Bobby Rush & North Mississippi Allstars: At 91, blues singer/guitarist/harpist Rush isn’t slowing down much, but he is relying on some younger blues slingers to help wind him up. He’s settling in for two nights with the hard-grooving revivalist band led by one-time Black Crowes guitarist Luther Dickinson and his brother Cody, sons of renowned Memphis studio guru Jim Dickinson (producer of the Replacements’ “Pleased to Meet Me”). They’re playing some of Rush’s classics and a list of other blues nuggets by Mississippians.
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS & BOBBY RUSH
MAR 6-7 • 7PM
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Maine-reared singer/songwriter Howie Day, remembered for the 2004 hit “Collide,” is back.
HOWIE DAY
MAR 9 • 7PM
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A fun pairing of gifted Twin Cities lyricists finds Sarah Morris and her band at the Dakota with Dylan Hicks & Small Screens.
SARAH MORRIS + DYLAN HICKS & SMALL SCREENS
MAR 11 • 7PM
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MC Lyte: It’s rare to experience hip-hop royalty at downtown Minneapolis’ poshest club. On last year’s “1 of 1,” her first full length in nine years (and only her second since 2003), Brooklyn-launched Lyte bolsters her rep as a hip-hop pioneer who still throws down with distinction, with the help of a parade of guests including Common, Stevie Wonder, Q-Tip, Mary Mary, Muni Long, Queen Latifah and Big Daddy Kane. Always accessible, the raspy voiced rapper salutes Black men (“King King”), urges respect for women (“Woman”) and confronts racism (“Change Your Ways”). Locals will appreciate the album cover which shows a young Lyte in a vintage Chi Chi’s T-shirt.
MC LYTE – REFLECTIONS OF LYTE
MAR 12 • 7PM
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