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Bluegrass - Winona, MN
Friday May 8 / 8:00 PM 2/5ths of the heralded WI bluegrass quintet Horseshoes and Handgrenades and its principle songwriters, Greuel and Pedersen have been writing salt of the earth classics for years now. With Pedersen recently transplanted to Winona, this will be a special night of hearing their solo, original tunes and stripped-down versions of H&H favorites.
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Jam Rock - Winona, MN
Saturday May 9 / 8:00 PM With a keen sense of catchy, dance-friendly music and uncanny chemistry, Karate Chop, Silence leaves everything on the stage and maintains a level of performance energy that’s bound to bring audiences to their level of intensity by the end of the show.
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Folk/Bluegrass - Olympia, WA
R&B/Rock - Minneapolis, MN
Saturday May 9 / 8:45 PM Kendl Winter, born in Arkansas, moved to Olympia, Washington after high school, drawn to the evergreen forests and the lively and thriving music scene. She put three solo records out on Olympia’s indie label, K Records, and performed in nationally-touring northwest string bands before beginning The Lowest Pair in 2013 with Palmer T. Lee. Palmer built his first banjo when he was 19 from pieces he serendipitously inherited. Shortly after deciding songwriting would be the most effective and enjoyable medium for his musings, he began cutting his teeth fronting Minneapolis string bands and touring the midwest festival circuit, which is where he and Kendl first met, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Saturday May 9 / 10:30 PM Mae Simpson is pure energy and soul. 2019’s Best New Band, according to City Pages readers, Mae hails originally from South Carolina, and has a huge voice and stage presence - drawing comparisons to “Janis Joplin and Ella Fitzgerald, with the rasp of Joan Jett.” Her band helps her showcase a broad collection of original music that refuses to fall neatly into a single genre - blistering funk and dance music, soul and blues — bringing the crowd to their feet every time.
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