The Jugsluggers (Bryan Iwamoto, Eric Mohring and myself) will be playing at the Wicked Wort Brewery in Robbinsdale, MN this Friday (April 10) from 6:30pm til 9:30pm. Venue is located at 4165 West Broadway. Hope to see you!

Following sold-out album launches in New York and London, saxophonist Alex Hitchcock brings his Letters From Afar album-release tour to Minneapolis. The band features stars of the New York jazz scene Lex Korten (Melissa Aldana, Tyshawn Sorey); JK Kim (Aaron Parks, Dayna Stephens); and Ben Tiberio (Ari Hoenig, Joel Ross). Band Members: Alex Hitchcock - […]

Fantastic Negrito is carrying the mantle for all the soulful bluesmen who came before him. The singer’s 2024 album Son of a Broken Man is gritty, raw, and full of fire and brimstone. “Son of a Broken Man is a fully therapeutic album about the dysfunction of a father-son relationship that also carries a message […]

Born to perform, Joyce Lyons doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t on stage, performing in a choir, club act or theater piece. Immediately after graduating from high school, Joyce headed west to attend Colorado Women’s College and immersed herself in the music and theater departments. She studied voice (pop, musical theater and even classical), […]

Our final Wayzata Musicales concert of this season will feature the amazing vocal/guitar duo of Jennifer Grimm and Joe Cruz on Saturday, April 11. Grimm began performing at an early age with her mother at various area venues. She now has a very successful solo career that has numerous local, national, and international credits. Grimm […]

This year’s Jazz Legends will honor Arne Fogel. Fogel can be heard here on Jazz88 and is a vocalist. Honoree Gary Gauger is the drummer of our group. Gauger has played with the Airmen of Note and Sammy Davis Jr. Our third honoree is bassist Gary Raynor. If you look at Jazz88’s music calendar you […]