Trio

Wrap up your celebrations of St Patrick's Day with this foot-stompin' concert featuring traditional Acadian multi-instrumentalists/dancers Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, and Pascal Miousse (fiddle, mandolin, lead guitar). Vishten’s music is a hardy mixture of the French, Irish and Scottish styles of Eastern Canada, with fiery fiddling and powerful step dancing taking front and center. The songs are French, sung by each band member, alone or in four part harmony, and the mood is unabashedly joyful.

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An equinoctial performance by the California Guitar Trio, now enjoying their 21st year together. Expect a fun yet wild ride as the group's precision musicianship has you riding the waves from surf rock to prog to classical, and voyaging on to outer space.

The Trio's most recent album is Masterworks, featuring the music of Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Pärt, Schubert, Rossini and Vivaldi, and follows on from their 2010 release Andromeda, consisting of all original material.

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Since breaking everyone’s hearts in the Irish music film Once, Marketa Irglova has won an Academy Award, appeared on The Simpsons, toured and recorded as one half of The Swell Season, sang with Iron & Wine, and helped put together the Broadway rendition of the movie that made her famous. Now the 23-year old Czech-born singer and classically-trained pianist is back with her debut solo album, Anar, (the Persian word for “pomegranate”) due October 11 on Anti-.

The Cedar is now fully air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!

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Experience the joy of Canadian fiddler, singer, songwriter and stepdancer April Verch and her band, as they brighten your winter evening with their foot-stompin' rendition of classic Ottawa Valley and old timey tunes and songs. The twang of the banjo and the driving Franco-Celtic pulse of the fiddle are as ingrained in April as snowbound winters and Saturday dances.

As fellow fiddler Dirk Powell says, “April has an amazing ability to touch people’s hearts, get them having fun, and sharing the whole range of human emotions. She’s a grand master fiddler and a very expressive singer, but what sets her apart is the openness, humor and social fun she got growing up in the music. It's not always easy for professionals to keep that social joy in their music. Even though April is playing at a very high level, she brings that explosive joy with her.”

The Cedar is now fully air-conditioned for your year-round comfort!

One of the true stars to rise from the African continent, Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal has been making music for the world to enjoy for nearly two decades. Renowned for his fiery vocal performances and his musical fusion of western sounds with the traditional beats and melodies of West Africa, Baaba Maal has earned immense critical acclaim and has continually reinforced his role as a seminal artist in the world music arena. His work has also extended beyond music and into the realms of humanitarian spokesperson through his role as youth emissary for the United Nation's Development Program and his outspoken stances on HIV/AIDS in Africa, the growing role of women on the continent and his support of youth-based initiatives to help Africa move into the new millennium. Read more »

To celebrate the beginning of The Cedar's 23rd season, we proudly present an evening with our old friends Olov Johansson (nyckelharpa), Mikael Marin (viola), and Roger Tallroth (12-string guitar), who together make up Nordic folk trio Väsen.

Made possible by a grant from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.

All Cedar shows are all ages.

The group Vishten was formed in Prince Edward Island, in the Canadian Maritimes, at the beginning of the new millennium by traditional Acadian musicians/dancers Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc.

Vishten’s music is a hardy mixture of the French, Irish and Scottish styles of Eastern Canada, with fiery fiddling and powerful step dancing taking front and center.  Their stage show re-creates the joy and energy of the “kitchen party,” the informal community gatherings where all are welcomed to sing, play and dance.  The rhythms and melodies are inseparable, and reflect a special joie de vivre unique to the Acadian culture, with flying fingers, tapping feet, and an unabashed sense of celebration.

Catch The Cedar debut of Stick Men - a new progressive band created from musicians with extensive experience playing together. Pat Mastelotto and Tony Levin are the rhythm section of the legendary band King Crimson. Mastelotto is in demand all over the world as the premier drummer for progressive rock. Levin plays the unusual instrument, the 12 string Chapman Stick, in Crimson, and with Peter Gabriel and others. Michael Bernier is also a Chapman Stick player - one of the leaders in the field, and has played in combination with Levin, among others.
 
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