Boney James at Florida Theatre, Jacksonville (April 30, 2026)
Boney James Setlist Contact Into the Blue Slide Slow Burn After the Rain Butterfly (Herbie...
Jazz Notes
Jax: May 22 to May 26, 2026
Here are some shows, taking place in Jacksonville and nearby cities, from May 22 to...
Jazz Note #24 – Have Fun
It was a quick recording session (Aug 17, 1964) for a quick release (Sept,...
XXX YYY ZZZ: Girls Girls Girls
■ XXX YYY ZZZ is a new series from WHM. xiexie Tokyo’s xiexie plays a...
These are the Daves I know
Dedicated to Dave seeing another Dave, doing “Dave Things”… I present to you, These Are...
Jazz Note #23 – Make a Debut
In 1938 there was no music more popular than Swing, and the man leading...
John Oates and the Good Road Band, Minneapolis (March 6th 2026)
John Oates Setlist Out of Touch¹ Pushin’ a Rock Enough is Enough Real Thing Going...
Best of the Fest: All that Jazz
Read more Best of the Fest. Jacksonville Jazz Festival (May 22-24, 2026) Jacksonville Jazz...
Jazz Note #22 – Evolve
When Miles Davis was about to step on stage at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln...
Dance Your Brass Off – Mardi Gras Celebration at Turf Club (February 17, 2026)
A Mardi Gras celebration at Turf Club with three great brass bands? Count me luckily in to a very fun evening.
Our Neighbor: A Benefit Concert at The Dakota (February 12, 2026)
Our Neighbor: A Benefit Concert held at The Dakota was truly that, with an actual cavalcade of Twin Cities musicians, centered by The New Standards, playing songs of protest and raising money for local charities fighting for our neighbors who are under attack.
Now Streaming: Our Neighbor – A Benefit Concert
Our Neighbor: A Benefit Concert (Feb 12, 2026) Our Neighbor: A Benefit Concert is happening...
Jazz Note #21 – Old Soul
For someone so young (25) Samara Joy has already accomplished what many take a lifetime...
News: Washington National Opera sever ties with the Trump/Kennedy Center
Washington National Opera The Washington National Opera is the latest company move out of the...
Every cancellation at the Trump Center
Trump Kennedy Center John F Kennedy said in a speech on October 26, 1963: If...
Jazz Note #20 – Make a Christmas Album
It seems a requirement for a musical artist to produce a Christmas Album: Bing Crosby...
Boney James at The Dakota (November 22, 2025)
Boney James at The Dakota (November 23, 2025) Boney James Setlist Contact Into the...
Alune Wade at The Cedar Cultural Center (November 19, 2025)
Alune Wade at Cedar Cultural Center (Nov 19, 2025) If the birth of jazz started...
Bologna Jazz Festival: corto.alto at Locomotiv Club, Bologna (October 24, 2025)
Corto.Alto at Locomotiv Club Bologna (Oct 24, 2025) We’re recovering from our Rocktober coverage (and...
We♥KC! November 4-6, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)
read more Kansas City Music Guide archives / read more Lawrence, KS archives November 4-6,...
Mpls: November 22, 2025
Here are some shows in Minneapolis/St Paul on November 22, 2025: • The Beths at...
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ Strasbourg 82
Today is jazz drummer Art Blakey’s birthday, and to celebrate Gearbox Records is releasing Strasbourg...
We♥KC! October 10-13, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)
Kansas City Music Guide archives / Lawrence, KS archives October 10-13, 2025 Upcoming concerts /...
We♥KC! October 6-9, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence, KS metro)
Let’s take look at the Kansas City / Lawrence KS metro musical happenings for the first days of the month, October 6th-9th
Dakota 40th Anniversary Block Party at Dakota Jazz Club (September 20, 2025)
Forty-year anniversary celebrations were on the menu this weekend. In Chicago the Pogues played Riot Fest to celebrate the 40 years since the release of their seminal album Rum Sodomy & the Lash. At The Bank on the University of Minnesota campus an all-star line-up, including Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, headlined the 40th Farm Aid Music Festival. And on Nicollet Mall in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, a jazz club reached the rare milestone and decided to throw a party.
Site Update (September 2025)
Since September 1st, I have been really busy backing up the TypePad website, month by month… starting in August 2025 and working backward to January 2007. With everyone also backing up, they knocked the host offline for a few days, so I was worried for a while about getting all my data off of TypePad. It’s all fixed now, so as of a few days ago, I’ve grabbed all the pages and their thumbnails (displayed images). The next step is to drill down and download all the full images… which might not be possible, given the short time frame. We only have a week before they pull the plug.
Selby Avenue Jazz Fest (September 13, 2025)
The Selby Avenue Jazz Fest is in the heart of St. Paul, specifically, the Rondo neighborhood. It was founded in 2002 as a response to the one-year anniversary of 9/11. Co-founder, Michael Wright, felt a need to celebrate the good things going on in the world and in the heart of St. Paul, and he felt, “Nothing gets people together like a good old-fashioned block party.” The inaugural Jazz Fest had 600 people. There were quite a few more on Saturday.
Southside Aces at 370 Sets, St Paul (June 24, 2025)
Southside Aces at 370 Sets (June 24, 2025) Southside Aces Setlist Anytime (Emmett Miller cover)...
Twin Cities Jazz Festival at Mears Park, St Paul (June 20-21, 2025)
On a balmy summer evening in downtown St. Paul the Twin Cities Jazz Festival kicked off its 27th year. Earlier in the week the Star and Tribune noted that the TCJF is bigger than the Taste of Minnesota and boasts more musical acts than the Minnesota Yacht Club. In fact, there were over eighty artists playing 20 venues over two days and a lot of it was free. So, it was my intention to catch five of these acts at Mears Park.
Minneapolis: March 14, 2025
Minneapolis: March 14, 2025 Pre-game your St Patrick’s Day with Irish traditional band Lúnasa at the Pantages Theatre, in Minneapolis, on March 14. The band now features guest artist award-winning fiddler Colin Farrell (from Manchester, England), bassist Trevor Hutchinson (former member of The Waterboys, piper and Riverdancer, Cillian Vallely, flutist Kevin Crawford, All-Ireland fiddle champion Sean Smyth (founding member of Donal Lunny’s Coolfin), and guitarist Ed Boyd (worked with with Flook and Kate Rusby.)