This week's Setlist has a music school benefit, an album release show, a new duo featuring a familiar face and more. Read on for all the details on four concerts of note around the area this week. Get out there and support our local music scene!
Sawtooth Witch is an acoustic dance rock duo of Pat "Doc" Daugherty (guitar/vocals) and Haley Fleming (violin/vocals). The pair are playing Sampaguita in Aitkin this Friday at 6 p.m. Doughtery is a fellow community radio host and Minnesota music supporter at KFAI in Minneapolis. He and Fleming formerly released music as theyself.
Alt-rock singer-songwriter Mary Bue recently released a new album called The Wildness of Living & Dying, and she is celebrating with an album release show at Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth. Music begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday night with folk musician Gaelynn Lea. The new album is another showcase of Bue's intimate and intense songwriting.
Blues troubadour Lonesome Dan Kase has been a regular solo visitor to Grand Rapids. This weekend he returns as one half of the duo Kismet Rendezvous alongside singer and guitarist Dawn Tanner. The pair play a mix of Americana and blues, with their show beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday at Rapids Brewing.
In Bemidji, Headwaters Music & Arts is hosting a benefit show for their scholarship program this Saturday at 6 p.m. Jam-funk group Kitchi Boogie will headline, featuring Shane Corning and Jason Dowell (guitar/vocals), Papa Steve Ross (bass) and Doug Quance (drums/vocals). The Headwaters Adult Rock Band, made up of students at the school, will be the opening act.
Friday, March 28
- Sawtooth Witch - 6 p.m., Sampaguita, Aitkin, free
- Mary Bue & Gaelynn Lea - 730 p.m., Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth, $28.52
Saturday, March 29
- Kismet Rendezvous - 6 p.m., Rapids Brewing, Grand Rapids, free
- Kitchi Boogie & The Headwaters Adult Rock Band - 6 p.m., Headwaters Music & Arts, Bemidji, $15
The weekly live music spotlight is made possible by the citizens of Minnesota through the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
