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Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos & His Buena Vista Orchestra at the Uptown Theater (09-12-24)

Like Hooker, most of the original musicians from the original Buena Vista Social Club have since passed, but the original musical director of the tour, Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos was at the Uptown Theater on Thursday with his Buena Vista Orchestra, continuing the tradition of spreading the traditional music of Cuba to a new generation.

Glitterer at Cloudland Theater (03-02-2024)

Cloudland Theater opened in October of 2023, a DIY project from former musicians of the band the Soviettes, they being Maren Macosko and Brad Lokkesmoe. It’s not really a theater nor is it a bar. It is a small music venue on Lake Street that still retains the vestiges of the former tenant, an architecture firm with the place being clean, airy, open with great sightlines to the cozy stage. The reason Macosko and Lokkesmoe built the venue is to give up-and-coming bands a place to play after COVID and the George Floyd riots laid claim to venues like Triple Rock and Hexagon.

Pert Near Sandstone at First Ave (12-02-2023)

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.