This Week’s Entertainment Spotlights

Mar. 6 | Questlove DJ set  Fri., Mar. 8, 9 pm The 2nd Annual Benefit 2 Celebrate Life! Sat., Mar. 9, 7 pm First Avenue & 7th St. Entry 701 N. 1st Ave.,  Mpls., 612-338-8388 or first-avenue.com With a performances by “Princess” featuring Maya Rudolph...

Bobby Z presents 2nd annual benefit concert for heart health

Jan. 22 |   Bobby Z’s organization My Purple Heart and the American Heart Association will present the 2nd  Annual Benefit 2 Celebrate Life! on Saturday, March 9, 8 pm, at First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Robert Rivkin, a.k.a. Bobby Z, is the...

Mint Condition: New CD an improvement, but not a return to glory days

Sep. 26 | Music @ the Speed of Life is an improvement on 2008’s E-Life, a static, paint-by-number disappointment from a band renowned for fresh, even innovative fare. But, not by much. With hints of Guy, Earth Wind & Fire and Kool & the Gang, Stokely...

A season of musical romance for jazz lovers on CD, in concert

Feb. 29 |       When I think about the reasons I first fell in love with jazz, I think of tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum. Among some of my most prized recordings, signed copies of his albums Unconditional (Warner Bros., 2001) and For You (Warner...