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SUMMARY:Pert Near Sandstone at The Castle
DESCRIPTION:April 27th – All Ages Show\nLocation: The Castle\nDoors open at: 7:00PM\nComfort Kings: 8:00PM\nPistol Whippin’ Party Penguins: 8:45PM\nPert Near Sandstone: 10:00PM\nGeneral Admission – Limited Seating Available  \n  \n\nPert Near Sandstone\nPert Near Sandstone \nIt was roughly a decade ago that Pert Near Sandstone first gathered around a microphone in a Minneapolis basement to record their debut album\, Up And Down The River. They cemented their status as linchpins of the Midwestern scene with a series of albums\, In late 2016\, they released The Discovery Of Honey which featured and was co-produced by original founding member Ryan Young of Trampled by Turtles. A variety of festival appearances such as the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, as well as sharing bills on the road with the likes of Trampled By Turtles\, Del McCoury Band\, Sam Bush and more. Their crowing achievement was founding the Blue Ox Music Festival which has featured performances by Greensky Bluegrass\, Sam Bush\, Bela Fleck\, Preservation Hall Jazz Band\, Shovels & Rope\, Justin Townes Earle\, Blitzen Trapper\, Margo Price and more. The magical energy of Blue Ox has been captured on their most recent release\, Live at Blue Ox 2018\, which features 20 tracks from their performances across the 3-day event. \n“A frenzied string shredding spree that takes audiences under its spell.” – 89.3 The Current \n  \nFollow Pert Near Sandstone on:\nTwitter: @pertnearmusic\nFacebook: facebook.com/pertnearsandstone/\nInstagram: @pertnearsandstone \nLearn more about Pert Near Sandstone at:\nhttp://pertnearsandstone.com/ \n  \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nPistol Whippin’ Party Penguins\nPistol Whippin’ Party Penguins \nStraight from the great Mill City comes the Pistol Whippin Party Penguins. Don’t let the name fool you! This is not a violent group of flightless aquatic birds looking for a party\, but rather 5 self proclaimed gentlemen\, 2 guitars\, a mandolin\, a bucket of fiddles\, an upright bass\, a banjo\, and a 4 part vocal harmony that will make Donald Trump tweet about it. As they prepare to record their 4th album\, this quintet from Minneapolis strives to maintain the original spirit of the “string band” while continuing to play new original music and creative cover songs. The combination of folk\, rock\, blues\, bluegrass\, and the occasional stage banter will create an experience that anyone can enjoy! \nFollow Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins on:\nFacebook: facebook.com/pwppmusic/\nInstagram: @pwppmusic\nTwitter: @pwppmusic \nLearn more about PWPP at:\nhttps://pwppmusic.com/ \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nComfort Kings\nComfort Kings \nEstablished by friends working together at a Northeast Iowa newspaper\, the Comfort Kings’ first lofty ambition was to play at an open mic — maybe even play complete songs. When multi-instrumentalist Cody Grimes\, joined and Amie began writing her own songs\, something incredible happened — they began getting invitations to play other places. Sometimes for money\, food or beer! \nSince then\, their music has taken them to multiple states\, across the continental divide and to a few uncomfortable sleeping arrangements. On hiatus since 2014\, Cody and John moved to Minnesota while Amie remained in Iowa. However the lure of music and the North Star state have brought the Comfort Kings back for a couple shows and who knows what else… \n  \nFollow Comfort Kings on:\nFacebook: facebook.com/pg/comfortkings/ \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n \n\n\nPick up a “Support Rochester Music” Shirt\n \nWant to enjoy the concert in style and show your support for the Rochester music at the same time? Order a “Support Rochester Music” T-Shirt along with your ticket and pick it up at the show. \nAvailable Colors \n\nCharcoal Shirt | White Ink\nBlue Shirt | White Ink\n\nAvailable Sizes \n\nXL\nLarge\nMedium\nSmall\n\n  \n\nSponsors\, Partners\, and Friends\nThank you to our sponsors and partners: Threshold Arts\, Northern Sun Productions\, Fox & Fern Floral\, The Current\, The Med City Beat\, Fairfield Inn & Suites\, The Rochester Posse\, Thesis Beer Project\, Café Steam\, Wondercloud Media\, and Carpet Booth Studios
URL:https://www.mytownmymusic.com/event/pert-near-sandstone-at-the-castle/
LOCATION:The Castle\, 121 North Broadway Ave\, Rochester\, MN\, 55906\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Bluegrass
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SUMMARY:JD McPherson with special guest The Heavy Set
DESCRIPTION:April 15th – All Ages Show\nLocation: The Castle\nDoors open at: 7:30PM\nThe Heavy Set: 8:00PM\nJD McPherson: 9:00PM\nGeneral Admission – Limited Seating Available  \n  \n\nJD McPherson\nJD McPherson and Band – Photo by Jena Ardell \nWith an unaffected take on vital American music and a voice that channels the spirit of Little Richard and James Brown – JD McPherson and HiStyle Records brings traditional Rhythm & Blues and Rock N’ Roll with fresh\, exciting songwriting. \nUndivided Heart & Soul (2017) \n“I was having nightmares every night\, thinking\, ‘Wow\, they’re going to hate this\,” says JD McPherson. \nWhen he talks about his new album\, Undivided Heart & Soul\, there’s no glimmer of self-adulation\, or even the confidence one might expect of a veteran artist. Instead\, there’s a snapshot of McPherson’s creative process bringing the record to life\, a journey filled with fear and change\, then boldness\, and\, eventually\, catharsis. \nThe best rock music has a story to tell. This record chronicles a series of upheavals\, frustrations\, roadblocks\, and kismet—a cross-country move\, failed creative relationships\, a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity\, and learning to love making music again by letting go. \nMcPherson calls moving his family from Broken Arrow\, Oklahoma\, to East Nashville a decision based “on opportunity” and one he was reluctant to make but notes the profound influence the city has had on his new crop of songs. \n“Up to this point\, I thought I knew what I was doing with songwriting\, that I don’t do this or that\,” McPherson says. “Writing with people who co-write for a living…maybe I saw myself as John Henry\, and them as the steel-driving machine.” \n[expand title=”Read More” trigpos=”below” swaptitle=”Show Less”]\nAlong with collaborations with fellow Oklahoman Parker Millsap\, Butch Walker\, and Aaron Lee Tasjan\, McPherson’s selections for Undivided Heart & Soul include many deeply personal themes: “Let’s Get Out of Here While We’re Young” shares writing credits with longtime bandmate Ray Jacildo and McPherson’s wife Mandy. He also delved into character profiles\, both fictional and based on real-life experiences\, stories McPherson has held onto but never thought of as fodder for songwriting\, such as the Las Vegas bus station interlude detailed in “Style (Is a Losing Game).” \n“That seems like a pretty normal thing for a singer-songwriter to do\, to write about personal experience\, but I really have never done that\,” McPherson says. “It felt great but it also was tough at the same time. The thing is\, John Henry is trying to beat the machine because he’s in awe of it. It was a lot of me saying\, ‘You’re really good at this\, and I have a hard time doing it.’” \nWith a group of soul-baring tracks taking shape\, McPherson and crew scheduled studio time to help force the issue. It quickly became apparent that these sessions were not going to work\, bringing McPherson’s momentum to a halt. \nTo clear his head\, he flew to Los Angeles at the invitation of friend and longtime supporter Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age\, who was also recording at the time. McPherson\, Homme\, and his Queens bandmate Dean Fertita played around with some songs\, with Homme pushing McPherson outside of his comfort zone in a no-stakes environment. \n“His thing was\, ‘I’m going to throw all kinds of crap onto your songs that you’re not going to want to hear\, and you’re going to play ridiculous stuff you wouldn’t normally do\,’ and Dean was kind of the calming presence\,” McPherson says. \nMcPherson calls the getaway “the most fun I’ve had since I was 15 years old” and returned to Nashville with a clear head\, internal filters successfully stifled\, ready to move forward. \nThat fresh perspective in tow\, McPherson learned that the long-shot “backup” studio\, the legendary RCA Studio B in Nashville\, was willing to host his band for the making of the record. RCA Studio B was fundamental to the creation of the “Nashville Sound\,” and the ghosts of some of the greatest songs in history live within its walls: Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You\,” and Elvis Presley’s “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” among them. \nArtists who choose to record at Studio B are met with a rigorous list of requirements\, including using a recording method appropriate during the studio’s heyday. Since the studio is a working museum by day\, the entirety of McPherson’s workspace had to be reset at night: Load in all equipment in the late afternoon\, work until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.\, and leave no trace nightly. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. \n“Those rules would probably turn a lot of bands off\, but they turned us on\, 100 percent\,” McPherson says. “I really love walking into a classic studio as much as I love getting my hands on a really old guitar. I like knowing that something was used for a long time and has good things in it.” \nBut this isn’t an old Nashville record\, by any measurement\, nor is it the record McPherson set out to make\, with credit due to co-producer Dan Molad (also the drummer for Lucius). \n“There’s a pretty broad gap in our tastes\, what we do and what we’re into\,” McPherson says. Where he’s as likely to lean on The Cramps as he is Irma Thomas for inspiration\, Molad’s left-field production suggestions included a Casio synthesizer and running a Fender Rhodes through a tape delay. (McPherson nixed the former; the latter became the signature sound of one of the record’s tracks.) “We ended up learning a lot from each other\, and he did a lot of stuff I’d have never thought to do.” \nDuring the song “Let’s Get Out of Here While We’re Young\,” JD sputters the line “We’ve worn out all the songs we’ve sung.” This is not a statement McPherson takes lightly. \n“This record was difficult for me to make\, difficult to write\, difficult to record. It took a lot for me to say that I can’t force these songs to be the way people are expecting\,” McPherson says. \nUndivided Heart & Soul is a statement record\, one that asserts McPherson as he is now\, battle-weary but stronger than ever.[/expand] \n  \nFollow JD McPherson on:\nTwitter: @jdmcphersonjr\nFacebook: facebook.com/jdmcphersonhistyle\nInstagram: @jdmcphersonpix \nLearn more about JD McPherson at:\nhttps://www.jdmcpherson.com/ \n  \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nThe Heavy Set\nThe Heavy Set \nThe Heavy Set is a rock band rooted in blues and alt-country\, pushing Americana to its harder edges. The solid\, heart-felt songwriting of Jake Ilika gets a grindstone treatment in The Heavy Set with guitar-forward echoes of Crazy Horse and T. Rex. Their third record\, “The Highway and The Moon”\, drives their sound harder and into new expanses with a passionate\, fluid genre-bending collection of eleven songs. \n“A warm easy work of Americana… It’s timeless\, genre-defying\, and worth a good long listen.” – The Current 89.3 \n  \nFollow The Heavy Set on:\nTwitter: @TheHeavySetBand\nFacebook: facebook.com/TheHeavySet\nInstagram: @theheavyset \nLearn more about The Heavy Set at:\nhttps://www.theheavyset.com \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nPick up a “Support Rochester Music” Shirt\n \nWant to enjoy the concert in style and show your support for the Rochester music at the same time? Order a “Support Rochester Music” T-Shirt along with your ticket and pick it up at the show. \nAvailable Colors \n\nCharcoal Shirt | White Ink\nBlue Shirt | White Ink\n\nAvailable Sizes \n\nXL\nLarge\nMedium\nSmall\n\n  \n\nSponsors\, Partners\, and Friends\nThank you to our sponsors and partners: Threshold Arts\, Northern Sun Productions\, Fox & Fern Floral\, The Med City Beat\, Fairfield Inn & Suites\, The Current\, The Rochester Posse\, Thesis Beer Project\, Café Steam\, Wondercloud Media\, and Carpet Booth Studios
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LOCATION:The Castle\, 121 North Broadway Ave\, Rochester\, MN\, 55906\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Rock 'n Roll
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SUMMARY:Charlie Parr with Barbaro and My Grandma's Cardigan
DESCRIPTION:March 15th – All Ages Show\nLocation: The Castle\nDoors open at: 7:00PM\nMy Grandma’s Cardigan: 7:30PM\nBarbaro: 8:10PM\nCharlie Parr: 9:00PM\nGeneral Admission – Limited Seating Available  \n  \n\nCharlie Parr\nCharlie Parr – Photo by Nate Ryan \nAn easily confused and very shy individual\, Charlie Parr has been traveling around singing his songs ever since leaving Austin Minnesota in the 1980’s in search of Spider John Koerner\, whom he found about 100 miles north at the Viking Bar one Sunday night. The experience changed his life\, made him more or less unemployable\, and brings us to now: 13 recordings\, 250 shows a year or more\, 200\,000 miles on a well broke in Kia\, and a nasty fear of heights. Resonator fueled folk songs from Duluth Minnesota. \n  \nFollow Charlie Parr on:\nTwitter: @theCharlieParr\nFacebook: facebook.com/Charlie.Parr.Music\nInstagram: @charlie.parr \nLearn more about Charlie Parr at:\nhttps://www.charlieparr.com \n  \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nBarbaro\nPhoto by Chris Taylor \nBarbaro’s music is at once lively and intimate\, perfect for twirling around the dance floor or cooking with someone you love. The Minneapolis-Winona quartet have built momentum around their dynamic sound\, each set flowing naturally between energetic jams and contemplative interludes. Their upcoming album\, due out spring 2019\, showcases their captivating songwriting\, layered over textures pulled from bluegrass\, jazz\, pop\, and country-western. \nBarbaro has performed at premier Midwest music festivals including Blue Ox\, Boats & Bluegrass\, and MBOTMA. In 2018\, the band released their first EP and claimed two contest wins\, at the John Hartford Memorial Festival Band Contest and MBOTMA’s Americana Roots Band Contest. \nFollow Barbaro on:\nFacebook: facebook.com/barbaro.band\nInstagram: @barbaro_band \nLearn more about Barbaro at:\nhttps://www.barbaroband.com \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nMy Grandma’s Cardigan\n \nMy Grandma’s Cardigan is an indie folk group that came together in the heart of Winona\, MN in 2014. What started as a folk duo jamming in a living room\, has grown into a great group of friends that love playing music together. Their melodic harmonies and fun upbeat sounds have made their way across Minnesota and Wisconsin\, hitting up coffee shops\, venues\, and festivals. \nRaeNelle Ostberg; vocals\, mandolin\, songwriting\nGina Marcucci: vocals\, guitar\nWeston Holley: guitar\, banjo\nAllan Palmer: bass\nJake Allen: drums \nFollow My Grandma’s Cardigan on:\nFacebook: facebook.com/MyGrandmasCardigan/\nInstagram: @mygrandmascardigan \nLearn more about My Grandma’s Cardigan at:\nhttps://mygmascardigan.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n\n\n\nPick up a “Support Rochester Music” Shirt\n \nWant to enjoy the concert in style and show your support for the Rochester music at the same time? Order a “Support Rochester Music” T-Shirt along with your ticket and pick it up at the show. \nAvailable Colors \n\nCharcoal Shirt | White Ink\nBlue Shirt | White Ink\n\nAvailable Sizes \n\nXL\nLarge\nMedium\nSmall\n\n  \n\nSponsors\, Partners\, and Friends\nThank you to our sponsors and partners: Threshold Arts\, Northern Sun Productions\, Fox & Fern Floral\, The Med City Beat\, Fairfield Inn & Suites\, The Rochester Posse\, Thesis Beer Project\, Café Steam\, Wondercloud Media\, and Carpet Booth Studios
URL:https://www.mytownmymusic.com/event/charlie-parr-with-barbaro-and-my-grandmas-cardigan/
LOCATION:The Castle\, 121 North Broadway Ave\, Rochester\, MN\, 55906\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Folk
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SUMMARY:Castle Community Inaugural Concert
DESCRIPTION:Join Six Mile Grove with special guests Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts for the inaugural concert at Castle Community! The show will also be Six Mile Grove’s Rochester Release of their newest album “Million Birds”. \n \nNovember 24th – All Ages Show\nCastle Community\nDoors open at: 7:00PM\nMiles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts: 7:30PM\nSix Mile Grove: 9:00PM\nGeneral Admission\nTickets: $25 Door | $20 Online (plus tax & processing)  \n  \n\nSix Mile Grove\n \nIt all started in the small town of Lyle\, MN (pop. 500) with a skid loader and a fence post\, when Six Mile Grove frontman Brandon Sampson was 7 years old. He injured his hand when helping his dad on the family farm. The physician recommended guitar playing for rehabilitation\, and a few weeks later\, Sampson came home from the music store with a new guitar. His younger brother Brian threw a fit\, and was appeased with a shiny drum set. And so the seeds of Six Mile Grove were planted. The brothers spent years pounding away on their instruments in the kitchen of their great grandmother’s old house\, as well as singing in church with their mom\, an organist and devoted music lover. Soon Brian’s friend Barry\, from across the woods\, wanted to join the noise\, and so his years of piano lessons began paying off. The boys realized they would need a bass player\, put an ad in the paper\, and dug up Dezi Wallace from the “big city” of Austin\, MN\, who arrived courtesy of his mom\, as he did not yet have a driver’s license. \nFast forward 20 years\, and Six Mile Grove has a lot to be proud of. They have weathered the ever changing music scene as a primarily self-managed\, self-produced\, and self-recorded band. Their music has evolved accordingly\, as an organic\, honest voice that has not been tinkered with or tainted by the lure of record labels or flashy music producers. You’re sure to find influences of Minnesota music’s founding fathers; from Bob Dylan to the Jayhawks. Six Mile Grove honors it’s roots\, but has also managed to forge it’s own sound and space on a stage without compromise.. \nFollow Six Mile Grove on:\nFacebook: facebook.com/sixmilegrove/\nTwitter: @sixmilegrove \nLearn more about Six Mile Grove at:\nhttp://sixmilegrove.com/ \n  \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n  \n\n\n\nMiles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts\n \nRockford\, IL-based Miles Nielsen has spent nearly a decade enthralling audiences with music that draws force from the prime years of Western-influenced rock music and classic ‘60s soul. Claiming influences as diverse as Otis Redding’s classic soul and Jellyfish’s cult power pop recordings. \nVocals\, Guitar / Miles Nielsen\nGuitar\, Vocals / Daniel James McMahon\nKeys\, Horns\, Vocals / Adam Plamann\nBass\, Vocals / Dave McClellan\nDrums / Jeff Werckle \nFollow Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts on:\nFacebook: facebook.com/milesnielsenmusic/\nTwitter: @therustedhearts \nLearn more about Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts at:\nhttps://www.milesnielsen.com/ \n  \n\n\n\nWatch\n \n\n\nListen\n \n  \n\n\n\n 
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LOCATION:The Castle\, 121 North Broadway Ave\, Rochester\, MN\, 55906\, United States
CATEGORIES:Americana,Rock
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