Live Music
The Falderals w. Art Vandalay
The Falderals: The Falderals play new folk for old souls. Composed of husband and wife Andrew and Rebecca Andestic and hailed by the Superior Telegram as a “true taste of American folk music,” the two have been playing music together since they met in the Peace Corps, starting around campfires, then the streets of Chicago, and now in bars and coffee shops around the Twin Cities. They’ve released four albums and once toured the US with three kids and a minivan. Their buttered harmonies and foot-stomping instrumentation will take you on journeys through ghost towns and wooded bike trails, bars, and bright-lighted cities; and while you travel with them, you’ll somehow feel right at home. Art Vandalay: Art Vandalay is a Twin Cities-based band known for its serious songwriting and playful live energy. Proudly taking on the mantle as “the poor-man’s version of The Band” (Duluth News Tribune), the roots/rockers have made a name for themselves playing Twin Cities dive bars, small-town breweries, coffee shops, and soybean festivals up-and-down the I-35 corridor, garnering ardent fans along the way. Blending the classic roots sounds of The Band and the modern indie sounds of Chuck Prophet and The Black Keys, Art Vandalay creates raw Americana rock with songs that are “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News Tribune). With their 4th album and 1st live record, One Night at the Aster, the album captures the spirited live energy that has made the band a fixture of the Twin Cities’ Americana scene.
Django Generations: The Art of Musette with the Ryan Picone Quartet at Crooners
Dunsmore Jazz Room 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesDinner and drinks service starts 1 hour before showtimes. Django Reinhardt, Jazz Manouche This show will feature all of the famous waltzes from Django Reinhardt and the generations that followed in his footsteps. Ryan Picone: Lead Guitar Tessa Nichols Meade: Violin Ian Stenlund: Rhythm Guitar Sean Roderick: Bass The Ryan Picone Quartet is a group that was put together to showcase the original compositions of Ryan Picone. The music has been written throughout different time periods in his life, and represents his connection to the music of Django Reinhardt. The band consists of Ryan Picone from The Red Hot Django Peppers, Ian Stenlund from The Mississippi Hot Club, Tessa Nichols Meade from the Cold City Heat, and Matt Blake from the Gentleman’s Anti Temperance League. This group is an all star group that brings together a new transfiguration of Jazz. In 2023 the Ryan Picone Quartet released their debut album titled – I Awake dedicated to the legendary Django Reinhardt. The album has received great praise from the Django community including author Michael Dregni. In 2024 RPQ played their first Django Festival along side with musicians like Joscho Stephan and Sam Farthing. Review by author; Michael Dregni. “Swinging, sensual, moody, rousing — Ryan Picone Quartet’s music follows the trail of Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy jazz. Listening to these tracks, you can almost smell the campfire smoke and see the nighttime lights of Paris burning on the horizon. Bon voyage!” www.ryanpicone.com
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at Hook and Ladder
The Hook and Ladder Theater 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United StatesRockabilly Hall of Fame band Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys perform their rockabilly, rock & roll, honky-tonk, R&B, soul, and doo-wop music around the world. This rockin’ quartet is considered one of the torch bearers of American roots music.
Sunday Trad Session
The Dubliner Pub 2162 University Avenue, St. Paul, United StatesNew Irish Trad Session, every Sunday at 8!