Minneapolis: January 17 to January 23, 2020

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from January 17 to January 23, 2020.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Your Smith at Fine LIne Read More Your Smith Caroline Smith has decided to be now billed as Your Smith. I personally like the name change, because I have said this before, I think the name Caroline Smith is just too common and doesn't jump out at you. ...

YOUR SMITH
+ Chelsea Jade
Fine Line Music Café
Tue 01/21/2020 (7:30pm/$25/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Your Smith (aka Caroline Smith version 3.0), is returning to the Fine Line Music Café this Tuesday, January 21st. As you know, we’ve been supportive of Smith since her humble beginning in Minneapolis - appearing as Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps in April 2009, as an Americana folk singer (although we did talk about her in Sep 2008).

Then something interesting happened, by the time her album Half About Being A Woman came out in 2013, Caroline Smith had shifted musical direction! We wrote about how her new sound is more like Sixties soul (after seeing her as headliner in Sep 2013). Of course, all of this is confirmed, when she was asked to open up for the screaming eagle of soul, Charles Bradley in Dec 2013.

If that wasn’t enough, Caroline Smith teamed up with Lizzo (who is now an international star!) and a few collaborative singles and co-headlining shows in Sep 2014.

By 2016, Smith moved to Los Angeles and re-invented herself as Your Smith.

Chelsea Jade to open.

Tour dates:

1.14 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
1.15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
1.17 - Salt Lake City, UK @ Kilby Court
1.18 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
1.19 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
1.21 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
1.22 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
1.24 - Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
1.25 - Toronto, ON @ Drake Underground
1.28 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
1.29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
1.30 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd
1.31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s

Other shows in the area:

Jordan Davis 2020 Tour Modern Nature 2020 Tour Great Good Fine OK 2020 Tour Ron Pope at Fine Line Fruition at Turf Club Read More Great Good Fine Ok In contrast, Brooklyn's Great Good Fine Ok had a slightly longer 40-min set. Highlight of their set, was midway into their song ‘By My Side’ as Luke "the Shredmaster" Moellman did his best keytar solo. … Ron Pope Ron Pope's new album Work is out now on Brooklyn Basement Records. Rolling Stone Country called him one of the “10 New Country Artists You Need To Know” while Uncut called Pope “Atlanta’s answer to The Boss” …

JORDAN DAVIS
+ Kassi Ashton
Varsity Theater
Fri 01/17/2020 (7pm/$25)
Sat 01/18/2020 (7pm/$25)
varsitytheater.com

Jordan Davis’s upcoming show at the Varsity Theater sold out, so the band decided to quickly book a second show. The Nashville-singer recently released his cover of Jo Dee Messina’s “Heads Carolina, Tails California” on Amazon Music… which I would imagine will go well at his shows in Carolina or California.

Show up early to check out Kassi Ashton.

Tour dates:

01/16/2020 Boondocks Springfield, IL
01/17/2020 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
01/18/2020 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
01/22/2020 Luke Bryan's Crash My Playa
01/23/2020 Luke Bryan's Crash My Playa
01/24/2020 WCOL Birthday Bash
01/24/2020 Luke Bryan's Crash My Playa
01/25/2020 Luke Bryan's Crash My Playa
01/30/2020 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
01/31/2020 Coyote Joe's Charlotte, NC
02/01/2020 The Buckhead Theatre Atlanta, GA
02/06/2020 Bogart's Cincinnati, OH
02/07/2020 Majestic Theatre Madison, WI
02/10/2020 Jackson, MS
02/29/2020 McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR
03/05/2020 Ace Of Spades Sacramento, CA
03/06/2020 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
03/13/2020 3Arena Dublin, Ireland
03/14/2020 3Arena Dublin, Ireland
03/21/2020 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
04/17/2020 Tortuga Music Festival
04/18/2020 Tortuga Music Festival
04/19/2020 Tortuga Music Festival

MODERN NATURE
+ Olden Yolk
7th St Entry
Sat 01/18/2020 (8pm/$10)
first-avenue.com

London-based Modern Nature will be stopping by 7th Street this January 18th. Their debut album How To Live, came out on Bella Union earlier this year.

Olden Yolk to open. This is the project led by songwriters Shane Butler and Caity Shaffer.

Tour dates:

Jan. 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
Jan. 12 – Boston, MA @ The Lilypad
Jan. 13 – Burlington, VT @ The Monkey House
Jan. 14 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le ‘Ritz’ P.D.B.
Jan. 15 – Toronto, ON @ The Monarch
Jan. 16 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx
Jan. 18 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
Jan. 20 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
March 3 - Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
Mar. 4 - London, UK @ Omeara
Mar. 7 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix Bar
Mar. 9 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
Mar. 11 - Barcelona, ES @ Sala Vol
Mar. 12 - Madrid, ES @ Siroco
Mar. 13 - Oviedo, ES @ Lata De Zinc

GREAT GOOD FINE OK
+ Aaron Taos
7th St Entry
Wed 01/22/2020 (7pm/$13)
first-avenue.com

NYC synthpop duo Great Good Fine OK returns to Minneapolis.

Aaron Taos to open.

Tour dates:

01/18/2020 The Garrison Toronto, ON
01/22/2020 7th St Entry Minneapolis, MN
01/24/2020 The Basement Columbus, OH
01/25/2020 Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH
01/31/2020 U Street Music Hall Washington, DC
02/01/2020 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA

RON POPE
+ Caroline Spence
Fine Line Music Cafe
Wed 01/22/2020 (7pm/$25)
finelinemusic.com

Nashville singer-songwriter Ron Pope will play the Fine Line Music Café this Wednesday, January 22nd.

Caroline Spence to open.

Tour dates:

January 11 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
January 14 Great Hall Toronto, ON
January 15 Union Stage Washington DC
January 16 Foundry at Fillmore Philadelphia, PA
January 17 Sinclair Boston, MA
January 18 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
January 22 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN
January 24 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
January 25 The Greek Station Salt Lake City, UT
January 27 Neumos Seattle, WA
January 28 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
January 30 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
January 31 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
February 1 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
February 3 Bronze Peacock Houston, TX
February 5 3Ten @ ACL Austin, TX
February 6 Granada Dallas, TX
February 8 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
April 17 Union Chapel London, UK
April 18 The Stoller Hall Manchester, UK
April 19 Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 21 Kulturkirche Köln Cologne, Germany
April 23 Pustervik Göteborg, Sweden
April 24 Hotel Cecil København K, Denmark
April 25 Södra Teatern Stockholm, Sweden
April 27 Parkteatret Scene Oslo, Norway

FRUITION
+ The Mighty Pines
Turf Club
Thu 01/23/2020 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

Portland-based roots band Fruition will be stopping by the Turf Club this January 23rd in support of their upcoming Wild As The Night release (available January 17).

The Mighty Pines to open.

Tour dates:

Jan. 15 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen
Jan. 17 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
Jan. 22 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s
Jan. 23 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
Jan. 24 - Milwaukee, WI - Back Room
Jan. 25 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
Jan. 26 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
Jan. 28 - Ferndale, MI - Parliament Room
Jan. 30 - Concord, NH - Bank of New Hampshire Stage
Jan. 31 - Somerville, MA - ONCE Ballroom
Feb. 1 - Albany, NY - The Hollow
Feb. 5 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
Feb. 6 - Washington, DC - Union Stage
Feb. 7 - Ardmore, PA - Ardmore Music Hall
Feb. 8 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theater
Feb. 9 - Charleston,WV - Mountain Stage
Mar. 3 - Charlottesville, VA - The Southern Cafe
Mar. 5 - Knoxville, TN - Open Chord
Mar. 6 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East
Mar. 7 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Music Hall
Mar. 10 - Covington, KY - Madison Live
Mar. 11 - Indianapolis, IN - HI-FI +
Mar. 12 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
Mar. 13 - St Louis, MO - Old Rock House
Mar. 14 - Kansas City, MO - recordBar
Mar. 26-28 - Olympic Valley, CA - WinterWonderGrass
Apr. 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
Apr. 2 - Jackson, WY - Pink Garter Theatre
Apr. 3 - Bozeman, MT - Rialto
Apr. 4 - Missoula, MT - Top Hat
Apr. 5 - Sandpoint, ID - Heartwood Center

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