Etran de L’Äir is bringing its Saharan psychedelic rock to Turf Club Wednesday.
Photo by Abdoul Moumouni Hamid
Etran de L’Äir, known for a brand of “dessert blues,” is playing Turf Club Wednesday, the first of several live music picks this week from Jam in the Stream. Find out more about the band from Niger, and the rest of Jam in the Stream’s show recommendations.
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Frogleg made the most of its first appearance at Blue Ox Music Festival last Friday, coming ready to set fire to the Backwoods stage and paying tribute to the late mandolinist Max Graham, covering Kind Country’s “Take Me Home.” Read Jam in the Stream’s writeup of the set.
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Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country stole Blue Ox faces for the third year in a row Thursday.
Check out Jam in the Stream’s photo gallery of Daniel Donato’s main stage set at Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wis., from June 26, 2024.
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Check out Jam in the Stream’s live music picks for this week in and around Minnesota.
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Jon Miller of Feed the Dog Thursday night at Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wis. Feed the Dog played the Saloon stage and were visited late in the set by Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon, who sat in for a song on banjo.
A galley of pictures from Feed the Dog’s side stage set at Blue Ox Music Festival shot by Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna last Thursday, including video of “Space Odyssey” and a sit-in from Leftover Salmon banjoist Andy Thorn.
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Keys player Kevin Gastonguay will be in Minneapolis Saturday on the Hammond B3 organ to join JT Bates and Zacc Harris for the JT Bates Grain Trio at Berlin, one of many competing live music options this week as the Blue Ox Music Festival takes place in nearby Eau Claire, Wis.
So many choices this week, thanks in part to Blue Ox Music Festival and all the talent that are playing there in Eau Claire, Wis. But Minneapolis has lots of great shows planned this week, including a surprise set at Gluek’s Thursday night, Micheal Cleveland at Dakota on Saturday and JT Bates Organ Trio featuring Kevin Gastonguay on the Hammond B3 organ Saturday.
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Check out Jam in the Stream’s photo gallery from The Big Wu’s Saturday show “Under the Canopy” at The Hook & Ladder Theater and Lounge in Minneapolis. The band had several sit-ins including Nicholas David and Debbie Center on keys, as well as Stanley Behrens on saxophone and harmonica. There’s also video of the encore, “MN Moon” linked in the story.
Duluth’s SaltyDog released Pepper on June 3. Jam in the Stream reviews the band’s second LP, which features solid song writing, lyrically, as the band has grown to include a pair of guitarists, a hand percussionist and a keyboardist, the latest addition to the band, Jam in the Stream’s verdict: Go buy this album, which includes songs such as “Barfly,” “Yeehaw,” and “Farmer Norm,” among others.
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The Big Wu, shown here at last summer’s Twin Ports Music Festival, play at The Hook & Ladder Theater in Minneapolis on Saturday. Photo by Tim McGuire
The Big Wu play The Hook and Ladder Theater Saturday, one of several live music shows highlighted this week. The Black Pumas are playing Surly Brewing Festival Field on Friday, and there are lots of local band options all week. Check out Jam in the Stream’s live music picks this week, as well as an addition to the Minnesota Live Music Calendar: God Johnson has a show scheduled for October.
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Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna shares his live music picks for this week in Minnesota and points to a handful of additions that were made to the calendar in the past week, including a fall Daniel Donato show at First Ave and a trio of shows annouced for Icehouse on Minneapolis’ Eat Street.
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Jam in the Stream’s calendar link is now live and being updated. It includes shows of note mostly inside Minnesota’s border, with a few exceptions. The bands included cross several genres, but psychedelic and improvisational music of many stripes is a common theme.
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