Landmark Center and the Minnesota Music Coalition, with additional support from KFAI Radio, present Landmark LIVE in the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium at St. Paul's historic Landmark Center.
Concerts begin at 8 pm, and are preceded by a cocktail hour at 7 pm, where audiences can enjoy complimentary refreshments and a cash bar.
American Housewife announces itself in the first 30 seconds of its propulsive debut album, In Like a Lion: “So the story’s told, roll up your sleeves and let me see what you’re all about.” Stephanie Paquin and Maureen Rudd raise the stakes from there and dare you to look away.
Paquin and Rudd, Minneapolis power pop purveyors, have been in several notable Midwest bands, including Space Heater, Sundogs and Big Citizen. But this is clearly the album of their lives. Joining the band are guitarist Geoff Shodde, formerly of Des Moines’ Rathbones and Nodding Begonias, and Ken Goldman, of the Twin Cities’ soul and jive amalgam Dizzy Hat, on drums. All four are currently working on their sophomore release.
Opening act: Leslie Rich - Leslie grew up in Belfast in the 70's, when it was the norm to have soldiers patrolling the streets and to be searched by a heavily armed police force just to go shopping downtown.
He turned to music to stay out of trouble and started performing solo shows in many of the city’s bars. He was privileged enough to open for many of his idols over that time. In 1994 The Rocket Soul Choir was formed, growing a following and releasing two albums on Northern Ireland’s, Immortal Recordings label - 1999’s Geek Love and 2001’s The Written Lie.