Music

MUSIC REVIEW | Chastity Brown at The Cedar Cultural Center: A hot bed of gospel, blues, and country

By Elizabeth (Betsy) Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo credit Liz Schutlz (from another live performance)

Chastity Brown headlined a "Gravel Road Touring Showcase" at The Cedar on Friday night, April 5 that also featured Actual Wolf and Barbara Jean. All those names, including the touring company's, gives you a feel for the kind of music: a bit of twang, a bit of folk and some sweet soul.
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MUSIC PHOTOS | Garbage at Mill City Nights

By David McCrindle, TC Daily Planet

Photos by David McCrindle

On Friday, April 5, Garbage played at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis.

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MUSIC PHOTOS | Divine Fits at the Varsity Theater

By Meredith Westin, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Meredith Westin

On Thursday, April 4, Divine Fits played at a sold-out Varsity Theater in Minneapolis.

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State may go after money given to Minnesota, St. Paul orchestras

By Jonathan Mohr, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Despite receiving funding from the state’s taxpayers, neither the Minnesota Orchestra nor the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has played a concert since last fall. Anyone upset by that fact may be cheered by language included in HF1183, which was heard by the House Legacy Committee Wednesday.

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Pianist Simone Dinnerstein to perform April 11

By Staff, American Jewish World

Brooklyn-based, Juilliard-trained classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and North Carolina native singer-songwriter Tift Merritt explore the vast musical terrain between their backgrounds in the new album Night. The duo will perform 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11 at the Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis.

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Events to showcase Sephardic Baroque music

By Staff, American Jewish World

The Netherlands-based, early music ensemble Me La Amargates Tú will perform its unique Baroque Jewish sound 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at the St. Paul JCC, 1375 St. Paul Ave.

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Party like it's 1929: Max Raabe and the 12-piece Palast Orchester bring the music of a bygone era in Germany to the Dakota Jazz Club on April 7

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

Max Raabe and Palast Orchester recreate the music of Germany’s Weimar era. (Photo: Gregor Hohenberg)

Singer Max Raabe stands erect before the microphone, garbed in a tuxedo and tails with his blonde hair slicked back, and croons songs that were the rage of Berlin during the 1920s and ’30s, the time of the Weimar Republic.

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MUSIC REVIEW | Sigur Rós bring audience members to tears at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Chad Rieder

There were moments during the Sigur Rós concert at Roy Wilkins Auditorium where the bass and percussion permeated into my chest, where the vocals and strings opened the pores of my skin, where I felt completely transported by the multidimensional sound. I’m not exaggerating when I say those moments felt like a religious experience of sorts—and this is coming from an atheist. The Icelandic band has the ability to completely take you to another place.

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Spring and summer arts festivals in the Twin Cities: What not to miss

By Amina Harper, The Art House

Northern Spark 2012. Photo by Jay Gabler.

When my mother told me that I didn’t understand a true Minnesota winter because it had been many years before my birth that a winter had been this long, it made me feel like I was on an episode of Game of Thrones—because seriously, who talks like that?

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MUSIC REVIEW | Madeleine Peyroux enchants The Dakota Jazz Club

By Betsy Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy Madeleine Peyroux

The singer/vocal enchantress Madeleine Peyroux performed at The Dakota in Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 2 and will do so again on Wednesday, April 3 with two shows each evening. If you can afford the time and the tickets ($50-$65), invest, invest, invest. What you'll come out with is a glimpse into song history, artistic tribute and interpretation that is stellar to the core. British singer/songwriter/actress Rebecca Pidgeon (with Tim Young) is the opener with a short song set including her Grammy nominated "Slingshot".

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