Cecilia Blomberg and Maddy Wegener $10 7:30pm Friday, Jan. 11th 2013 at Bo Diddley’s St. Cloud This Five & Dime Series concert is a fund-raiser to help members of the Tech High School Speech Team pay for a trip to a competition at Harvard in February. Ceci and Maddy report that they (and a few friends) will be
Kelly Joe Phelps with special guest Peter Mulvey 7:30pm Thur Jan 10th 2013 Bo Diddley’s $16 Kelly Joe Phelps’ guitar playing recalls the slide work of Fred. McDowell and Robert Pete Williams, the fingerpicking of John Hurt and Rev. Gary Davis, and the folk-revival work of John Fahey and Leo Kottke. As a sideman, he
Jessie Smelter Fri, Dec 14 7:30 $5 Singer-songwriter-guitarist Jessie Smelter calls himself “a wordsmith and storyteller” and writes that he has been “shaped by musical influences ranging from gospel, country, and bluegrass to folk and rock and roll” He has produced two albums of original songs. “Jessie Smelter’s work is beautiful in its simplicity, and
Greg Herriges 7:30pm Fri, Dec 7th Bo Diddley’s $5 Greg Herriges invites us to visualize—or, better yet, listen to—”whirled music,” his own blend of international, styles, played on guitar, bouzouki, and kalimba. Greg’s influences come from all over: “Bollywood movies, Japan, Persia, India, Turkey, and surfer rock” (The Voice Magazine). The Minneapolis Star Tribune calls
Harper’s Chord 7:30pm Fri, Nov 30th Bo Diddley’s $5 Last year, a trio of veteran central Minnesota musicians—singer Jill Moore and guitarists Paul Drinkwine and Roger Fink—came together to form Harper’s Chord. We hosted a celebratory concert for their initial CD, “Natural Bridge,” in March and are happy to welcome them back to Bo Diddley’s
Todd Menton 7:30pm Fri, Nov 23rd Bo Diddley’s $10 Todd Menton is a founding member of the prominent Twin Cities folk-punk/ world-music/”Celtodelic Rock ‘n’ Reel” band Boiled in Lead. He has released three albums under his own name over the last decade, the latest of which, “The Dolmen Field,” was called “a unique poly-cultural experience”
Castle Ridge 7:30pm Fri, Oct 26th Bo Diddley’s $5 This rootsy Iowa-based trio’s repertory offers instrumental and vocal music ranging from bluegrass and old-time country through swing, with occasional forays into pop and jazz. Mark Clark (guitar), Joy Ward Clark (fiddle), and Roger Anderson (bass–which he also built) play “fast-paced breakdowns, beautiful waltzes, and songs
Adam Hammer & Dave Cofell 7:30pm Fri, Nov 2nd Bo Diddley’s $5 Tonight solo singer-songwriter-guitarists Adam Hammer and Dave Cofell perform as a duo, and as they put it themselves, “between Hammer’s intricate finger-style guitar playing and fluid lyrics and Cofell’s heartfelt vocals and folky blues style, two acoustic worlds collide.” The pair are local
Sudden Lovelys 7:30pm Fri, Nov 9th Bo Diddley’s $10 Minneapolis-based duo of Daniel (guitar, vocals, and thumping) and Paige Ferraro (vocals and percussion) describe their original music as “a blend of folk and rock and country, with a little bit of a different stage setup” that involves a bicycle seat and a couple pieces of
Seaborn Strings Trio 7:30pm Fri, Nov 16th Bo Diddley’s $10 With sizzling musical colors of violin, hammered dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, and vocals, the Cristina Seaborn Trio will delight your senses. This CD release concert tour begins at Bo Diddleys. Original and traditional music by Cristina Seaborn, Kevin Carlson, and Paul Imholte from the CD entitled
