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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.

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.

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.

No. 11: Duluth’s Saltydog did justice to The Ripple Bar on Feb. 29.

No. 11: Saltydog ripped the Ripple one last time Feb. 29

December 19, 2024 in live events, blog

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.

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.

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

Live in MN this week: MonoNeon headlines Fine Line

July 22, 2024 in live events, calendar, blog

MonoNeon tops Jam in the Stream’s live music picks this week in Minnesota, but find out what other shows come highly recommended.

Photo courtesy of Ground Control Touring

Live in Minnesota this week: Crumb hits Varsity Theater Friday

July 15, 2024 in live events, calendar, blog

Crumb’s show at the Varsity Theater Friday tops Jam in the Stream’s list of live music picks this week in Minnesota. Read the fully story at www.jaminthestream.com

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.

This week in MN: Live Music Options from Cities to Duluth

July 01, 2024 in live events, blog

Check out Jam in the Stream’s live music picks for this week in and around Minnesota.

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.