October 11, 2026

Year: 2014

Sonny Knight and the Lakers at In Cahoots - Red Stag Block Party, Minneapolis (03 Aug 2014)

Sonny Knight and the Lakers at In Cahoots – Red Stag Block Party, Minneapolis (03 Aug 2014)

JohnC@weheartmusic.com August 5, 2014

The sun was high in the sky, humidity was rising, and temperatures flirted near 90 degrees, but it was still “Knight Time”. And, “Knight Time” proved to be the right time, as local retro-soul band Sonny Knight and the Lakers closed out the annual In Cahoots- Red Stag Block Party in Northeast Minneapolis yesterday. The main focus of the event was to have eight of the area’s burgeoning local craft brewers paired up in teams, to each create a new brew, that the crowd would then sample, and vote for the best recipe (spoiler alert: the Fulton/Dangerous Man Brewing combination was far and away the winner).

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Paul McCartney at Target Field, Minneapolis (02 Aug 2014)

Paul McCartney at Target Field, Minneapolis (02 Aug 2014)

JohnC@weheartmusic.com August 5, 2014

Paul McCartney just showed us all up. While most 72 year olds are contemplating a home in Boca Raton or counting the minutes until the early-bird dinner specials start, Sir Paul had the day named after him by the state’s governor and played 39 songs in 2 hours 45 min., at a very sold-out Target Field on a clear Saturday night in Minneapolis.

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Tori Amos at the O'Shaughnessy, St Paul (03 August 2014)

Tori Amos at the O’Shaughnessy, St Paul (03 August 2014)

vu@weheartmusic.com August 4, 2014

"I wore my space frames for you all," stated Tori Amos at the O'Shaughnessy in St Paul, August 3rd, during her brief, but scheduled, Tori Says Hello segment. It's understandable that she's trying to limit the talk time, so she can fit in more songs, because she's got so many song requests that it's hard to play everything, otherwise "we'll be here all night."

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Tori Amos at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (23 Jul 2014)

Tori Amos at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (23 Jul 2014)

weheartmusic July 24, 2014

As I walk the mile from my house to the Greek Theatre, adorned in a flowing floral skirt matched with super-comfy combat boots, I marvel at the eclectic crowd heading to tonight’s show. There are people of all ages, young and old, hip, not so hip, couples, goth stars, artsy 90’s wave kids (which is the category I presumably fall into), industry savvy professionals, and massive amounts of nerds...but you know, like the cool, unassuming nerds. Amongst the sea of people I feel a sense of calm come over me, because not only am I bathing in the twilight as I slowly wander up the hill into the magic that is Griffith Park, but I feel a sense of oneness that I don’t always get at shows. Tonight we aren’t coming together to merely see an artist or a musician, no...we are coming together to experience a revolution, to capture that feeling of nostalgia that we all turn to music to fulfill, that meditative state that only certain songs are able to give us. For me, and it looks like for a lot of other people as well, one of those magnificent guru’s in the world of which we call music, is the fiery redhead Tori Amos.

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