Tina Schlieske 20th Anniversary Slow Burn vinyl release show w/ LAAMAR

Fri, Nov 07

5pm Doors 7pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $30 GA Adv (+fees/taxes) $35 Seated Adv (+fees/taxes) $40 Balcony Seating Adv (+fees/taxes) $40 GA Doors (+fees/taxes) Twenty years ago, I stood at a creative crossroads that would totally reshape my artistic identity. After more than a decade with Tina and the B-Sides, I made the jump into solo territory with Slow Burn—a move that scared the hell out of me and thrilled me at the same time. It pushed me to question everything I thought I knew about my own musical voice. Sheldon Gomberg produced it with this great approach—always putting the song first—which created the perfect environment for collaborating with amazing players like Benmont Tench, Don Heffington, Greg Leiz, Jeff Young, Marc Ford, and the one and only James Burton. It was important for me to have my sister Laura in these sessions, too. She knows me better than anyone—and sometimes that kind of connection is exactly what a song needs. So, as I'm getting ready to do this special show on November 7th at the Icehouse in Minneapolis to celebrate the vinyl reissue, I'm realizing Slow Burn deserved way more attention than I gave it back then. I was perhaps too vulnerable to fight for it two decades ago. Looking back, Slow Burn makes perfect sense now. It was exactly the record I needed to make to help bridge the gap between who I used to be as a musician and who I was becoming. Schlieske grew up inspired by the diverse Minneapolis music scene, and you can hear and see the many influences in her writing and performances. She draws creative energy from a wide spectrum of rock, soul, Americana, and singer-songwriters with her own brand of electrifying live performances. As a longtime Midwestern rock mainstay, Tina Schlieske has pursued a diverse and evolving music career since her band, Tina and the B-Sides, went on hiatus in 1999. LAAMAR is the latest project led by Minneapolis-based singer, songwriter, saxophonist, and composer Geoffrey Lamar Wilson. Former frontman of Brooklyn-based Jus Post Bellum, Wilson is also known for his multilayered looped saxophone performances and catchy podcast ditties (Terrible, Thanks for Asking). On the band’s debut EP, Flowers, Wilson blends his idiomatic inspirations bridging folk, soul, R&B, and country with a constant ear toward racial and social justice issues and the shared human experience.