String Theory host Kevin Barnes welcomes banjo maestro and muse Béla Fleck to the show. Béla will be joining his music and life partner Abigail Washburn to perform at Live at The Guthrie Monday, February 26th celebrating their latest album “Echo in the Valley”. Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are two of the least complacent musicians you’ve encountered. With...Read More

Jazz88’s REEL Jazz Film Series is pleased to partner with The Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul to co-present a screening evening of “DJANGO”, a new French film drama about legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Join us Friday evening February 2nd at the Saint Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis. Screening is at 7 p.m. General Tickets...Read More

Super-producers with Minneapolis roots Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis visited North High School, Lewis’ alma mater, Jan. 31, 2018. The duo was in town to curate the performances of the Super Bowl Live event on Nicollet Mall, and at North to be honored by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who decreed January 31 as Jimmy Jam and...Read More

Thanks to Jazz88 and the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund,  Calley Bliss from Entertainment Jill is producing a compilation EP of hits made famous by Minnesota artists. The EP will feature some of the Twin Cities finest jazz musicians as the backing band, and YOU could be selected to sing on it! LEARN MORE AND...Read More

The holidays have long since come and gone. Eagerly anticipated tropical getaways have been actualized.  After a brief dearth typical of a year’s end, the music resumes. Here are a few things that arrived in the mail, as my Hawaiian tan fades to a pekid hue:     Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: “The New Classics” ...Read More