Sunday Jul 12, 2015
Sunday, July 12, 7:30PM
Weesner Family Amphitheater – Minnesota Zoo
13000 Zoo Blvd
Apple Valley, MN 55124
Grammy Award-winner Patty Griffin has made several albums that include new material, classic gospel, and as a member of Band of Joy, melds British and American folk, rock, and spiritual music. Her catalog is among the most unified in modern popular music, because her singing is as unmistakable and inimitable as her songwriting.
For six decades Mavis Staples has been the solid rock of American music. Alongside the family group she is identified with, the Staple Singers, Mavis has managed to transform herself as she goes, yet never alter. Staples is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Grammy Award winner for Best Americana Album, and a National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient.VH1 named her one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, andRolling Stone listed her as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
The daughter of music legends Levon Helm and singer/songwriter Libby Titus Fagen, Amy Helm’s deep musical roots were enriched by a lifetime of exposure to American musical tradition. Helm wields a powerful voice that can both stir and soothe, whether she is singing traditional gospel, blues standards, or her own heartfelt compositions. She is a gifted musician on both mandolin and drums, and has clearly absorbed the lessons of the many other accomplished artists with whom she has shared stages.