King Buffalo, a pych rock trio from Rochester, N.Y., returns to Saint Paul’s Turf Club Tuesday, Jan. 18. The show tops Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna’s Minnesota live music picks this week. Find out what other shows are happening.

Leftover Salmon’s Drew Emmitt chatted with Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna this week in a wide-ranging interview. It included talk of the band’s upcoming LP, the influence bands such as Old & in The Way had on jam grass, why Emmitt switched up his touring mandolin, and a memory of the late Jeff Austin.

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, 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.

The Big Wu’s gig at First Avenue in Minneapolis tops Jam in the Stream’s weekly Minnesota live music roundup, which is back this week after a short hiatus. Find out what other shows are happening in Minnesota.

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.

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.

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

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.

It’s taken me a couple of days to recover from what was the first Ice Dance Music Festival at Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center in Green Lake, Wis.

Would do again.

Up here in the cold, frozen tundra, we’re always looking for fun shit to do come late winter that doesn’t necessarily involve plane tickets south (one day, Phish Mexico, one day).