Email Author Danny Sigelman

2011 Stories by Danny Sigelman

• Vitamin Water Uncapped brings free local music to the Spring Street this week

  published Jul 13, 2011

  It's hard to tell the motivation behind the big "Vitamin Water Uncapped Live" event that started this morning at the Spring Street Tavern in Northeast Minneapolis. Unfortunately, I missed the early mo... More >>

• Typsy Panthre release icy cold 'All Fall Down' video, talk about their upcoming LP

  published Jul 12, 2011

  While my pets are going through ice cubes like a freakin' Snoopy snow cone machine, it's been tough for us humans to get through the heat of this summer. But it's the great music from these flatlands ... More >>

• Toots and the Maytals coming to the Minnesota Zoo Saturday

  published Jul 08, 2011

  Twin Cities soul and reggae fans are blessed whenever Frederick "Toots" Hibbert brings his party to town. At 65, Toots still delivers his action packed deluge of roots reggae hits from "Sweet and Dand... More >>

• Rewind! celebrating 16 years of Radio K International Saturday night at the Cedar

  published Jul 07, 2011

  Two mainstays of Radio K's programming came to a bit of an unceremonious end last month. Paul Harding, who's hosted Sunday morning's essential listening, Radio K International for 16 years now, and Ad... More >>

• Minnesota Twins organist Sue Nelson: Watch videos of her in action

  published Jun 29, 2011

  Like Judy Garland, Babes in Toyland and the late Ruth Adams, Sue Nelson is a Minnesota institution in her own right and another credit to the long history of creative and talented musical women from t... More >>

• Minnesota Twins organist Sue Nelson a game-day mainstay

  published June 29, 2011

  It was already starting to drizzle when I got to Target Field. With the recent announcement that Harmon Killebrew was on his last legs in his... More >>

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• Bob Mould at the Dakota Jazz Club, 6/15/11

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Bob Mould June 15, 2011 Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis Though he hasn't lived in the Twin Cities for quite some time, singer/songwriter and now author Bob Mould still has one of the most loyal hometow... More >>

• Impaler's Bill Lindsey talks about the band's recent tour and their return to the 7th St. Entry

  published Jun 15, 2011

  It's been some time since we last heard from Twin Cities shock rockers Impaler. Since we last met up, the band has been working on all cylinders, playing gigs around town with some well known legendar... More >>

• David Letterman invites Sheila E, Neil Peart, Roy Haynes on for 'Drum Solo Week'

  published Jun 10, 2011

  There's something very old-school TV variety show-esque about this past week's "Drum Solo Week" feature on the Late Show with David Letterman.I grew up watching some of the best drummers under the sun... More >>

• Bootsy Collins in videos: From the JBs to 'Tha Funk Capital of the World'

  published Jun 09, 2011

  If you are not hip to the funk and his most excellency, creator and pioneer of the funk bass form William Earl "Bootsy" Collins, then there isn't much I can do for you. You likely live a sad and miser... More >>

• Black Uhuru performing at the now-cooler Cedar Cultural Center tomorrow night

  published Jun 06, 2011

  Black Uhuru have been around making some of the most groove-heavy and lyrically conscious music in reggae for three decades now. With their most active and noteworthy work and collaborations with prod... More >>

• Dengue Fever infests the 7th St. Entry Friday, Mike 2600 talks about what's in store

  published Jun 02, 2011

  Twin Cities music fans are in for a real treat this weekend. Friday night in the 7th Street Entry is a rare chance to hear the psychedelic garage rock and American-influenced sound that was supercharg... More >>

• Face Candy return to stage, release more video tributes to Eyedea

  published Jun 01, 2011

  As we reported earlier this week, there was an outpouring of emotion and support for the remaining members of Face Candy who performed for the first time since Mikey "Eyedea" Larsen's passing last Oct... More >>

• Bayport BBQ brings in T-Model Ford for Memorial Day weekend

  published May 25, 2011

  There is a lot going on this Memorial Day weekend in the Twin Cities, with an extra day off to chill out in your backyard in what finally feels like spring and summer. As far as music is concerned, th... More >>

• The Bad Plus return to perform Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'

  published May 18, 2011

  The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for... More >>

• Guitar Party's 7-year-old lead singer Mijah Ylvisaker talks about fronting a noise rock band

  published May 12, 2011

  The band Guitar Party is a supergroup of sorts that includes some longtime local music veterans: Jeremy Ylvisaker, Haley Bonar, Jake Hansen, Andrew Broder, J.T. Bates, and Michael Lewis. Even the late... More >>

• Face Candy 'Waste Age Teen Land' being released this month

  published May 10, 2011

  Seven months after the passing of musician Michael "Eyedea" Larsen, Rhymesayers will be releasing the final studio recordings of the freestyle/improv band Face Candy, which he had founded and been a p... More >>

• Jonathan Richman at the Triple Rock, 5/6/11

  published May 09, 2011

  The Triple Rock hosted a different kind of punk legend than usual to a mixed-age and jubilant crowd Friday night. Jonathan Richman made yet another stop to the Twin Cities, performing at the club for ... More >>

• Wheels on Fire return to St. Paul Sunday night

  published May 06, 2011

  As is always the case every spring, a lot of big-ticket veteran acts are making their way through town these days. With Paul Simon's recent visit, Duran Duran's gig, and next week's hugely anticipated... More >>

• Tony Allen brings 'Kindness' to the Cedar stage, 4/23/11

  published Apr 25, 2011

  "Monumental," "transcendent," and "unbelievable." These were the words I kept hearing in my head in between all the horn vamps, polyrhythmic shuffles, and body movements that were born of the powerful... More >>

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  Radio K founder Jim Musil reflects on the station's beginnings

  published Apr 22, 2011

  It's that time again. Radio K, the student run station from the University of Minnesota very humbly has launched another pledge drive and is asking for your help.As someone who learned far more workin... More >>

• Tony Allen talks Afrobeat and Fela Kuti

  published Apr 22, 2011

  In front of a full house of middle and high school students as part of the Project Success organization to inspire kids, the Walker Art Center and the Cedar Cultural Center set the stage for a unique ... More >>

• Arturo Sandoval demands silence at the Dakota, 4/20/11

  published Apr 21, 2011

  Arturo Sandoval April 20, 2011 Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis Taking the stage for the second set of a two night stand at the Dakota the Cuban born legend Arturo Sandoval sounded annoyed, "Let's be cl... More >>

• Savage Aural Hotbed, Felonious Bosch and Sendero Flamenco mix it up Friday at Loring Theater

  published Apr 19, 2011

  The Twin Cities music scene has long had a tradition of cross cultural collaboration in myriad forms. The local mix of people who perform ethnic music or reach beyond traditional forms to create new s... More >>