Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on November 20, 2015.
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Glen Hansard
Things are still pretty swell for Glen Hansard.
The Irish songwriter, actor, vocalist and guitarist for The Frames has an Oscar via his music from the film Once, a Tony from the musical .…
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Aoife O'Donovan
Tour with Aoife O'Donovan, and Ivan & Aloysha ending on The Late, Late show with Craig Ferguson on Dec. 13th. They've already sold out their California tour dates!.…
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GLEN HANSARD
at State Theatre
Friday, 11/20/2015, 8pm ($40)
hennepintheatretrust.org
The Frames at First Ave (17 Apr 2007)
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Just a little backstory on
Glen Hansard, we first saw him with Ireland's
The Frames in
April 2007 (but, of course, most of us have seen Hansard in the 1991 film
The Commitments).
Although the Frames is still around, they have been relatively inactive (let's face it: they pretty much broke up), mostly because the band's ex-bassist, John Carney, went on to directing film (notably for directing
Once with starred Hansard and future/past love Markéta Irglová). As I've
already mentioned,
Once was my favorite musical that I've seen (at that time in 2007).
The film was eventually re-made into a Broadway musical, which we
wrote about, noting that "“Once” the Musical is so good, I’ll say it twice—See It! See It!"
Anyway, Hansard and Irglová continued as
The Swell Season... but since the couple broke up, Hansard went on to release his solo album
Rhythm and Repose in 2012. His latest
Didn't He Ramble was produced by Thomas Bartlett (The National, Sufjan Stevens) and Grammy winner and former Frames band-mate David Odlum (Paloma Faith, Tinariwen). The album is available now on Anti- Records.
Aoife O'Donovan to open. We previously mentioned O'Donovan with The Lone Bellow
in 2013. The American singer/songwriter is best known for fronting the progressive bluegrass/string band
Crooked Still.
Tour dates:
11/14 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre*
11/16 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre*
11/17 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater*
11/19 Madison, WI Orpheum Theatre*
11/20 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre*
11/21 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre*
11/23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant*
11/24 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre*
11/25 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre*
11/27 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center†
11/28 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall†
11/30 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre†
12/01 New York, NY Beacon Theatre‡
*supported by Aoife O’Donovan
†supported by Richard Thompson
‡supported by August Wells
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Allen Stone
Seattle-based hippy R&B artist Allen Stone brought on a raucously entertaining set to NYC’s Terminal 5 Thursday, October 9. .…
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Bernhoft
Jarle Bernhoft goes by his surname, like Morrissey. At this very moment, Bernhoft is the number one selling artist in Norway, thanks to his modern take on a soulful sound, which is unique in the .…
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ALLEN STONE
at Varsity Theater
Friday, 11/20/2015, 7pm ($22.50)
varsitytheater.org
Seattle soul singer/songwriter
Allen Stone will be stopping by the Varsity Theater on November 20th, in support of his new album
Radius. The album is being re-released with bonus material in winter 2016 on ATO Records.
We previously caught Stone
in October 2014, and described it as "a raucously entertaining set."
Although he had a full band of two bassists, two keyboardists, two backup singers, and one drummer... this time, I am told he is bringing
two additional horn players to his group, which should add a bit of funk to his sound!
So "Get Up and Dance" to why Stone is described by the NYT as "glimmers of Al Green, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, George Clinton, Prince and a bit of Sting."
The #1 Selling Artists in Norway
Bernhoft to open the show!
Tour dates:
11/14/15 New York, NY Apollo Theatre*
11/15/15 Huntington, NY The Paramount*
11/17/15 Detroit, MI St. Andrew's Hall*
11/18/15 Cleveland, OH House of Blues*
11/20/15 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre*
11/21/15 Chicago, IL House of Blues*
11/22/15 Lawrence, KS The Granada Theater*
11/24/15 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre*
11/25/15 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre*
11/27/15 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl*
11/28/15 San Diego, CA House of Blues*
11/29/15 Napa, CA City Winery*
12/01/15 Eugene, OR McDonald Theater*
12/02/15 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory*
03/26/16 "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS)
03/28/16 "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS)
* = Bernhoft
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Moon Taxi
Moon Taxi is an indieprog rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee. The band features singer/guitarist Trevor Terndrup, bassist Tommy Putnam, guitars/programmer
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MOON TAXI
at Turf Club
Friday, 11/20/2015, 8pm ($10)
turfclub.net
As of last month,
Moon Taxi's single "Year Zero" is #34 on the AAA charts and receiving airplay across the US, including major FM stations such as: WXRV Boston, WRLT Nashville, KGSR Austin, KINK Portland, and WTTS Indianapolis. In support of their recently released album
Daybreaker (BMG), the band is currently touring across the country.
Their new single "Run Right Back", Moon Taxi's guitarist Spencer Thomson said, "'Run Right Back' might have come together quicker than any other song on Daybreaker. Wes [Bailey] wrote the chorus lyrics and melody one evening and recorded it on his phone. Everyone in the band loved it when they heard it. It was obviously something we could all relate to - the idea of missing your loved ones while you are away and having the memories with that person to help keep you going. I had a daughter while we were in the middle of writing and preparing for the album. I wrote the verses at about 4am after she had woken up and I had held her back to sleep. I actually got a lot of good writing done in those moments. It was quiet, dark and there were no distractions. I think the song might be my favorite the band has ever recorded."
Fathom Lane to open.
Moon Taxi 2015 tour dates:
11/14 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall
11/15 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
11/20 - Saint Paul, MN - Turf Club
11/21 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
11/22 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11/28 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
12/04 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
12/05 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
12/31 - Nashville, TN- War Memorial
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