Tag: dakota

Taking His Time

Britt Robson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:48:14 -0500

Be it his folk-blues amiability or his pervasive wide-brimmed hats, Eric Bibb favors Taj Mahal. His voice is less basso and gravelly (more reminiscent of Spearhead's Michael Franti), and his musical palette less diverse and worldly than Mahal's 'round the globe hybrids, but Bibb is the superior songwriter.

Somi Preview

Britt Robson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:42:24 -0500

The singer Somi, who will be performing at the Dakota tonight and Thursday, is like a cool glass of pink lemonade, a titch more sweet than citrus, yet still refreshingly tart on the tastebuds. Born in Illinois to parents of Rwandan and Ugandan heritage, Somi (actual name L.

A True Cultural Ambassador

Cristina Cordova — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:51:58 -0500

I've spent the last year or so lauding the Dakota at every chance I get, but I have to admit that, until this week, I had never just gone there on faith, without first checking to see who was playing. The beauty of the Dakota, though, is its consistency. Go there any night, for any show, and while you might not be as fortunate as I was this past Wednesday, you won't be disappointed.

The Best Jazz Club in the Midwest

Cristina Cordova — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:05:20 -0500

Planet Pickett

Lisa Pahl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:04:52 -0600

A gauntlet of black-and-white portraits of jazz luminaries lines the walls of the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant on the Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. Nearly all of these musicians have appeared at the Dakota in one of its two incarnations. The trick with this sort of self-promotion-as-interior-decoration is in the execution.

Dakota Homecoming

cristina — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:15:54 -0500

The Beane sisters discuss their return to a home they've only known through images and stories.

Dakota Diaspora

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Twenty-eight-year-old identical twins Kate and Carly Beane share similarly striking features—demure brown eyes and hair, high cheek bones, and quick smiles that precede regular bouts of easy, endearing laughter.