Year: 2016

Tucked into a small storefront on Grand Avenue across from the Macalester campus in St Paul is a popular Afghani bistro, Khyber Pass Cafe. Not the most likely contender for avant garde music venue of the year, but thanks to the musical leanings of owner Emel Sherzad, Khyber Pass offers weekly gigs featuring some of […]

Over the past 20 years, the release of three recordings has helped fuel local interest in the rhythms and passions of Brazilian music, and the common denominator is guitarist/bassist/mandolinist, educator and composer Joan Griffith. With vocalist Lucia Newell, she released Enter You, Enter Love (1995), a collection of American jazz and Brazilian bossa; with pianist […]