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The Current’s 12th Birthday Night 1

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Friday night’s (Jan. 27) First Avenue lineup includes Kenyan-born, Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Jay Smart Music, local Afrobeat 12-piece band Black Market Brass, folk-rocker Strand of Oaks, Portland-based folk trio Joseph and local indie-pop singer-songwriter jeremy messersmith. Tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3354097/the-currents-12th-birthday-party-ftjeremy-messersmithjosephstrand-of-oaksblack-market-brassand-jay-smart-minneapolis-first-avenue?cobrand=first-avenue

Interview – The Awful Truth – Glisten

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Kelsey Simpkins

After a year and a half of recording, Minneapolis quartet The Awful Truth has reemerged in the depths of winter with an album of hazy summer tunes to temper the coldest of nights. Out on Jan. 6 on The Homestead Records (We Are The Willows), Glisten invites light and focus on being present, unconditional love, and navigating one’s subconscious desires. [Read more…] about Interview – The Awful Truth – Glisten

Review – So Much To Answer For – Two Harbors

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Rebecca Marx

Happy Holidays to you and me! So Much To Answer For, the 3 song EP by Two Harbors on the Minneapolis based Susstones label comes out today, and it is the perfect gift to give. [Read more…] about Review – So Much To Answer For – Two Harbors

Interview – Ike Reilly – Thankful in Minneapolis

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Rebecca Marx, Photo Credit Crackerfarm Photography

For over a decade The Ike Reilly Assassination has been making a pre-Thanksgiving stop right here in the Twin Cities. This year is no different as The Ike Reilly Assassination will be putting on a show like no other in First Avenue’s Mainroom the night before the holiday. I called up Ike Reilly to chat about the show, Bob Dylan, and a host of other timely topics, including a few questions about his wonderfully “rabid” fans and what he may, or may not owe them. [Read more…] about Interview – Ike Reilly – Thankful in Minneapolis