Greg Brown

This Iowa singer-songwriter, whose low-down, come-hither grumble is to women in Birkenstocks what Barry White’s silken mumble is to women in heels and negligees, has kept a low profile the past few years. But now the prolific fellow has a new album, The Evening Call—and a new wife, the singer Iris DeMent, about whom he does not much talk. If American roots music had more fans, this super couple would be outrunning the paparazzi in a dusty pickup. The razor-shirking, work-boot-wearing Brown will pop into town for his first Twin Cities show in two years, perhaps offering a duet with his wife—we can always hope. 651-290-1221;
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