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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.

TWINE’s Will Effertz and Brian “Snowman” Powers sat in with Saltydog Thursday night at Hotel Minnesnowta. PHOTO BY JAVIER SERNA/Jam in the Stream

PHOTO GALLERY: TWINE and Saltydog intermingle at Hotel Minnesnowta pre-party

January 18, 2025 in live events, blog

Hotel Minnesnowta got off to a rousing start Thursday night with Minneapolis’ TWINE and Duluth’s Saltydog kicking off the event, with the two bands co-mingling at Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West’s Creekside Lounge. Read a short writeup of the show and check out a photo gallery from Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna. Also, find a ticket link to the final night of the hotel fest, which closes with a late, late-night jam featuring The Johnson Brothers and Ryan David Young of Trampled by Turtles.

Album Review: SaltyDog's second LP Pepper delivers song-writing goods

June 20, 2024 in blog, album reviews, art in music

Duluth’s SaltyDog released Pepper on June 3. Jam in the Stream reviews the band’s second LP, which features solid song writing, lyrically, as the band has grown to include a pair of guitarists, a hand percussionist and a keyboardist, the latest addition to the band, Jam in the Stream’s verdict: Go buy this album, which includes songs such as “Barfly,” “Yeehaw,” and “Farmer Norm,” among others.