I saw InRadio 5.1 featured artist The Shaky Hands last week at the Turf Club. Tambourines, bows on guitars and grandfathers playing the congas. They were great and I apologized for being the only one pseudo-dancing, he promised they'd be back through and I promised more dancing from Minnesotans.

A surprise plus was that my good friend's band, Over/Under opened up for them. I had also just bought Electrelane's new cd and got to enjoy it on my bike ride over to St. Paul. Couldn't have asked for a better night.

On Sunday I got the pleasure of hearing one of the best bluegrass bands in Minneapolis. They played for a few hours and got everyone in the place two stepping along with them. They have recently started playing with an upright bassist, who also plays bass for a local group, Black Blondie. Her jazz infused bass playing added delightfully to the many guitars (steel, acoustic, slide), banjo, fiddle, mandolin and steel ukulele. They were in complete control of the tempo and in sync with each other, speeding it up and slowing it down without even a nod, I was floored. Check them out: Ditch Lilies.

Wanna sneak peak into InRadio 5.2? I will tell you this, it's the most up-tempo cd I've made yet. Summertime fun here we come. It also features two artists I've posted about before.

take care,
alice