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Back in January 2020, the founders of the Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival, Joe and Jenn Rambo made a road-trip blues pilgrimage to the heart of the blues &m
Program #242 (April 30 at 8:00pm and May 1 at 3:00pm)
Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James possessed one of the most hauntingly distinctive styles in the blues, and, according to some who knew him, one of the most disturbed and complex personalities as well.
His vocals, guitar work, and song constructions raise the blues to a level of high art and rare beauty, yet his subject matter and presentation were of such a heavy, cheerless nature that Mississippi bluesman Johnnie Temple, a contemporary of Skip’s, told an interviewer that James’ music was so sad that people would pay him not to perform. Listeners can be entranced and fascinated by Skip James’ music, but they are not likely to find in it the entertainment value and uplifting power to soothe a troubled mind that is characteristic of other blues greats.
Story by Kerri Westenberg and Simon Peter Groebner • Star Tribune
Illustration by Chiara Ghigliazza • Special to the Star Tribune
April 23, 2021
Simon Peter Groebner • Star Tribune
Illustration by Chiara Ghigliazza
April 23, 2021
At MSP and airports across the country, security checkpoints are newly abuzz. Car rentals are selling out. Gas prices are rising as road trips rev up. Travel search site Kayak is seeing a steady rise in queries for summer travel. As more Americans get fully vaccinated, they are casting aside cabin fever and for the first time in over a year acting on their visions of vacations.
This will be the summer to dive into America maybe literally, in one of our oceans or lakes.