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Ibeyi w/ Flo Morrissey at the Cedar, Minneapolis (30 March 2015)

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French Cuban Ibeyi (twins Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz) are on their first ever North American tour... recently selling out the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Monday, March 30th.

Flo Morrissey

Opening up for this show was London's Flo Morrissey, also on her first time touring in America. Her 30-min set felt like you were spending a nice acoustic evening with Joni Mitchell. The seated audience was highly respectful crowd, so playing her quiet music to the Cedar was just perfect for Morrissey... except for that one or two time when you can hear a distracting loud/crying child.

She did one cover, "In a Manner of Speaking", which she erroneously credited to Nouvelle Vague (who are a wonderful French cover band), but it's probably acceptable since her version is also a striped down acoustic version to the Tuxedomoon song.

Currently Flo Morrissey only has one single ("Pages of Gold"), but expect an upcoming album from Glassnote Records sometime this year.

Just to give you a little background on Ibeyi, the word actually means "twins" in the Yoruba language (ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria). The twin sisters actually sings in both English and Yoruba, with Lisa-Kaindé Diaz spending her time mostly behind the keyboard, while Naomi plays the cajón (which is a beat box commonly used in South America) and Batá drums.

Ibeyi's nearly hour set started with an a cappella version of "Eleggua", which showcased how beautifully harmonizing the two French-Cuban twins can be. A cappella were used again in the middle of their set (when they talk about "Shango" as "daughter of thunder" and "Yemaya" as "daughter of the sea") and again for their set finale, for "Ibeyi" (dedicating the song to another set of twins in the audience).

The combination of vocals, traditional Cuban instruments, and electronic loops/beats, gave Ibeyi's music a broad appeal to both old and young world music fans.

Ibeyi

With just only one album, it didn't surprised me that they typically don't do any encores (having exhausted all the songs they knew how to play live)... however since the audience clearly were expecting/demanding an encore with a standing ovation, the twins quickly came back on stage to reprise "River". Only the chorus part, "I will come to your river" were sung with the audience finishing the line, "wash my soul."

Ibeyi's self-titled debut album is out now on XL Recordings.

Remaining Ibeyi tour dates:

04/02 San Francisco, CA Independent
04/04 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
04/05 Seattle, WA Neumos
04/06 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club

Ibeyi at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (30 March 2015)

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Minneapolis: March 29 - March 31, 2015

Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul from March 29 to March 31, 2015.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More The Preatures Sydney's The Preatures are in the US touring, mostly thanks to Austin City Limits music festival in Texas (a lot of bands are touring in the Midwest because of ACL and CMJ in New York). ....

THE PREATURES
at Triple Rock Social Club
Sunday 03/29/15, 7pm ($12)
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Sure, the Australian band The Preatures was last seen in Minneapolis last Roctober 2014, but it would seem that the Sydney-based band is back - this time with The Bots (who was last seen Turf Club in Oct 2014 and at Nether Bar in Sep 2014).

Since it's the Triple Rock, a third band Bloods Band is also listed on the bill. I believe that band is also based out of Sydney, Australia.

Tour dates:

03/23/15 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
03/26/15 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
03/28/15 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
03/29/15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
03/30/15 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
04/04/15 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
04/05/15 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
04/07/15 San Francisco, CA The Independent
04/08/15 Los Angeles, CA Bahia
04/09/15 San Diego, CA The Casbah
04/25/15 "Groovin The Moo" (Oakbank)
04/26/15 "Groovin The Moo" (Bunbury)
05/02/15 "Groovin The Moo" (Bendigo)
05/03/15 "Groovin The Moo" (Canberra)
05/09/15 "Groovin The Moo" (Maitland)
05/10/15 "Groovin The Moo" (Townsville)

* NOTE: April 1st and April 2nd (originally shown on their 2015 Tour Poster) have been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts

Read More Ibeyi French Cuban twins, Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz (daughters of the late Cuban percussion Anga Díaz), are known on stage as Ibeyi. They announced their first ever North American tour ... Flo Morrissey Want to see Morrissey sooner? Flo Morrissey (no relation to Steven Patrick Morrissey) recently announced she's going on tour with The Staves to support her debut album on …

IBEYI w/ Flo Morrissey
at Cedar Cultural Center
Monday 03/30/15, 7pm ($15)
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For some odd reason, I really wanted to see this show because of Flo Morrissey. You may recall that I previously mentioned this 20 year old English singer because of her surname to Steven Patrick. Flo Morrissey recently toured with The Staves and opened for Damon Albarn at Les InRocks festival at Casino De Paris. Look for her debut album on Glassnote Records later this year.

Of course, the main attraction will be real life twins Ibeyi (Lisa and Naomi Diaz). We also previously mentioned that they were daughters of the late Cuban percussion Anga Díaz.

Ibeyi's self-titled album came out this week, February 17th, 2015, via XL Recordings.

Ibeyi North American tour dates:

03/19 SXSW Spotify House
03/20 SXSW Central Presbyterian Church
03/20 SXSW Waterloo Records
03/21 SXSW Okayplayer
03/24 Washington D.C. U Street Music Hall
03/25 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
03/26 Montreal, QC Fairmount Theatre
03/27 Tornoto, ON The Drake
03/29 Chicago, IL Schubas
03/30 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
04/01 Los Angeles, CA Masonic Temple
04/02 San Francisco, CA Independent
04/04 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
04/05 Seattle, WA Neumos
04/06 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club

Read More George Ezra Opening act George Ezra is quickly positioning himself as one of the success stories of 2015. The Hertford, England 21-year old ....

GEORGE EZRA w/ Ruen Brothers
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday 03/31/15, 7pm ($17.50 / Sold Out)
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Fresh off supporting Sam Smith on his sold-out US tour, George Ezra quickly sold out most of his upcoming US headlining tour dates. The English singer-songwriter had several hit singles hitting the top ten, including "Budapest", which reached the top ten in numerous countries around the world (#1 in Austria, New Zealand and the Czech Republic). Ezra's debut studio album Wanted on Voyage reached #1 the UK and the top ten in seven other countries.

Buzzing UK rock duo Ruen Brothers set to open the show. The band's latest EP Point Dume (American Recordings/Republic Records) came out on iTunes/digital outlets this week (March 17th). Produced by the legendary Rick Rubin, the collection features four tracks including the new single "Summer Sun."

George Ezra/Ruen Brothers tour dates:

March 28 Columbus, OH The LC Indoor Pavilion
March 30 Chicago, IL Metro
March 31 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
April 2 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
April 3 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot
April 5 Vancouver, BC Canada Commodore Ballroom
April 6 Seattle, WA The Showbox
April 8 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
April 9 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
April 10 Indio, CA Coachella
April 12 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
April 14 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
April 16 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
April 17 Indio, CA Coachella
April 20 Toronto, ON Canada Danforth Music Hall
April 21 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero Theatre
April 22 New York, NY Webster Hall

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Registered Historical Facts: Haunter, Morrissey and Morrissey

Read More Ginger Snaps My favorite Werewolf movies are "Ginger Snaps". The first movie is about two teenage girls. It was brilliantly executed, paralleling the transformation to a Werewolf and going through puberty. The second movie does the same thing - only Werewolf/drug addiction ...

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HAUNTER (2013)
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From Splice director Vincenzo Natali, Haunter is film about a family stuck in a haunted house. Abigail Breslin stars as Lisa Johnson, a girl who is re-living the same day over and over again. As you can see in this screen print, the Johnson character is quite the depressing anglophile: she's wearing a Siouxsie and the Banshees shirt, with posts of various UK bands like The Smiths (Meat is Murder), The Cure (Boys Don't Cry), Joy Division (Love Will Tear Us Apart), and David Bowie (Low). You can see another clearer screen capture on abigail-breslin.net.

Anyway, because it's a Canadian film production and it's a horror film about a young girl, it's often been compared to another classic Canadian film, Ginger Snaps, which is not bad company.

Additional film details:

Haunter (Not Rated)
In Theaters October 18th, 2013

Plot: Abigail Breslin stars as a young girl who must unravel a decades-old mystery to save her family in this terrifying haunted house thriller.
Director: Vincenzo Natali

Writers: Brian King

Actors: Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, David Hewlett

Genre: Horror

Run Time: 1 hour 37 minutes

Trivia: Natali directed one of my favorite film called Cube in 1997, which inspired a sequel (Cube²: Hypercube) and a prequel (Cube Zero). I am proud to own all three films on DVDs.

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MORRISSEY
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Breaking news, Morrissey has Ebola... At least that was the reason he gave to a fan who asked him for an autograph. With 229 cancelled or postponed tour dates since 1991, Morrissey being sick is no surprise.

Look for the British singer to return to the stage in March 2015:

03/09 Groningen - De Oosterpoort
03/10 Tilburg - 013
03/13 Nottingham - Capital FM Arena
03/14 Bournemouth International Centre
03/18 Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena
03/20 Leeds - First Direct Arena
03/21 Glasgow - SSE Hydro
03/24 Belfast - Odyssey Arena
03/27 Birmingham - Barclaycard Arena

Want to see Morrissey sooner? Flo Morrissey (no relation to Steven Patrick Morrissey) recently announced she's going on tour with The Staves to support her debut album on Glassnote Records.

Flo Morrissey tour dates:

02/04/15 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
02/05/15 Leeds, City Varieties
02/06/15 Gateshead, Sage 2
02/07/15 Edinburgh, Queens Hall
02/09/15 York, Pocklington Arts Centre
02/10/15 Liverpool, Arts Club
02/12/15 London, Hackney Empire
02/13/15 Oxford, O2 Academy
02/14/15 Exeter, Phoenix
02/16/15 Cardiff, Glee Club
02/17/15 Cambridge, Junction

Let's hope for SPM to announce a tour with Flo Morrissey... only to cancel it later.

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