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The Setlist: Where to hear live music Feb. 2-4, 2024

KAXE | By Malachy Koons
Published January 31, 2024 at 2:31 PM CST
"The Setlist" and "Grand Rapids, Bemidji, Aitkin" in black ink on a crumpled paper background.
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KAXE
Live music happening Feb. 2-4, 2024 in Northern Minnesota.

KAXE's weekly live music spotlight features Sam Miltich & Friends, LazyLightning420, Kelley Smith & Doyle Turner, and Erik Koskinen.

We are covering the full weekend on this edition of The Setlist with a Sunday lunchtime spot to go along with Friday and Saturday evening shows. Options include hot club jazz, folk singer-songwriters, and even a Grateful Dead cover band that recreates specific Dead shows.

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February is just about here and that means high quality jazz is on the way to Grand Rapids and Rapids Brewing Co. In their long running First Friday slot Sam Miltich & Friends are playing 6 p.m. The friends this week are Laura Caviani, a pianist with classical as well as jazz chops, and Jay Epstein on drums.

Coming to Bemidji and Brigid's Irish Pub Friday night at 8 p.m. is LazyLightning420. Despite their name, the Duluth based Grateful Dead cover band are serious musicians. Originally a duo of Marc Gartman (Damien, Glitterati, Coyote) and Erik Berry (Trampled by Turtles), the group has recently seen the addition of Teague Alexy (Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank). They recreate specific Dead shows and at Brigid's they will be focusing on Mar. 17, 1993 in Landover, MD.

Headwaters Music & Arts in Bemidji is hosting Kelley Smith and Doyle Turner at 6 p.m. Saturday evening. Check out Kelley's Area Voices conversation with host Andrew Dziengal of more information on the show. Turner is a White Earth Nation singer-songwriter from Mahnomen who performs solo and with The International Treasures.

Musician Kelley Smith holding a guitar with a microphone in front of her.
Minnesota Music
Area Voices: Musician Kelley Smith to make her Bemidji debut
Andrew Dziengel
Brainerd musician Kelley Smith joins "Area Voices" to discuss her upcoming Bemidji show and look back at her 2023.

Erik Koskinen will be making another trip north when he plays this Sunday at 1 p.m. in Aitkin. Just recently in Grand Rapids playing guitar with Dead Man Winter, this time Koskinen will be solo and performing his own music at Sampaguita for their Sunday Spot. He has a new solo album coming out Apr. 5, 2024 called "Down Street/Love Avenue".

Friday, Feb. 2

  • Sam Miltich & Friends (Laura Caviani, Jay Epstein) - 6 p.m., Rapids Brewing Co, Grand Rapids, free.
  • LazyLightning420 - 8 p.m., Brigid's Irish Pub, Bemidji, free.

Saturday, Feb. 3

  • Kelley Smith, Doyle Turner - 6 p.m., Headwaters Music & Arts, Bemidji, $15.
    A man wearing a brown wide brimmed hat and playing an acoustic guitar. He is singing into a microphone.
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    Doyle Turner will be at Headwaters Music & Arts with Kelley Smith, Saturday Feb. 3, 2024.

Sunday, Feb. 4

The weekly live music spotlight is made possible by the citizens of Minnesota through the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Malachy Koons
Malachy started his radio career at a college radio station, where he played weird music in the middle of the night to possibly no one. On a good night maybe his parents were listening. Nonetheless, he was hooked on public radio and is still doing it today. He joined Northern Community Radio in 2022, where he gets to share his passion for local music as Producer of Centerstage Minnesota, an all Minnesota music show airing Fridays at 2pm.
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