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A 1975 promotional photo of The Headhunters with Herbie Hancock, left (seated), Bill Summers, left (standing), Paul Jackson, center (standing), Bennie Maupin, right (standing with sax), Mike Clark, right (seated on floor). Summers and Clark are the remaining members touring with The Headhunters, though a 50-year anniversary show this pasts summer at Hollywood Bowl featured both Hancock and Maupin.

Live in MN this week: The Headhunters hit the Dakota Tuesday

January 21, 2025 in live events, blog

The Headhunters, which Herbie Hancock formed in 1973, play the Dakota Tuesday night, topping Jam in the Stream’s weekly live music picks in Minnesota. Read more about The Headhunters and other live music options this week.

Theivery Corporation drummer/producer Jeff Franca will appear with both Momentary Lapse of Floyd and his project ETHNO at Hotel Minnesnowta at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West in Plymouth Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF ETHNO

Live in MN this week: Thievery Corp's Jeff Franca and ETHNO featured at Hotel Minnesnowta

January 13, 2025 in live events, blog

Jeff Franca of Thievery Corporation will perform alongside Momentary Lapse of Floyd at the three-day Hotel Minnesnowta music fest at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West in Plymouth. The hotel fest tops Jam in the Stream’s weekly music picks. Find out what other live music is happening in Minnesota this week.

Only Every Monday, curated by Geoffrey Fischbein, hits a milestone tonight with it’s 700th show.

Live in MN this week: Only Every Monday turns 700 tonight

January 06, 2025 in live events, blog

Only Every Monday, which holds its 700th show in the series tonight (Monday, Jan. 6) tops Jam in the Stream’s Minnesota live music recommendations this week. But there are many other options this week, including a particularly busy Friday night in Minneapolis.

Charlie Parr returns to Turf Club Sunday for his month-long residency. Pictured, he performed at The Palace Theatre with drummer JT Bates and bassist Liz Draper back in 2021. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/Jam in the Stream

This week in MN music: Charlie Parr kicks off January Turf Club Residency

January 02, 2025 in live events, blog

Charlie Parr and Martin Dosh top Jam in the Stream’s weekly Minnesota live music recommendations for the first week of January, 2025.

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.