
March 2021
Dan Rumsey
Dan Rumsey would have felt right at home in the 1960s folk-blues scene, says Sing Out magazine. He plays 6- and 12-string guitar, resophonic slide guitar, and piano, singing in a soulful, bluesy style, writing songs with themes of peace, equality, family, and occasionally, cats. In April 2016, Dan took top honors in the River Falls Upper Midwest Songwriter Contest. reverbnation.com/danrumsey
Find out more »Twin Town Strings
Twin Town Strings is a duo collaboration between banjo player Pete Hennig and guitarist Joel Shapira. They play a mix of musical styles including bluegrass, American folk music, classic rock and jazz.
Find out more »Sons of Wisconsin
Sons of Wisconsin bring folk and traditional Irish music to a new acoustic level. With experiences from the North Shore to Nashville, members Ben Valine and others bring fiery solos, soulful ballads, and songs of multiple styles for a unique and modern take of the familiar. Lean back, sip a drink, and enjoy the music!
Find out more »Matt Yetter
Matt Yetter is the real deal: an old-school, slide guitar playing, harmonica-tooting country blues artist who characterizes music as “a way of making a connection to everybody all at once”. Regularly playing old-time, rootsy blues from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s all around Minneapolis, Matt’s created his own niche – a vibe that’s hard to come across anywhere else. mattyetter.com
Find out more »Lonesome Dan Kase
“With a flurry of notes and dexterity on the guitar he broadcasts a confident individual blues style that proudly displays the hours of practice he spends on his craft. With a “country style” blues running thick through his music you’ll be able to hear clearly the influences that led to his individual style. The sounds of Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Joe Liggins, and Charles Brown are evident in his foundation, but like most great blues players he’s got…
Find out more »Gus the Bard
photo by Jacob Towe Gus the Bardic Troubadour A displaced hero from another world, Gus the Bard, has come to regale, inspire, and enthrall audiences with his spirited mix of traditional and modern Irish Folk Music. gusthebard.com
Find out more »Courtney Yasimineh
Eight albums mostly made in Minneapolis with music producer Rob Genadek. A lifetime that speaks through a unique voice in stories and songs. Fifty years a songwriter. A woman of substance.
Find out more »Caley Factorial
Music Maker at Caley Factorial Music, pianist, trumpeter at Red Eye Ruby, and trumpeter, guitarist, vocalist at Less than Organic. facebook
Find out more »Slygo
Slygo is a three piece Irish band based out of the Twin Cities, Minnesota. With Liam Slattery (Guitar, bass, vocals), Pete Mulligan (Bass, guitar, vocals) and David Ochs (Fiddle, vocals, guitar), We bring a warm, energetic sound to the stage and studio.
Find out more »Nick Jordan
photo: Steven Earl Howard Nick Jordan is a guitarist and singer with a love for many kinds of roots music; he is equally fond of sublime Swing ballads and raucous Jug-band hollers. He has been working for years in a duo with fiddler Mary DuShane of Prairie Home Companion fame, and is a member of the trio, DD & Company. Facebook page
Find out more »The Good Time Gals
Where good music and good times come together... "The Good Time Gals" is a fresh, fun, vintage inspired duo with modern sensibilities. Miss Myra and Debbie Briggs deliver a one-of-a-kind musical performance featuring guitar with tight vocal harmonies, playful arrangements, and peppered with influences of blues, hot club jazz, western swing, old country, and popular music of the 20s, 30s, and 40s. The Good Time Gals was founded in late 2020 by Debbie Briggs (of Debbie Briggs Vintage Jazz) and…
Find out more »Amanda Standalone
Amanda Standalone is an award winning singer, songwriter, performer, and composer of music based in the American folk tradition. A singer and multi instrumentalist (piano, guitar, washtub bass, fiddle, accordion, etc.)
Find out more »Crankshaft (Alexander Craig)
Born into this world from gas station cassette tape collecting semi-truck drivers, Alex “Crankshaft” Larson (Alexander Craig) was introduced to a wide variety of music as a pup. In 1996 he traded a combination oil/wood stove to his uncle for his first electric guitar and amp. Since then he's been involved in many projects. In 2008 he started practicing as a one-man band and was playing shows two months later.
Find out more »April 2021
Jeff Ray
On the Patio! Authentic high energy roots and blues. Acoustic resonator slide-guitar suggests Muddy Waters and pre-war blues. jeffraymusic.com
Find out more »Liz Collin
Liz Collin visits The Dubliner! Liz is the singer/guitarist of Red Eye Ruby, a roots-rock band based in Minneapolis.
Find out more »Dan Israel
“For listeners who have not yet heard Dan Israel - he has what so many people don't have: a body of highly acclaimed, amazing work and to get such a thing means that you have to re-create yourself, you have to ride out the vicissitudes with resilience, and he really is consciously and very transparently talking about this stuff that everybody feels.” - Peter Himmelman
Find out more »Mike Munson
Mike Munson makes his home in Winona, Minnesota, a town sandwiched between the Mississippi River and the bluffs, with train tracks cutting through its middle. Well known for playing outstanding slide guitar blues, the driving rhythms in his songs are reminiscent of the trains that barrel through his neighborhood. He’s a humble fellow who loves making food and playing guitar and singing. From sad and somber slow tunes to swampy, caterwauling stompers, his music is a master class in creative…
Find out more »Nick Jordan
photo: Steven Earl Howard Nick Jordan is a guitarist and singer with a love for many kinds of roots music; he is equally fond of sublime Swing ballads and raucous Jug-band hollers. He has been working for years in a duo with fiddler Mary DuShane of Prairie Home Companion fame, and is a member of the trio, DD & Company. Facebook page
Find out more »Blood Brother
From the sweltering deserts of Nevada, to the plains of Oklahoma. From the ethereal swampland in Florida to the heartland in Minnesota. Blood Brother has been meandering through the United States soaking up the sounds and colors of the veins that deliver life to this country. The stories cannot be told with just a voice, or even with the addition of an accompanying instrument. The power of these tales can only be conferred through the combined textures of booming drums,…
Find out more »Mike Munson
Mike Munson makes his home in Winona, Minnesota, a town sandwiched between the Mississippi River and the bluffs, with train tracks cutting through its middle. Well known for playing outstanding slide guitar blues, the driving rhythms in his songs are reminiscent of the trains that barrel through his neighborhood. He’s a humble fellow who loves making food and playing guitar and singing. From sad and somber slow tunes to swampy, caterwauling stompers, his music is a master class in creative…
Find out more »Crankshaft (Alexander Craig)
Born into this world from gas station cassette tape collecting semi-truck drivers, Alex “Crankshaft” Larson (Alexander Craig) was introduced to a wide variety of music as a pup. In 1996 he traded a combination oil/wood stove to his uncle for his first electric guitar and amp. Since then he's been involved in many projects. In 2008 he started practicing as a one-man band and was playing shows two months later.
Find out more »John Magnuson
Former frontman of the honky-tonk outfit The Carpetbaggers, John will perform tunes from his 20 year career-spanning repertoire.
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