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TWINE’s Will Effertz. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/@jaminthestream
Will Effertz’ return to TWINE at Bunkers tonight tops my weekly roundup of live, psychedelic music around Minnesota.
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A few members of Duluth’s Saltydog sat in with TWINE during their Wednesday night Bunkers residency back in March. This week, they are scheduled to bring the same love to WE Collective’s Thursday night gig at Gluek’s in downtown Minneapolis. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/@jaminthestream
Members of Saltydog will be playing in the WE Collective at Gluek’s in downtown Minneapolis Thursday. That’s one highlight in a local music-heavy week of live music in Minnesota.
Find out what else is happening around the state in psychedelic music.
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Duluth’s Saltydog plays the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis tonight at 7:30 p.m.
PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/@jaminthestream
Another busy week of live music in Minnesota kicks off with a free show tonight from Duluth’s Saltydog at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. Find out what else is happening in psychedelic music.
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The Big Wu keyboardist Al Oikari at First Avenue last December. The Big Wu headlines the Minnesota Zoo Friday. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/@jamithestream
It’s another packed week of music in Minnesota. The Big Wu headlines the Minnesota Zoo “Wild Nights” series Friday, one of the top jazz bassists ever plays the Dakota Wednesday and Thursday, mesmerizing harpist Mikaela Davis plays the Icehouse Courtyard Saturday and Saltydog has a pair of shows at Up Yonder in Grand Marais. And there’s more.
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After 50 years, Azymuth continues on with original guitarist Alex Malheiros (far right).
PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAZZ IS DEAD
Minnesota Live Music Roundup: Lots of options, including the latest legendary funk band to hit the Twin Cities: Azymuth, which plays Amsterdam Bar Friday. But other highlights include Gary Clark, Jr., an Enormous Quartet reunion show, Chinese American Bear, In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel tribute) and a Buffalo Galaxy show a stone’s throw from Duluth.
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Confucisaurus is one of four performers this Saturday afternoon at Pimento on the Lake, part of a recurring series next to Lake Bde Maka Ska that is being curated by Geoffrey Fischbein of Only Every Monday. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/@jaminthestream
It dawns on me every week, when I write this live music column, how lucky Minnesotans are to have such an incredible amount of varied styles of music, which I know extends well beyond my own almost narrow interests — ya know, my love for improvisational and psychedelic music of so many stripes.
But forgive me for rambling — below I’ll give details for Eddie Christmas, Dr. Mambo’s Combo, Ice Horse featuring Mikkel Beckmen, the Jones Gang, the TC Gumbo Jam, Confucisaurus, Kung Fu Hippies, Chase & Ovation, JoJo Green, Saltydog, The Big Wu, Dylan Salfer , Boss Mama and The Jebberhooch, and more.
The New Orleans Suspects (pictured from left to right: Eddie Christmas, Jake Eckert, Brad Walker, CR Gruver, Chris Senac, bring that NOLA funk to The Hook and Ladder’s Under The Canopy this Saturday. PHOTO PROVIDED
The New Orleans Suspects, Leo Kottke, Dope Lemon and Primus bring an eclectic mix of music to Minnesota this week. But there’s also a lot of incredible local music happening this week, including a pair of free mid-week, lakeside shows in Minneapolis and a pair of residencies from TWINE and Boss Mama and The Jebberhooch.
Read MoreChicago’s Ministry hits the Palace Theatre in Saint Paul Tuesday, one of several shows making Jam in the Stream’s weekly list of live music options in Minnesota.
Other highlights include but are not limited to George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, The Garcia Project, and TWINE, which is taking their improvisational magic up to Grand Marais for the holiday weekend.
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