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...
View ArticleHoliday Music: 12.23 – 12.29
Greetings and salutations; Swedish Pancakes: My own holiday tradition For many, this is a hectic, if joyful, time of year, as families and friends gather to celebrate various, but mostly, Christmas...
View ArticleSpring is Here: 3.16 – 3.22
This is one of the tasks I’ve been doing this week ⛏ This is the second weekly blog entry that will be somewhat less informative than usual as I prepared this a couple of weeks ago. There is plenty...
View ArticleMusic Not for Fools: 3.30 – 4.5
Friday is April Fools Day, with a couple of appropriate shows, but for the most part there is nothing foolish about our music scene, which is so rich in talent over a variety of genres. We even have...
View ArticleIt’s All Good Music: 4.20 – 4.26
It’s another good week to be an ominiverous music fan. We have a few highly anticipated jazz artists in town, as well as some great blues and a battle of the blues bands, and some fine resident artists...
View ArticleAutumn Music: 10.12 – 10.18
We’ve a busy Fall weekend coming up, what with the Prince Memorial concert on Thursday (it’s also being proclaimed Prince Day by Mayor Chris Coleman); the Saint Paul Art Crawl in Lowertown and...
View ArticleMuch Music, Many Genres: 11.30 – 12.6
The week ahead features music that runs a gamut of styles and genres, from jump blues to funk, straight ahead jazz, fusion, girl-group pop, and of course, some helpings of holiday music to celebrate...
View ArticleTC Jazz Fest and More: 6.21 – 6.27
Greetings everyone; It’s the big weekend for jazz fans as the Twin Cities Jazz Festival takes place from Thursday through Saturday. Great headliners and about 300 resident artists will be appearing on...
View ArticleIgnore the Snow! Music: 4.4 – 4.10
What happened to March – Out Like a Lamb? Oh boy, we’ve gotten dumped on by snow and now will have a week or so of well-below-average temperatures, with the prospect of another snow on the way next...
View ArticleAutumn is Here: 9.19 – 9.25
This Saturday The Autumnal Equinox occurs, when the sun will appear to cross the celestial equator, marking the first day of Autumn. The outdoor music season is winding down, though there will...
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