The Setlist for this weekend includes First Friday jazz, a new album release show, a celebration of Minnesota's folk music and a Midwest Country Music Organization best songwriter nominee.
As this Friday is the first of the month, Sam Miltich will once again be at Rapids Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids. Part of a larger monthly celebration of local art, Miltich is joined each month by different jazz musicians from around Minnesota. This month it is Grand Portage jazz guitarist Briand Morrison with music beginning at 6 p.m.
In Aitkin, Colleen "Boss Mama" Myhre is playing an album release show at 7 p.m. at Sampaguita. The new album, Greetings From the Barnyard Lounge, is her first recorded with her band The Jebberhooch. Opening for Myhre Friday night is Aitkin musician Aurora Baer.
On Saturday, Bemidji folk trio Caleigh is playing a midday show at 1 p.m. at the Beltrami County Historical Society. The show, titled "They Brought Their Songs: International Folk Music in Minnesota," is presented by the Historical Society and the Bemidji Public Library. Caleigh has played together for nearly 30 years and fuse a variety of folk music styles like bluegrass, old-time, Celtic and more.
The International Treasures with Nikki Lemire are returning to the Popple Bar in Laporte on Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. The duo of Doyle Turner and Ted Hajnasiewicz were nominees for the 2023 Songwriter of the Year award from the Midwest Country Music Organization. Lemire is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who will release her debut album on May 30 and is a member of The Foxgloves.
Friday, Jan. 5
- Sam Miltich and Briand Morrison - 6 p.m., Rapids Brewing Co. Grand Rapids, free
Colleen "Boss Mama" Myhre and Aurora Baer - 7 p.m., Aitkin, Sampaguita, free
Maria Hileman/KAXEAurora Baer at KAXE in March of 2024.
Saturday, May, 5
- Caleigh - 1 p.m., Beltrami County Historical Society, Bemidji, free
CaleighFolk trio Caleigh will be at the Beltrami County Historical Society on Saturday, May 4, 2024. - The International Treasures with Nikki Lemire - 5:30 p.m., The Popple Bar, Laporte, free
The weekly live music spotlight is made possible by the citizens of Minnesota through the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
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