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Aaron Kerr’s Dissonant Creatures plays every Wed at the Black Dog in Saint Paul. It is a group that thrives on Aaron’s original music, which is inf...
- Added: Apr 16, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Julian Manzara is a young Twin Cities guitarist whose composing and improvising abilities have started to make a name for himself. He plays solo an...
- Added: Apr 09, 2017
- Length: 06:53
Andrew Walesh is a singer like no other when it comes to the timeless Frank Sinatra repertoire. Sinatra’s songs, arrangements and interpretations ...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Jon Pemberton loves solo piano shows because it allows him to explore a lot of interesting music. He says, too, that Vieux Carré, where he plays on...
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 05:00
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz orchestra is a 19-piece group playing in the 21st century. The size of the band might seem incongruous in an era of stri...
- Added: Feb 19, 2017
- Length: 06:59
By mid- February in the North Star state, folks need a concert held in warm air. And that’s what they get at Edinborough Park in Edina on Feb 12, a...
- Added: Jan 31, 2017
- Length: 05:00
The Mississippi Hot Club has a slightly different strategy depending of it if plays for dancing, listening, or a mixture of both. Group members Jos...
- Added: Jan 21, 2017
- Length: 07:50
Great dance bands are often great concert bands. But you approach the different types of venues with slightly different strategies. Members of the ...
- Added: Jan 21, 2017
- Length: 05:00
Nick Jordan is a contemporary rhythm and blues and pop artist who has a handle on all phases of his act, including songwriting, singing, and dancin...
- Added: Jan 09, 2017
- Length: 07:06
The Cedar Cultural Center hosts Blackout, a concert featuring local artists. The intents are to entertain, but also to serve to get people together...
- Added: Dec 29, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Everybody loves the pop music of 1920-1955, but it takes commitment to research and present it. But that’s the mission of Kate Lynch and Her Most E...
- Added: Dec 23, 2016
- Length: 06:58
Many bands start out as good ideas. But it takes talent and commitment to for bands to grow. That is the case with the Scottie Miller Band. The gro...
- Added: Dec 16, 2016
- Length: 08:07
It’ll be familiar Christmas songs, but not the same old way as Cedric Fuller leads Global Sound into the Black Dog in Saint Paul. Cedric told Phil ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Kate Lynch and Her Most Excellent Fellows started out almost by accident. But Kate fell in love with old jazz, took off with it and met some top-n...
- Added: Dec 03, 2016
- Length: 04:59
Dakota Dave Hull has been recording and performing for decades. But as time has moved forward, the output has increased. And it all seems original,...
- Added: Nov 21, 2016
- Length: 06:49
Patty Peterson is one of the bright lights on the Peterson jazz family tree. Her family inspired her to get involved in music. And what they taught...
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 09:37
651Jazz. It’s a group of Rosemount, MN-area people who started playing jazz in high school, but saw no reason to quit at graduation. They sought ea...
- Added: Jul 10, 2016
- Length: 06:53
Judi Vinar, the former Judy Donaghy has been at the forefront of Minnesota music for Decades. She wears many musical hats. She sat down with interv...
- Added: Jul 09, 2016
- Length: 09:46
Judi has stood in the forefront of Midwest vocalists for decades. She’s teamed up with the Wolverines Swing Band for 20-plus years, and they’ve bee...
- Added: Jul 09, 2016
- Length: 05:00
How do you become a jazz musician? The key just may be persistence. You can take lessons and school courses, but if you really want to play jazz…we...
- Added: Jun 29, 2016
- Length: 05:21
Summer is here and that means Minnesotans Go Outside to events like Jazz Blast. Held in Rosemount, Jazz Blast presents a varied group of jazz artis...
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 04:59
Jennifer Grimm playing with players who know her, because the greater the experience, the more fun they have. And the more fun they have challengin...
- Added: May 09, 2016
- Length: 07:16
There’s a lot to be said for working with the same musicians over the years. That’s the case with Charmin Michelle and Joel Shapira. Joel Shapira t...
- Added: May 01, 2016
- Length: 05:00
The Southside Aces is a New Orleans-style jazz band that has loads of fun playing for dancers and listeners. Founder and clarinetist Tony Balluff (...
- Added: Apr 07, 2016
- Length: 05:00
They do the old blues and a lot of new blues, too. Stephen Faison and the 3 O’Clock Gruv is a band of musical veterans hungry to make its mark with...
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 05:50
