Cory Wong – 305 ft. Chris Potter Laufey – It Could Happen to You Kavyesh Kaviraj – Rain Lizz Wright – Your Love ft. Meshell Ndegeocello Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Vengeance is Mine Saith The Lord Judy Carmichael – I Don’t Know Enough...Read More
Vocalist Dane Stauffer visited the Afternoon Cruise to discuss his upcoming Monstrous Melodies Cabaret at the Dakota. The performance features Stauffer, Maria Jette, Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard. Though Dane said he wasn’t sure if any of the performance was legitimately “scary” he assured us it was lots of fun. He even brought along a...Read More
Bassist Liz Draper has been running a residency at Berlin for October and she’s wrapping it up on Sunday, October 27 with her friend Ava Mendoza. Mendoza is a celebrated guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn and her friendship with Draper goes back almost 25 years. Liz spoke about her approach to improvising on the bass, her recent experience with...Read More
L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Vengeance is Mine Saith The Lord Julius Rodriguez – Love Everlasting feat. Keyon Harrold Khruangbin – Ada Jean Lakecia Benjamin – New Mornings Laufey – It Could Happen to You Take That Back – Playhouse Bats Joel Shapira – Sleepless Montage Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big...Read More
Mike Lewis, the celebrated multi-instrumentalist known for his work with Happy Apple, Fat Kid Wednesdays and Alpha Consumer, connected with Jazz88 to discuss the run of shows he’ll be doing in November at Icehouse. Lewis highlighted some of the artists he’ll be collaborating with like Anthony Cox, S. Carey and Jeremy Yvilsaker. He also discussed...Read More
Mere days away from releasing their sophomore album NORFSIDE drummer L.A. Buckner and his bandmates from BiG HOMiE are ready to celebrate an album that’s been years in the making. Buckner, alongside David Smith and percussionist Jamani Buckner, spoke about the songwriting process, the importance of releasing the album at an iconic venue (the Capri...Read More
Celebrated Danish vocalist Sinne Eeg is making her way to the Twin Cities for a show at Crooners on Thursday, October 17. Eeg was nice enough to hop on the phone with Sean from the Afternoon Cruise to talk about her upcoming performance at Crooners and about how she approaches singing with different size groups!...Read More
Obi Original is an accomplished musician/composer and vocalist. Obi agreed to come by to discuss one of his musical heroes, Fela Kuti. Fela was born October 15, 1938 and he, alongside his drummer Tony Allen, is recognized as one of the architects of the Afrobeat genre. Listen in to hear Obi Original’s reflections on Fela’s...Read More
L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Fireflies Take That Back – Lake Rousseau 1980 Laufey – From the Start Judy Carmichael – I Don’t Know Enough About You Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined Yussef Dayes – Rust feat. Tom Misch Lizz Wright – Sweet Feeling Shelly Berg – Home With You Julian Lage –...Read More
L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE – Fireflies Kavyesh Kaviraj – Lullaby Laufey – From the Start Take That Back – Playhouse Bats Khruangbin – Ada Jean Dayna Stephens – Scrutiny Zaccai Curtis – Let’s Do It Again Steve Turre – Mr. Kenyatta Cornelia Nilsson – John’s Abbey Emmet Cohen – Vibe Provider Loading…...Read More
