Tortoise is an amazing band that really defies description but all of their songs seem to take you on a journey through many layers of music. In addition to Robert Rich appearing on Thursday, this will be an amazing week of electronica and free-flowing ambient sound at the Cedar.
The Tortoise concert made the City Pages [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Tortoise in Town – Saturday, June 30th
Posted in Minneapolis Concert, cedar cultural center, electronica, jazz, tortoise on June 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Robert Rich at the Cedar Tonight
Posted in Minneapolis Concert, atlas dei, cedar cultural center, electronica, robert rich on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With over two dozen albums, Robert Rich has helped define the genres of ambient music, dark-ambient, tribal and trance, yet his music remains hard to categorize.
Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal tunings, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to catch [...]
Warsaw Village Band
Posted in poland, polish music, warsaw village band, world music on June 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After seeing Boom Pam at the Cedar Saturday, one of the volunteers turned me on to Balkan Beatbox. Apparently, the guitarist Uri Kinrot plays in both Balkan Beatbox and Boom Pam. Listening to the tunes on MySpace reminded me of a raw roots group from Poland, the Warsaw Village Band.
I found the band purely by [...]
Israeli Surf Hits the Minneapolis Shores
Posted in Boom Pam, Israeli Music, cedar cultural center, klezmer, world music on June 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If Dick Dale, Reel Big Fish, and a klezmer band had a jam session in Tel Aviv, it would produce a similar sound and energy to Boom Pam, the group that rocked the Cedar on Saturday. Bom Pam from Tel Aviv gets its rocking sound from two guitars, a tuba, and drums.
The group blends rock [...]
Miza Reading in St. Paul – History of Arab-Americans
Posted in St. Paul, arab american, mizna, reading on June 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Received this from Mizna. Mizna is an organization based in Northeast Minneapolis, encompassing and presenting the many facets of Arabic art, culture, language, and music.
Join Mizna for a special event this Sunday, June 24th. Nationally known Arab-American writer, Gregory Orfalea, will be reading from (and signing) his latest book, The Arab Americans – A History. [...]
Young Immigrants Share Their Views of the World
Posted in Minneapolis, minneapolis library, northeast minneapolis, photography, sheridan shooting stars on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Melissa Slachetka, a contributor for the blog, The Northeast Beat, presents a piece on an exhibition taking place this month at the Pierre Bottineau Library by the Sheridan Shooting Stars, a group of immigrant youth in the Sheridan neighborhood.
“With a camera, a little guidance and a lot of imagination, they’re giving a glimpse of the [...]
The Pines and Ray Bonneville Tonight
Posted in Minneapolis, cedar cultural center, pines, red house records, roots music on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I covered this in the past, but the Pines, a tremendous roots group from the Twin Cities, will be playing tonight at the Cedar with Ray Bonneville. I heard Bonneville this morning on the Current. He has one of those deep somewhat-gravelly voices that burns stays with you long after the song.
For the Pines, [...]
Insight into the Somali Downward Spiral
Posted in Africa, Minneapolis, New York Times, Somalia, somali conflict on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nuruddin Farah , a Somali author, most recently of the novel “Knots,” tackles the subject of bringing peace to Somala with insight into the most recent attempts at peace and the role Farah played. The article “My life as a diplomat” appears on Somali news site Saylac. Originally it appeared in the New York Times.
Watching [...]
Minneapolis This Weekend
Posted in Codrescu, Minneapolis, Music, St. Paul, art festival, mizna on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for something to do, here are a couple of opportunities to get out and about:
Andrei Codrescu
Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul
Friday, June 1, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
Tizi Ouzou – A Love Story
June 1 & 2 at 8:00 p.m.
At Dreamland Arts
677 Hamline Ave N.,
St. Paul, MN 55104
Tel: 651-645-5506
Global Grooves
First Free Saturday
Walker Art – June [...]
“World Music” Turns Twenty
Posted in Minneapolis, Music, world music on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Voice of America published an intriguing article on the twentieth anniversary of World Music. The category always seemed a bit odd as it was attempting to label something that couldn’t be labeled, namely all the music styles outside of North America and Europe. Yet the label still exists today and has been embraced by a [...]
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