Patchouli $10 at the door 7:30 Fri May 17th at BoDiddley’s Nationally touring, award winning songwriter Julie Patchouli and master guitarist Bruce Hecksel light up the air with sparkling acoustic sounds and their powerful contagious chemistry. Famous for that smiling voice that instantly turns a bad day into a good one, Patchouli’s down-to-earth, hopeful songwriting
Paul Spring $5 at the door 7:30 Fri May 10th at BoDiddley’s St. Paul-based singer-songwriter Paul Spring played a CD release concert this time last year at Pioneer Place. Now he’s back at Bo’s for a close-up solo gig. Look forward to “chill tunes, passionate lyrics and a sweet sound.” (Peninsula Pulse). “Melodic-harmonic-classic-folk-blues rock that’s
Cannery Row $5 at the door 7:30 Fri May 3rd at BoDiddley’s We welcome back Cannery Row, a seasoned collection of friends, neighbors, home brewers, pickers, singers, songwriters, conspiracy theorists, and wry observers of the body politic. Featuring Dean Severson (guitar, dobro, pedal steel, questionable humour, hot licks), Carol Anderson (bass, crazy cool vocals), Chris
Kevin Carlson & Josh Honkomp $10 at the door 7:30 Fri April 26th at BoDiddley’s Guitarist Kevin Carlson is familiar to GCFS audiences as a soloist and as part the Cristina Seaborn Trio from last year’s concert. He is also a busy music educator, and on this return visit he will be sharing the stage
Curtis and Loretta $12 7:30 Thursday, April 18th House Concert as part of our main series in the home of Paul & Karen Imholte 1425 23rd St. SE, St. Cloud, MN 56304 Tickets $12 available at BoDiddley’s The music of Minnesota perennials Curtis and Loretta comes straight from the heart. They are extraordinary and proficient
Ursa Major and the Ambivalent Peripatetics $5 at the door 7:30 Fri April 12th John and Sally Mcgill have been sharing life and faith and music for over 20 years, a blend of acoustic gospel, folk, rock and blues. It’s a Minnesota-Texas Protestant pilgrim sort of thing. Songwriting is John’s forte and Sally seems to
Iris DeMent $32 Sun. April 7th 2013 7:30pm at Pioneer Place on 5th Iris DeMent is another of the big names in the singer-songwriter world–Merle Haggard called her “the best singer I’ve ever heard,” and she has performed and recorded with Haggard, John Prine, Ralph Stanley, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris. Her songs have turned up on movie and
The Bitterroot Band $5 at the door 7:30 Friday April 5th at BoDiddley’s Mankato’s Bitterroot Band calls its music “Front Porch Americana” and finds inspiration in country, bluegrass, honkytonk, the Great Folk Scare, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, and other rootsy and raucous sounds. The trio’s sound features guitar, banjo, bass, percussive noisemakers, the
Paul Imholte $10 at the door 7:30 Friday March 29th at BoDiddley’s Paul Imholte is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and singer. He is best known as a hammered dulcimer player, but he is also on a first-name basis with the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo, and has been seen in the company of the viola, cello,
Joey Shaheen $5 at the door 7:30 Friday March 22nd at BoDiddley’s Singer-songwriter Joey Shaheen, aka “The Wrong Omar,” presents “a night of roots/folk/rock with blues harp, stories and rock & roll aphorisms, [and] sidewalk confessionals of bad choices,” accompanying himself on guitar, harmonica, and foot tambourine. “Excellent songwriting. Warm, wry melodies over bright, moody
