Our featured concerts this week include a folk musician fusing music and Great Lakes history, an acclaimed indie rock figure playing a living room show in Grand Rapids and more!
Folk singer Charlie Maguire is touring Northeastern Minnesota throughout the month of May, performing at public libraries around the region. The concerts will feature his program Going to Bartalina: Songs & Stories of Commercial Sailing on the Great Lakes. This week he has shows daily throughout the Iron Range; a full schedule can be found here.
S. Carey is coming to Grand Rapids this Friday for a living room style show at Room 203 in the Old Central School building. Carey is best known as the drummer for Bon Iver but is also a prolific solo artist with five albums since his debut in 2010. His music is atmospheric and spacious, drawing from his love of jazz and classical. Music begins at 6 p.m. and is the final event of a opening week celebration for Fire in the Village's new art space.
In Gilbert, Rich Mattson & The Northstars and Boss Mama are playing the Ore House this Friday at 7 p.m. The event is the 10th edition of the Sparta SOUNDFEST series, featuring Mattson and his band alongside artists who have recorded at his studio in Sparta. Boss Mama is Colleen Myhre, whose smoky Americana draws from blues and gospel. She previously sang with the Holy Hootenanners.
On Saturday, trio Serotiny will be at the Green Scene Market & Eatery in Walker at 11 a.m. Formerly know as The Swivets, the folk and indie-pop group features Lisa Mattson, NikkiLee Nolden and Casey Grangruth.
Wednesday, May 7
- Charlie Maguire - 2 p.m., Virginia Public Library, Virginia, free
- Charlie Maguire - 5:30 p.m., Cook Community Center, Cook, free
Thursday, May 8
- Charlie Maguire - 10 a.m., Mountain Iron Public Library, Mountain Iron, free
Friday, May 9
- Charlie Maguire - 2 p.m., Hibbing Public Library, Hibbing, free
- S. Carey - 6 p.m., Room 203 at Old Central School, Grand Rapids, $30
- Rich Mattson & The Northstars, Boss Mama - 7 p.m., Ore House, Gilbert, free
Maria Hileman/KAXEColleen "Boss Mama" Myhre at KAXE in 2024.
Saturday, May 10
- Charlie Maguire - 10 a.m., Eveleth Public Library, Eveleth, free
- Serotiny - 11 a.m., Green Scene Market & Eatery, Walker, free
The weekly live music spotlight is made possible by the citizens of Minnesota through the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.
