Musical kindship was in fine display on a Friday night in downtown Minneapolis as Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore joined forces at the Dakota Jazz Club, in support
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Snarky Puppy, Kauffman Center, $29-$89
The fusion-influenced, genre-bending group brings its brand of exploratory jazz, funk and rock to the live stage.
The band features a wide-ranging collection of more than 30 musicians known as “The Fam,” centered around bassist, composer and bandleader Michael League.
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Groove titans Ghost-Note is currently touring in support of their album Mustard n’Onions , featuring the single “Grandma’s Curtains (ft. Eric Gales).” The album is the group’s first new LP in six years.
The band is led by Snarky Puppy’s multi-GRAMMY®-winning duo of drummer-keyboardist Robert Sput Searight and percussionist Nate Werth.
The tour will stop by the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on Friday, May 17th. Please note that there are two shows: an early show (6:30pm) and a late show (9pm). Show up early and grab yourself a delicious dinner before the show.
Tour dates:
May 10 – Thunderbird – Pittsburgh, PA
May 11 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
May 12 – Rochester Lilac Festival – Rochester, NY
May 14 – El Club – Detroit, MI
May 15 – Bell’s – Kalamazoo, MI
May 16 – Chop Shop – Chicago, IL
May 17 – Dakota – Minneapolis, MN
June 15 – Juneteenth Celebration – Ft. Worth, TX
June 28 – Winstons – San Diego, CA
June 29 – Pappy + Harriet’s – Pioneertown, CA
June 30 – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
July 4 – Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA
July 6-7 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA
July 9 – Cornerstone – Berkeley, CA
July 11 – Neptune Theater – Seattle, WA
July 12 – The Get Down – Portland, OR
July 13 – Oregon Country Fair – Veneta, OR
July 26 – Fuji Rock Festival – Niigata, Japan
August 2 – The Egg – Albany, NY
August 3 – Newport Jazz Festival – Newport, RI
August 5-7 – Blue Note – New York, NY
August 24 – Mountain Sol Festival – Santa Cruz, CA
August 25 – Blue Note Summer Sessions – Napa, CA
September 1 – Detroit Jazz Festival – Detroit, MI
05/17 Tenille Townes with Monique Smaz
at Turf Club
Nashville-based indie singer-songwriter Ben Rector embarks on a 32-date North American tour (Minneapolis is long sold out), with Austin’s Alpha Rev (“Sing Loud”) in tow as openers
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Award-winning singer-songwriter Tenille Townes will be headlining the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 17, 2024.
Her latest song, “Thing That Brought Me Here,” Townes mentioned, “I wrote this song with Ben Rector about my truck that’s become a symbol of the dream for me and a piece of home. It’s the only thing I’ve driven since I started driving and it drove me 47 hours to move to Nashville from Alberta ten years ago. I want the story of ‘The Thing That Brought Me Here’ to live on through a song and I want it to be a reminder to anyone listening that our ambitions are worth holding on to and fighting for. If you would have told the high school kid driving this truck that she’d be living in Nashville writing and recording songs and touring the world, she’d be losing her mind. I never want to let go of that feeling.”
Monique Smaz to open.
Tour dates:
1 May 2024 Salt Lake City UT The State Room
2 May 2024 Fort Collins CO The Armory
3 May 2024 Denver CO Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
8 May 2024 Lexington KY The Burl
9 May 2024 Cincinnati OH Live at the Ludlow Garage
10 May 2024 Cleveland OH Cambridge Room
16 May 2024 Lawrence KS The Bottleneck
17 May 2024 Saint Paul MN Turf Club
18 May 2024 Davenport IA Racoon Motel
19 May 2024 Evanston IL SPACE
Oct 9 – Moncton, NB – Capitol Theatre
Oct 10 – Saint John, NB – Imperial Theatre
Oct 11 – Halifax,NS – Lighthouse
Oct 12 – Fredericton, NB – Playhouse
Oct 24 – Belleville, ON – Empire Theatre
Oct 25 – Guelph, ON – River Run Centre
Oct 26 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Oct 30 – London, ON – London Music Hall
Oct 31 – Ottawa, ON – Algonquin Commons Theatre
Nov 1 – Montreal, QC – Burton Cummings Theatre
Nov 13 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
Nov 14 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre
Nov 15 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Nov 16 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Nov 18 – Red Deer, AB – Red Deer Memorial Centre
Nov 19 – Grand Prairie, AB – Bonnetts Energy Centre
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this June 16, in support of his third album The Way That Lovers Do, which is available via Elektra Records.
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Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad is currently on his “Silhouettes Tour,” a headlining run that kicks off its North American leg on April 25 in Atlanta, GA and wraps up at the iconic Beacon Theatre in New York City on June 1 before dates in the UK and Europe this fall (tour itinerary below).
Kuhad will stop by the Cedar Cultural Center on May 17, 2024.
Prateek Kuhad (16 Jun 2022)
We saw Prateek Kuhad in Jun 2022 and wrote, “Let me start by saying that I’ve never seen so many Hindi at a concert before. That’s thanks to Indian singer/songwriter Prateek Kuhad and his star power, thanks to former US president Barack Obama putting Kuhad’s song “Cold/Mess” on his “Favorite Music of 2019.” I think it’s so cool to see people that don’t normally attend shows on the dancefloor… and I hope they continue to support live music.”
Tour dates:
May 4 – San Francisco, CA – Masonic
May 6 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
May 7 – Seattle, WA – Moore
May 8 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore
May 10 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Ballroom
May 11 – Edmonton, AB – Midway
May 13 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Center
May 15 – Winnipeg, MB – The Park
May 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar
May 18 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 21 – Montreal, QC – Bar le Ritz
May 22 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre
May 24 – Toronto, ON – History
May 28 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
May 29 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Legendary shoegazing band Ride will be headlining Mill City Nights next Tuesday, September 29th. After the British band broke up in 1996, founding band member Andy Bell went on to
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UK’s shoegazing band Ride will be touring in support of their new studio album, Interplay (Wichita Recordings / PIAS).
Ride (09 Feb 2023)
We last saw Ride as part of the excellent double-billing with The Charlatans in Feb 2023 and wrote, “Playing first was Oxford’s Ride, featuring vocalists and guitarists Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, drummer Laurence “Loz” Colbert and bassist Steve Queralt. The band is one of the early pioneers of shoegazing music, thanks to their debut album Nowhere, which came out in 1990. The term shoegazing is used to described the layers of guitar distortions and effects. Its origin is in reference to the many guitar foot pedals (so the guitarist would be staring at their feet to operate the effects correctly).”
Knifeplay to open.
Tour dates:
5/8 – Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace*
5/9 – Amherst, MA @ The Drake*
5/11 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live*
5/13 – Montreal, QB @ Theatre Fairmount*
5/14 – Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall*
5/15 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre*
5/16 – Chicago, IL @ Metro*
5/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line*
5/19 – Denver, Colorado @ Gothic Theater*
5/22 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom*
5/23 – Portland, OR @ Mission Theater*
5/25 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox*
9/2 – Belfast, UK @ Limelight
9/3 – Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia
9/4 – Cork, Ireland @ Cyprus Avenue
9/6 – Sheffield, UK @ Leadmill
9/7 – Newcastle, UK @ Boilershop
9/8 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG 3 TV Studio
9/10 – Liverpool, UK @ Invisible Wind Factory
9/12 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
9/13 – Manchester, UK @ New Century
9/14 – Bristol, UK @ SWX
9/16 – Falmouth, UK @ Princess Pavilions
9/17 – Portsmouth, UK @ Guildhall
9/18 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
9/20 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
9/21 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfrun Halls
9/22 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction
* = with support from Knifeplay
If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.