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The Setlist: Where to hear live music Jan. 30-Feb.1, 2025

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Live music taking place Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2025 in Northern Minnesota.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Doyle Turner, Them Coulee Boys, Rich Mattson & The Northstars and Rank Strangers, and Brian Miller with Danny Diamond.

This week's Setlist has concerts for you over the course of three days, with a variety of music styles to check out.

There is a folk singer-songwriter, bluegrass and Americana band, rock 'n' roll double bill, and traditional Irish folk.


Doyle Turner is performing Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Turtle River Chophouse in Bemidji. Music begins at 6 p.m. Turner is a skilled songwriter from the White Earth Nation who recently released the album Paper Maps, adding touches of jazz to his sound.

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Doyle Turner will be at Headwaters Music & Arts with Kelley Smith, Saturday Feb. 3, 2024.

On Friday, Them Coulee Boys will be in Duluth at the Sacred Heart Music Center. They are a bluegrass and Americana band from Eau Claire who are gearing up for the release of their fifth album, No Fun in the Chrysalis. Their music features tight four-part harmonies and energetic songwriting. Opening the show are Danny Frank & Smoky Gold, a local bluegrass group. Music begins at 7:30 p.m.

A night of rock 'n' roll is coming to the Ore House in Gilbert, Saturday at 7 p.m. De facto house band Rich Mattson & The Northstars will be joined by Rank Strangers, a prolific Twin Cities rock band active since the '90s.

In Bemidji, Brian Miller and Danny Diamond will bring authentic Irish folk music to Headwaters Music & Arts, Saturday at 7 p.m. Miller is a local folk singer with a background in lumberjack songs and Irish folk. Diamond is a fiddle player from Country Donegal in Ireland, now living in the Twin Cities. The pair previously collaborated on the 2021 release, Let Fly.

Thursday, Jan. 30

  • Doyle Turner - 6 p.m., Turtle River Chophouse, Bemidji, free

Friday, Jan. 31

  • Them Coulee Boys - 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, $20

Saturday, Feb. 1

  • Rich Mattson & The Northstars, Rank Strangers - 7 p.m., Ore House, Gilbert, free
  • Brian Miller & Danny Diamond - 7 p.m., Headwaters Music & Arts, Bemidji, free

The weekly live music spotlight is made possible by the citizens of Minnesota through the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Malachy started his radio career in 2017 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 Minnesota Mixtape, an all Minnesota music show airing Fridays at 10 a.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. You can also find him hosting Headwaters and curating The Setlist.