Month: February 2016

  I want the music to be a fellowship. That’s what you want from the world as a whole. I want the music to project that kind of togetherness. This ideal of fellowship is something I grew up with. I just want to extend the good memories. –Brian Blade   One of the most distinguished […]

Back when, pianist Dan Chouinard hosted an acclaimed radio series, The Singer’s Voice, broadcast live from the original Dakota Jazz Club at Bandana Square, featuring a different vocalist each week. When Crooners Lounge in Fridley opened the very listener-friendly Dunsmore Room at the end of 2015, sporting a nine foot Bosendorfer grant, it seemed like […]