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Ch Ch Ch Changes to riftmagazine.com

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By Rich Horton

Driving into work back in early January, I was going over an idea in my head, how the music industry is changing, as is all industry and business. For some reason, the David Bowie song “Changes” came into my head.  Couldn’t have been more than 30 seconds later, they announced on the radio that Bowie had passed away, and that song played for the news item. [Read more…] about Ch Ch Ch Changes to riftmagazine.com

Event Review – The Pines – Dakota Jazz Club 7/7/16

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Minneapolis, MN JULY 7: The Pines perform at the Dakota on July 7, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. © Tony Nelson
Minneapolis, MN JULY 7: The Pines perform at the Dakota on July 7, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. © Tony Nelson

By Rebecca Marx Photo Credit Tony Nelson

When David Huckfelt of The Pines commented on the fact that in this day and age, a music venue is largely seen as “irrelevant”, and mostly viewed as a “piece of real estate”, I could only nod in agreement. The arts, and the venues that give them a home, aren’t often given the credit that they deserve, not acknowledged for the community that they not only serve, but create. [Read more…] about Event Review – The Pines – Dakota Jazz Club 7/7/16