A James Taylor Tribute - with Jim Cole

Jim Cole is a Nashville based singer/songwriter and recording artist. Over the course of his career Jim has written and recorded nine albums, with many of those accompanying singles charting in the top ten. Cole’s latest, a Christmas recording entitled Unto Us, peaked at #15 on the Billboard charts. In addition to his radio presence, Jim has performed as a featured artist on numerous television specials including Nashville Now for TBS, Daryll Waltrip and Amy Grant’s Easter and Christmas Specials for DirecTV, and The Tim Janis Enchanted Evening series for PBS. Cole has also provided the music soundtrack for Joan Lunden’s DirecTV series, Hometown Heroes.

As a working musician for more than thirty-five years, Jim has traveled extensively throughout the U.S., eastern and western Europe and Asia, performing in venues as varied as The Taipei Cultural Center in Taiwan and Carnegie Hall in New York. Additionally, as an Artist-In-Residence he has taught songwriting and stage performance at various universities throughout the world.

And now, Jim Cole is pleased to return to Minneapolis/St. Paul and offer his take on the music of James Taylor. When asked to describe the impact JT’s songs have had on him personally, Jim commented, “James Taylor’s body of work from the late 1960’s to the present has provided the musical landscape not only for my generation, but for every generation since. Certainly therapeutic, often celebratory, and always communal, his gift lies in his ability to point out shared commonality, while minimizing our differences. In our currently polarized culture, in my opinion, that makes his music more relevant than ever.”

Tickets are $35.00 in advance and $40.00 at the door. Seating is general admission and the doors open at 6:30PM. Concessions, Mr. Chipper's fresh-baked cookies and merchandise will be for sale during the concert.

The Music Factory is on the 2nd floor of the WWI era Old Milk Factory on the Rum River in Anoka which is a non-wheelchair accessible building and there are some stairs to climb.

*For attendees in groups of eight or more who want to sit together, please feel free to contact us in advance and we are willing to set aside a group of chairs in the back seating section of the main room floor for your group. We don’t do group discounts.

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