Minneapolis: This Week (03/02/2025)

 

 

28 Feb 2025 Friday
06 Mar 2025 Thursday
Nona Invie
with DJ Sarah Sequoia
at Berlin 
berlinmpls.com

Minneapolis singer/composer Nona Invie (formerly Nona Marie from Dark Dark Dark) is excited to announced her new LP Self-Soothing. There will be two album release shows at Berlin, for the new record (which drops February 28, 2025).

The first show will take place on February 28 and will feature A Mini Choir, featuring choir vocals from Channy Leaneagh (Poliça), Aby Wolf (Champagne Confetti), and Nadia Hulett (NADINE).
It will be followed by a Late Night Lounge set by DJ Enyahouse (although the poster lists DJ Sarah Sequoia).

For the second night, to take place March 6, it will be dubbed Piano, Sax, and Bass Trio (featuring saxophonist Mary Hanson Scott and multi-instrumentalist Mariel Oliveira from IE), with opener Mary Hanson Scott.

The choir thing is interesting, but this isn’t the first time that Nona Invie is involve in a choir band… We saw her in Anonymous Choir in Sep 2013 and said, “As for the music portion, this was presented in the McGuire Theater. The “band” was the Anonymous Choir, a large cast of women backup singer lead by Nona Marie (Dark Dark Dark). The music portion was provided by the Ventures Cover Band, plus two additional horn players who came on later in their set. All the songs were covers of old soul songs, everything from sad tones of Wendy René’s “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” to fun songs like The Fascinations’ “Girls Are Out To Get You”. I preferred the upbeat songs, with my favorite of the night being a great rendition of Ruby Johnson’s “Weak Spot”. It’s clear to me that Anonymous Choir are fans of that music genre as some of the covers aren’t the typical popular soul songs. Their next show will be with Dosh at the Cedar Cultural Center on December 20th. I believe they will be playing Neil Young songs, based on their new record Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush.”

Tour Dates:

 

28 Feb 2025 Friday
01 Mar 2025 Saturday
Pert Near Sandstone
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Local ‘grass band Pert Near Sandstone will be having their annual “Winter String Band Gathering” show at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on Feb 28, 2025.

 

We saw Pert Near Sandstone in December 2023 and wrote, “The members of Pert Near Sandstone are also from the Twin Cities suburbs, Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove. They first got into music by playing in heavy metal and ska bands. But as their music lessons progressed they too were caught by infectious music of bluegrass. And for almost twenty years they have been playing music that is impossible not to dance to, mainly because their percussionist, Andy Lambert, wears a pair of clogs. He was joined on stage with Nate Sipe on fiddle and mandolin, Kevin Knibel on banjo, J Lenz on guitar, Chris Forsberg on fiddle and Justin Bruhn on bass.”

Dig Deep and Katey Bellville to open on Friday.

Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and Feeding Leroy to open on Saturday.

Pert Near Sandstone writes:

 

01 Mar 2025 Saturday
Musician Appreciation Concert
at The Ordway
thespco.org

Orchestra fans, join us for the seventh annual Musician Appreciation Concert, taking place on March 1, 2025. This one-night-only program celebrates the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO), and all proceeds will go to members of the orchestra members.

Program:

 

We saw Roman Rabinovich Plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in Jan 2025 and wrote, “Roman Rabinovich is an Israeli pianist who has performed extensively through Europe and the United States, as well as being a composer of his own. He came to the stage for Francis Poulenc’s Le Bal Masque (The Masked Ball), composed in 1932 and which featured about ten performers. This is a fun and almost silly sound at times, although it’s clear that the underlying music is challenging, demonstrating the real skills of the Chamber Orchestra. Trumpet was featured at several key moments, while baritone singer John Moore had the task of singing quite surrealist lyrics in several of the six movements. I don’t think you often use the word slapstick when describing classical music, but this got close (in a good way).”

TICKETS AND EVENT PACKAGES

• Feb 23 at Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC
• Feb 25 at Kent State Univ. in New Philadelphia, OH
• Feb 26 at Taft Theatre in Cincinnati, OH
• Feb 28 at Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac, MI
• Mar 1 at Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana, IN
• Mar 2 at The Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, MN
• Mar 4 at Barrymore Theatre in Madison, WI
• Mar 6 at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City, IA
• Mar 7 at Stiefel Theatre in Salina, KS
• Mar 8 at The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, MO
• Mar 9 at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL
• Mar 27 at The Heights Theater in Houston, TX
• Mar 28 at Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX
• Mar 29 at Majestic Theatre in Dallas, TX
• Apr 2 at Uptown Theatre in Napa, CA
• Apr 3 at The Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, CA
• Apr 4 at House of Blues Anaheim in Anaheim, CA
• Apr 6 at Humphrey’s in San Diego, CA
• May 3 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN