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Lake Street Dive
Mohegan Sun Arena — Uncasville, CT
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About Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive is a Boston-based funk and soul band that somehow keeps getting better instead of calcifying into nostalgia. They started in the mid-2000s as a street busking group, which explains why their sound has this infectious, go-anywhere energy that doesn't care about genre lanes. Their 2013 album Bad Self Portraits introduced them to a wider audience, but it was 2015's Side Pony that made them unavoidable—tracks like 'Good as Hell' became the kind of song people who don't normally listen to funk actually sought out. Ssinger Rachael Price has a voice that can shift from breathy and intimate to absolutely commanding without breaking a sweat. The band treats every song like it's a negotiation with the listener, building grooves instead of just playing them, making arrangements that breathe and shift. They're serious musicians who refuse to sound serious about it.

Shows feel like a really good party where the musicians somehow have more fun than the audience, which is impossible but they manage it anyway. Price commands the stage without trying. Crowds move without being told to.

Known for Good as Hell, It Happened to Me, Bad Self Portraits, Side Pony, What Would a Wise Man Do

Lake Street Dive + Providence

Lake Street Dive brought their particular brand of funk-inflected pop to Providence Performing Arts Center in May, working through a 22-song set that felt designed to keep the room moving. They leaned into deeper cuts like "Making Do" and "Seats at the Bar" alongside the inevitable crowd-pleasers, closing out with "Good Kisser." The band has a way of making every song feel like it was written specifically for a night like this—loose, conversational, built on the kind of grooves that make you understand why they've developed such a devoted following. Providence audiences clearly get what they're doing.

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Live Music in Providence

Providence's live music scene has always tilted indie and rock, but there's a growing appetite for acts that actually play their instruments well. Lake Street Dive sits at the intersection of that shift—they're tight enough for the musicians in the crowd, funky enough that you don't need a degree in music theory to feel it. The city's been warming up to this kind of thing.

Providence road trip to see Lake Street Dive?

Stay in College Hill, where you can actually walk around without feeling like you're in a dead zone—the neighborhood has real restaurants and bars. Eat at Chez Pascal or Oberlin for something serious. Before the show, spend an afternoon at the RISD Museum, which is legitimately excellent and free if you're a student or cheap enough if you're not. The museum's collection is small enough to actually process in a couple hours, which beats most cities. Walk down Benefit Street afterward. It's the kind of place that reminds you why people actually used to settle in New England intentionally.

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