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Sam Deters and Duluth’s Saltydog play one of their haunts, Winona’s No Name Bar on New Year’s Eve. Photo by Javier Serna

NEW YEAR'S EVE EDITION: Jam in the Stream's weekly MN live music pics

December 26, 2024 in live events, blog, calendar

Jam in the Stream has a special, Year End edition of the weekly Minnesota live music pics. There’s a lot of good music options from now until the end of the year. The editor is hoping he’ll be up for a trip down to Winona on New Year’s Eve to catch one of his faves: Duluth’s Saltydog.

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

About TWINE's sit-in last Wednesday with California Honeydrops' saxman Yanos Lustig

December 17, 2024 in live events, blog

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.

Tinariwen brings their Saharan desert blues to Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Saturday.

This week in Minnesota: Jam in the Stream's live music picks

July 30, 2024 in live events, blog

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.

Etran de L’Äir is bringing its Saharan psychedelic rock to Turf Club Wednesday.
Photo by Abdoul Moumouni Hamid

Live This Week: Etran de L'Äir stops at Turf Club Wednesday

July 08, 2024 in live events, blog, art in music

Etran de L’Äir, known for a brand of “dessert blues,” is playing Turf Club Wednesday, the first of several live music picks this week from Jam in the Stream. Find out more about the band from Niger, and the rest of Jam in the Stream’s show recommendations.