Author: Andrea Canter

Mid-August makes it hard to deny that we are on the backside of summer, and our young local musicians are gigging at a frenzied pace before they have to return to school.  So many of our area high school and college-age jazzers have filled our venues with new sounds and new projects over the past […]

About two years ago, Twin Cities’ guitarist Joel Shapira needed a stand-in for his New York-based partner Jack DeSalvo, who was unable to make the trek to Minnesota to celebrate their recording, Inherence. For the CD release gig at the Black Dog, Shapira found a willing “sub” in Minnesota’s own guitar guru, Dean Granros. The […]