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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King Gizzard goes distance on a Tuesday night in Minneapolis
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King Gizz debuts Swan Song in Asheville
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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
Live in MN this week: King Gizz plays the Armory tonight
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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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King Gizz slays another mighty set in Philly
Jam in the Stream brought another friend to their first Gizz show. As usual, the wildly divergent band impressed once again, covering a wide range of material, including heavier songs, a lengthy The River jam, and an electronic jam to end the show.
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Live in MN this week: Bassist Stanley Clarke plays Dakota
There's a lot of music options thanks to the Minnesota State Fair this week, and bassist Stanley Clarke plays the Dakota. Read on to see what other live music options Jam in the Stream recommends.
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Gizz gets weird in Detroit; Too weird?
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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 Toronto show review hosted at KGLW.net
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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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Photo by Javier Serna
Stu takes a dip in Portland, Maine
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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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Live in MN this week: TWINE headlines 7th Street Entry Wednesday
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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 Returns to First Avenue
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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
Ghost Funk Orchestra's Seth Applebaum chats with Jam in the Stream
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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.
This week in Minnesota: Jam in the Stream's live music picks
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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
Live in MN this week: MonoNeon headlines Fine Line
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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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Photo courtesy of Ground Control Touring
Live in Minnesota this week: Crumb hits Varsity Theater Friday
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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
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Etran de L’Äir is bringing its Saharan psychedelic rock to Turf Club Wednesday.
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Live This Week: Etran de L'Äir stops at Turf Club Wednesday
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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.
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Frogleg torches Blue Ox's Backwoods stage, pays tribute to late Max Graham
Frogleg made the most of its first appearance at Blue Ox Music Festival last Friday, coming ready to set fire to the Backwoods stage and paying tribute to the late mandolinist Max Graham, covering Kind Country’s “Take Me Home.” Read Jam in the Stream’s writeup of the set.
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Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country stole Blue Ox faces for the third year in a row Thursday.
PHOTO GALLERY: Daniel Donato's Thursday Blue Ox Set
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Check out Jam in the Stream’s photo gallery of Daniel Donato’s main stage set at Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wis., from June 26, 2024.
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This week in MN: Live Music Options from Cities to Duluth
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Check out Jam in the Stream’s live music picks for this week in and around Minnesota.
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Jon Miller of Feed the Dog Thursday night at Blue Ox Music Festival in Eau Claire, Wis. Feed the Dog played the Saloon stage and were visited late in the set by Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon, who sat in for a song on banjo.
PHOTO GALLERY: Feed the Dog's Blue Ox Set
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A galley of pictures from Feed the Dog’s side stage set at Blue Ox Music Festival shot by Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna last Thursday, including video of “Space Odyssey” and a sit-in from Leftover Salmon banjoist Andy Thorn.
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Keys player Kevin Gastonguay will be in Minneapolis Saturday on the Hammond B3 organ to join JT Bates and Zacc Harris for the JT Bates Grain Trio at Berlin, one of many competing live music options this week as the Blue Ox Music Festival takes place in nearby Eau Claire, Wis.
Loaded week of music, tough choices for live music fans
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So many choices this week, thanks in part to Blue Ox Music Festival and all the talent that are playing there in Eau Claire, Wis. But Minneapolis has lots of great shows planned this week, including a surprise set at Gluek’s Thursday night, Micheal Cleveland at Dakota on Saturday and JT Bates Organ Trio featuring Kevin Gastonguay on the Hammond B3 organ Saturday.
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