Quartet

Multi-instrumentalist and singer David Bromberg returns to the Cedar with his quartet, also featuring Butch Amiot (bass), Mitch Corbin (mandolin), and Nate Grower (fiddle). Expect an evening of sublime musicianship as David and crew sample from and give life to a broad swathe of American roots music.

Acoustic blues/roots guitarist and singer Tom Feldmann opens tonight.

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The Cedar and Kate Nordstrum Projects presents Brooklyn Rider in collaboration with Stillwater Music Festival. An all Philip Glass program featuring the Minnesota premiere of Suite for String Quartet from Bent.

Brooklyn Rider's most recent recording, Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass (released in 2011 on the composer's label, Orange Mountain Music), includes the 5 string quartets of Philip Glass plus the world premiere recording of Suite for String Quartet from "Bent." Referring to Brooklyn Rider’s recording of the 3rd String quartet, The Huffington Post raved: “Brooklyn Rider's interpretation of Glass's tense, melancholic vision is a cathartic and delicate masterpiece.” The evening will present a selection of these works in the intimate environment of The Cedar, including the MN premiere of the Suite from "Bent." Read more »

Maita can set a love song to a martial arts rhythm; evoke harsh realities of ghetto life with gentleness and dry-eyed humanity; and most of all, use her fluid versatile voice and a rich musical heritage — from samba to jazz and pop — to make it all feel like one coherent whole. Lero-Lero is a discovery, but if Maita keeps making records this good, she could well be on her way to international stardom. (Banning Eyre, NPR's All Things Considered)

The Minnesota debut of sultry Brazilian pop singer Luísa Maita! Hailing from a country overflowing with musical talent, Luísa Maita rises above the fray as one of the most promising young singers of her generation.

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

The jazz that comes from Charlie Brown is a happy jazz, it's a feel-good jazz - it feels good to hear it and it's fun. It's sophisticated - more than a lot of music - maybe closer to classical, but it's still about having a lot of fun. (David Benoit)