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Jimmy Cliff

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Feist, DeVotchKa, and Rufus Wainwright top Music in the Zoo's summer concert schedule

    ​The intimate amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo is far and away one of the most idyllic outdoor music venues in the Twin Cities area. And each summer, the Music In The Zoo series gives music lovers of all types up-close, engaging performances from both established acts and alternative bands on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    SXSW: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at ACL Live

    ​By Craig HlavatyBruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce."The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Alert: SXSW coverage ahead

    ​You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that nearly every building gets used as a music venue during the annual music festival. And starting Thursday, writers and photographers from the music blogs of the Village Voice Media empire plan to go to as many of them as we possi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Toots and the Maytals coming to the Minnesota Zoo Saturday

    ​Twin Cities soul and reggae fans are blessed whenever Frederick "Toots" Hibbert brings his party to town. At 65, Toots still delivers his action packed deluge of roots reggae hits from "Sweet and Dandy," "Do the Reggae," "Time Tough," and "Monkey Man," all the while revving up his band and tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Paul Simon at First Avenue, 5/3/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Paul SimonMay 3, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisAn eight-piece band poured onto the First Avenue stage. An over-capacity crowd gushed down the stairs, over the rails, and pooled in the floor. And then, there he was, lifting a guitar around his neck and giving a "hi-how-are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Paul Simon at the Minneapolis Convention Center, 5/2/11

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Paul SimonMay 2, 2011Minneapolis Convention Center, MinneapolisFor fans of Paul Simon, Monday night's show at the Minneapolis Convention Center couldn't have been more satiating. The man knows how to put on a show, and delivered a two-hour set that expertly wove new songs alo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Chromeo, Art Parade, Melissa Etheridge, and more photos from the weekend

    ​Last weekend was nuts. Our photographers were out in full force throughout the weekend, capturing shots of everything from Melissa Etheridge at the O'Shaughnessy to the wild art parade in Riverside Park to Chromeo at First Avenue. Here's a rundown of the concert photography we've posted on our si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Jimmy Cliff at the Minnesota Zoo, 8/7/10

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Chromeo, Glamorama, Psalm One, and more: Critics' Picks

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2010

    Jimmy Cliff

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Joan Baez, Levon Helm, Los Lonely Boys coming to the Minnesota Zoo

    ​Concert promoter Sue McLean has leaked the initial lineup for this summer's Music in the Zoo series, and there are quite a few great names on the list. Joan Baez, Levon Helm, Carolina Chocolate Drops... be still, our fluttering hearts. See the whole lineup below, with more updates (include ticket ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Revisiting Reissues: Hits and misses from re-releases in the '00s

    A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2009

    Buckwheat Zydeco

    A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

  • Music

    August 26, 2009

    De La Soul, Kid Rock, and more

    A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2006

    Desmond Dekker Came First

    A sampling of what made (re)collecting the old faves so fun, and frustrating, in the aughts.

  • Music

    March 9, 2005

    La-La (Means I Love You)

    Coming alive with Ashlee Simpson, Brother and Sister, Soweto Gospel Choir

  • Music

    February 19, 2003

    Ted Leo/Pharmacists: Hearts of Oak

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    September 6, 2000

    Tempest in a Melting Pot

    Coming alive with Ashlee Simpson, Brother and Sister, Soweto Gospel Choir

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    January 5, 2000

    Little Monrovia

    They can quote the Constitution and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Their ancestors hail from Virginia. Meet the Twin Cities' newest African immigrants.

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