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Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna was excited to catch Etran de L’Aïr at the Turf Club back in July. The Saharan dessert blues band ripped, as expected, but so did the opener, Diles que no me maten, an experimental indie rock band from Mexico City. Read more about this show, which comes in at No. 10 on the editor’s list of 12 memorable shows in 2024.
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No. 11: Duluth’s Saltydog did justice to The Ripple Bar on Feb. 29.
Saltydog’s sendoff of Duluth’s Ripple Bar is No. 11 on Jam in the Stream’s list of a dozen memorable shows in 2024. Read more about what made that show special.
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No. 12: Karina Rykman at 7th Street Entry Feb. 28.
Karina Rykman’s Feb. 28 show at Minneapolis’ 7th Street Entry kicks off Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna’s list of 12 memorable shows he caught in 2024. Read more about Rykman, an exciting up-and-coming bass player, and what made that show stand out.
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Yanos “Johnny Bones” Lustig was just looking to play and his search naturally led him to Bunker’s in Minneapolis’ North Loop. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/Jam in the Stream
TWINE frontman Will Effertz did know California Honeydrops’ music but didn’t know saxophonist Janos “Johnny Bones” Lustig when he approached the stage at Bunker’s last Wednesday night. “I have had that happen in instances, and when it’s a saxophone, I am like, ‘Please, be good.’ It turned out he was a badass.” Read more about the unplanned sit-in from Lustig on a night when local vocalist/guitarist Joe Dunn and sound man Gage Schmitt (on flute) were already featured.
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The Big Wu’s gig at First Avenue in Minneapolis tops Jam in the Stream’s weekly Minnesota live music roundup, which is back this week after a short hiatus. Find out what other shows are happening in Minnesota.
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Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna is stoked that Orions Belte, an instrumental trio from Norway, is hitting the U.S. early next year. Find out all of the details.
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Jam in the Stream write about TWINE's new weekly Wednesday residency at the Cabooze. But find out what other options there are around Minnesota this week.
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Photo by Javier Serna, Jam in the Stream editor
King Gizzard played another insane show at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater, covering many bases. They also had Jay Weinberg play drums on "Perihelion," in a rare sit-in, on a night fans hoped for a Billy Strings sit-in. Read about all the crazy things that happened at this wild show down south.
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King Gizzard's Milwaukee show was one of the best Gizz shows Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna has witnessed. It came after three amazing shows in Nashville, Chicago and Minneapolis. Find out what made this show so good.
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Photo by Javier Serna
King Gizzard played a wild and long show in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. Read all about it at www.jaminthestream.com
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Jam in the Stream is using a different format for King Gizzard's Aug. 30 Asheville show. Read all about that show here.
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Photo by Javier Serna, Jam in the Stream
King Gizzard returns to Minnesota tonight, which tops Jam in the Stream's weekly live music picks in Minnesota this week. There's also a Gizz after party at Gluek's downtown after the show. Find out what other shows are happening in Minnesota this week.
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Jam in the Stream's editor, Javier Serna, found King Gizzard's acoustic show in Detroit to be the weirdest show he's seen the band play. Read on to find out if it's the good weird or not.
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Jam in the Stream's show review of King Gizzard's performance at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto was published at kglw.net.
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Jam in the Stream's writeup of King Gizzard's show at Thompson's Point in Portland, Maine on Aug. 20. Stu Mackenzie took a dip into the Fore River during "The Dripping Tap" closer, the band debuted "Rats in the Sky," the band played a suite of songs from "I'm in Your Mind Fuzz," and opened with a 27-minute jamtronica section.
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Minneapolis funk/jam band headlines 7th Street Entry Wednesday, one of several live music picks this week from Jam in the Stream.
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Buckethead, Dweezil Zappa and Ghost Funk Orchestra are among artists that play the Twin Cities early this week. Read about those shows and the rest of Jam in the Stream’s live music picks in Minnesota this week.
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Seth Applebaum listened to hours of Apollo Missions recordings, finding the perfect snippets to include on Ghost Funk Orchestra’s latest LP, A Trip to the Moon. Photos courtesy of Seth Applebaum
Jam in the Stream talked with Seth Applebaum of Ghost Funk Orchestra ahead of the band’s appearance at Minneapolis’ Green Room next Tuesday. The band has been up to a lot of cool things in the past year, including a new album inspired by the Apollo Missions, touring with Grace Potter, collaborating with jam keyboardist Marco Benevento and more.
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Tinariwen brings their Saharan desert blues to Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Saturday.
It’s another busy week on Minnesota’s live music scene, with the GZA and a backing band with a fiddler at the Dakota, Saharan desert blues pioneers Tinariwen at the Cedar. Get the details on those and more shows at Jam in the Stream’s weekly live show picks article.
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MonoNeon, second from right, spent a lot of time playing bass with Prince near the end. In this picture, he is performing with John Medeski at a Phish after party in Manhattan in April 2022. Photo by Javier Serna
MonoNeon tops Jam in the Stream’s live music picks this week in Minnesota, but find out what other shows come highly recommended.
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