Ring in the new year with arts and music events across the Twin Cities. Highlights include a show at the Fine Line featuring Native musicians, hoop dancing and Indigenous fashion; saxophonist Karl Denson performing two jazz shows at the Dakota; and a mini-comics workshop led by a Peruvian artist at the Eastside Food Co-op.
Twin Cities rapper Jada Brown turns grief into song
Local Native artists will take over the Fine Line on Saturday for KOJB’s third annual Anishinaabe Music and Arts Celebration. The daylong event will feature Indigenous hoop dancing, a fashion show and music sets from folk and blues musician Keith Secola, singer-songwriter Annie Humphrey, rapper Tall Paul and rock band Shadows in Stereo.
For the first time, singer-songwriter Jada Brown is bringing her own full live band to the stage to flesh out her modern soul blend of R&B and hip-hop, drawing inspiration from artists including Amy Winehouse and Erykah Badu.
Brown grew up in St. Michael, Minnesota, and is Ojibwe through her grandfather, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe. She began singing and dancing at home before performing on Twin Cities stages…