Dreamy

The Cedar presents the enigmatic and iconoclastic Leon Redbone! With an act that is part vaudeville, part performance art, and 100% fine guitar pickin', Leon remains a one-of-a-kind performer, not afraid to blaze his own path in a crowded field.

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

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: now
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby before and after shows (no fee), Depth of Field (no fee), or Electric Fetus (small fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.
• Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets at the door.

 “A captivating debut… An arresting journey from emotional trials to aural pleasure.” – Uncut ★★★★

“Gorgeous…a similar beauty to James Blake’s current hit.” – nme

“There’s a world of mystery in the mesmerizing voice of this Irishman...” – People Magazine

Irish indie singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow earned many accolades for his debut album Early in the Morning, and several of the songs from the album went on to be featured on hit TV series Chuck, Parenthood, and Grey’s Anatomy. After a handful of solo dates earlier this year, James is now making his first headlining tour of the USA, this time with a five-piece backing band. “Playing on my own right now is beautiful because it allows me to connect on a very primitive level,” says James, “but I look forward to being surrounded with friends on stage to share this with me.”

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The Cedar welcomes back Over The Rhine, featuring multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist. Over The Rhine is touring to showcase songs from their stunning new album The Long Surrender (street release date: 2/8/11).

The Long Surrender is something rare and wondrous — an intimate epic. Shot through with the joys and sorrows of modern-day existence and the unchanging fundaments of the human condition, the album has the feel of a living thing, senses alert, feet planted firmly on terra firma. Read more »

An evening in the esteemed company of Brazilian singer/guitarist/percussionist Vinicius Cantuária, and American guitarist Bill Frisell. The two men have a long history of working together, with Bill guesting on Vinicius' albums Tucuma (1999), Vinicius (2001), Horse and Fish (2004), Samba Carioca (2010) and Vinicius returning the favor on Bill's 2003 album The Intercontinentals. The duo have a new album in the works, due out in 2011.  Expect improvisations that dive into a river of musical possibilities, and take you on a journey throughout the Americas and beyond.

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Oct 15 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.

All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.

Swedish guitarist José González teams up with old friends Elias Araya and Tobias Winterkorn in this longstanding collaboration that has produced 2010's EP Rope and Summit, and their first full-length, Fields (Sept 14 2010, Mute Records). Opener will be indie folk songstress Sharon Van Etten, whose new album Epic is due Oct 5 (Ba Da Bing).

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.

All Cedar shows are all ages. Students with ID may gain discounted admission for tickets purchased at the door.

In the tradition of the great male/female singer/songwriter duos (Nancy and Lee, Sonny and Cher, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris), Isobel Campbell (cellist and vocalist for Scottish indie band Belle and Sebastian) teams up with gravelly-voiced Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) to release their third album together, Hawk (Vanguard, August 24 2010). Produced by the singer herself in a series of locations around the world, the set finds Campbell continuing her investigation into the darker corners of American roots music. Lanegan lends his signature blues-folk growl to eight of the album’s 13 tracks, while the young U.S. singer Willy Mason shows up for a pair of tunes, including a stripped-down rendition of “No Place to Fall” by the late Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Campbell and Lanegan duet on another Van Zandt number, “Snake Song,” and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha appears on the track “You Won’t Let Me Down Again.”

Nothing says summer outdoors under the stars quite like bossa nova, and when it is fused with some tasty synth, and smoky vocals from Karen Freire, you'll not even miss the pool!

Free!

POSTPONED. The Cedar regrets to advise that Over The Rhine have canceled their Midwest tour, including this show at The Cedar. They plan to reschedule in the Spring of 2011. Refunds available.

Las Rubias del Norte (The Blondes of the North) was born seven years ago, when Allyssa Lamb and Emily Hurst decided to quit their classical choir and start a group of their own.  The band mixes musicians from the US, France and Colombia who all look back to the Latin motherland most of them never had. The group’s sound quickly veered off its classical course, incorporating boleros, Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban guajiras. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Read more »