Live Music Alert: TONIGHT, Hyentyte with the Milzovsky Dance Orchestra (formerly Classical Chill) at the Nestor, Fargo ND, 10 pm. Get out your dancing shoes and head on down to the Nestor to see Hyentyte TONIGHT. This six-piece, soul/funk sensation has been burning a path all through the Northern Plains for the past twelve years.... »

Refrain Magazine is celebrating its first birthday with a big birthday bash at the Crosstown Lounge in Grand Forks TONIGHT.  Warming up the stage will be Grand Forks singer/songwriter Ron Franz who will play originals at 9 pm. If you haven’t heard his new stuff, you’re in for a treat. Then at 10:30 Absolute Grüv from... »

Live Music Alert: Refrain Magazine Birthday Bash—Absolute Grüv, Ron Franz opening, Friday, Aug 20, 9 pm. $5 and a free beer. Absolute Grüv is a four-piece band based in Minneapolis that applies jam with jazz and blues to familiar covers and original music in a fresh, laid-back sound. Band members are Ian Wilson (guitar), Sam... »

  Live Music Alert: Nate Hancock & the Declaration with Pat Lipsiea and Slow Kid, The Nestor, Fargo, Friday Aug 13, 10 pm, $5 Refrain Magazine is proud to present Nate Hancock & The Declaration with Pat Lipsiea and Slow Kid in concert Friday, August 13 at the Nestor. Nate Hancock is touring in support of... »

Live Music Alert: Johnson Family Band, Crosstown, 10 pm, $5 and a free beer. Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em event. The last live music event at the Crosstown BEFORE the smoking ban goes into effect on Sunday As one last hurrah to smoking in Grand Forks bars and clubs, the Crosstown Lounge will host... »

The Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth MN this weekend is going to be a hot event. Many well-known blues groups will be there, but also some that aren’t quite in the blues realm. Among the blues legends are Papa John Kolstad & Clint Hoover, Reverend Raven & The Chainsmokin’ Altar Boys, Sonny Landreth, Elvin Bishop,... »