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Varsity, $33 and up) popular Twin Cities rockers Kiss the Tiger kick off a new outdoor series across the St. Blige, Jay-Z and Beyonce for projects, and she features Brandy and Nas on her new EP (8 p.m. One of the biggest pop stars to emerge from West Africa, Nigeria's Tiwa Savage mixes Afrobeat with contemporary R&B. Hook & Ladder, $15-$25) former Odd Future singer/rapper Syd dropped her second album "Broken Hearts Club" in April (8 p.m. Paul resonator guitar ace Jeff Ray & the Stakes celebrate their new folk-blues-psychedelic album "In the Fire," which they developed while playing yard concerts during the pandemic (7 p.m. Monica LaPlante and her fuzz-punky band have been tearing it up post-lockdown after landing on the Current's playlist with "Hope You're Alone" and "Compression." They'll be joined by theatrical rock throwbacks Annie & the Bang Bang and the usual caravan of food trucks and local brewery and wine options. Paul's enduring summer concert series makes a welcome return with two new-ish rock acts making some noise in the local scene. Dakota, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., $30-$45, )Ģ Lowertown Sounds: Downtown St. This year, Springs offered an esoteric curio, "My Name Is Sheba," a soundtrack to the podcast of the same name. Avishai Cohen's lonely trumpet punctuates an unforgettable "I Can't Make You Love Me," and Springs inhabits Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You" like she wrote it. 1 Kandace Springs: A former Prince protegee who penned her own piano songs, the Nashville songbird realized her potential as a jazz stylist on 2020's outstanding "The Women Who Raised Me." With imagination and grace, she interpreted tunes made famous by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Sade and others.
