Masters of Hawaiian Music features Grammy-winning George Kahumoku Jr., Led Kaapana and Sonny Lim.
MASTERS OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC
FEB 19 • 7PM
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Marc Ribot
The New Jersey-reared guitarist has long been an in-demand session player, notably on Tom Waits’ “Rain Dogs,” Elvis Costello’s “Spike” and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss’ “Raising Sand,” among many projects. He also has released more than two-dozen instrumental albums under his own name. Last year, Ribot issued his first vocal album, “Map of a Blue City,” which was more than 30 years in the making. Along the way, he’s been part of a few disparate groups including the Ceramic Dog and Los Cubanos Postizos. Now he’s formed Hurry Red Telephone with former collaborator Chad Taylor on drums as well as bassist Sebastian Steinberg of Soul Coughing and saxophonist Briggan Krauss of Sexmob.
MARC RIBOT: HURRY RED TELEPHONE
FEB 20 • 7PM
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Esperanza Spalding
After becoming the first jazz musician to win the Grammy for best new artist in 2011, this singer/bassist has certainly lived up to the promise of that prize. Not only has she won four more Grammys (including three for best jazz vocal album) but she has distinguished herself as a visionary, risk-taker and integral force in jazz, including writing an opera with saxophone giant Wayne Shorter. Her latest work, 2024’s “Milton + Esperanza,” is a graceful collaboration with legendary Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento, with guests Paul Simon and Lianne La Havas as well as the multilingual Spalding singing in Portuguese. Fresh from a tour of Slovakia and Czech Republic, she returns to Minneapolis.
ESPERANZA SPALDING
FEB 21 • 7PM
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Stanford-educated Vienna Teng, who hasn’t issued an album since 2015, takes time out from her work as a climate activist to return to the stage.
VIENNA TENG
FEB 22 • 7PM
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Toad the Wet Sprocket barefoot frontman Glen Phillips is out on a solo tour.
GLEN PHILLIPS (of TOAD THE WET SPROCKET)
FEB 23 • 7PM
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Veteran Georgia bluesman Tinsley Ellis is touring behind his first acoustic album of original material, “Labor of Love”.