jazz in the Twin Cities, and though we only have one visiting artist (Joey DeFrancesco), we do have a couple of Chicago artists who perform hear regularly. We also have many...
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Jazz n’ Blues n’ Films, Oh My! Music: 11.11 – 11.17
Sound Unseen presents a film about the Beatles arriving in America This week brings a few multi-day events to our fair cities. The Sound Unseen Festival is dedicated to screening films about music and...
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