Haunting

Otherworldly Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, aka First Aid Kit, roar back into town in support of their sophomore album The Lion's Roar (due Jan 24, 2012). Gorgeous harmonies, and a dark-tinged, alternative folk vibe permeate their timeless songs, which somehow feel particularly at home at The Cedar in the heart of the former Snus Boulevard.

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The Cedar has historically been closed on Labor Day. This year, we want to open our doors to present Mount Eerie (aka Phil Elverum aka The Microphones) with Nicholas Krgovich and Andrew Broder. This is a special opportunity since Elverum hasn't played in the Twin Cities for two years, and we've never before hosted him at The Cedar.

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The honeyed tones and sensitive interpretations of Antonio Zambujo have propelled him into the vanguard of modern fadistas, and marking him as a unique voice on Lisbon's fado scene. Antonio initially studied clarinet and classical guitar, but grew up steeped in the music of his homeland region, cante alentejano, a male choir chant from the South of Portugal which is infused with influences from neighboring North Africa. These formative influences blend with his passion for jazz and Brazilian music to create an artist who is expanding the horizons of traditional fado while remaining committed to exploring its roots.

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Perhaps you came to know Zoë Keating through her Twitter presence (@zoecello has over 1.3 million followers!), but behind the stream of witty 140-character communiques lies a phenomenally talented cellist. Zoë's richly complex layered avant cello music has been featured in movie and documentary soundtracks, ballet productions and in collaborations with a host of artists from Rasputina to Imogen Heap, but it is best savored center-stage in one of Zoë's far too rare solo live performances.

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Sam Amidon sees no difference between a 19th-century folk ballad and a 21st-century avant-garde instrumental suite. In bridging the very old and the very new... he has managed to meld the rural and the urban, the organic and the synthetic, the oral tradition and the written score…  (Stephen Deusner, Pitchfork Jan 2010)

A mesmerizing evening of cool alt-folk music from The Pines, led by singers-guitarists David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey.

Tickets go on sale at 12 noon Fri Jan 21 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 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.

DM Stith, "the peculiar genius" hailed by NME as the "Curious ringmaster," has collaborated with Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond, Son Lux, Castanets, and recently returned from London where Esquire called his show a "performance of transcendent, spectral majesty. Seriously." His first album, Heavy Ghost (Asthmatic Kitty), a collection of songs rich with strings, polyrhythmic percussion, lofty choirs, epic electronic gestures and Stith's clear-as-a-bell voice, was released in early 2009 to universal critical acclaim which Tiny Mix Tapes called a "singular work from an extremely talented new voice." His follow up, Heavy Ghost Appendices (out May 25, 2010) is described by Stith as "a record of my progression from being an intensely private artist to working with other musicians and performing live."

Catch DM Stith in an intimate show at The Cedar, with opening acts experimental artist Inlets (new album Inter Arbiter out on 4/20/10) and Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Silje Nes.

The Swedish duo First Aid Kit comprises sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg (born 1990 and 1993, respectively), hailing from Enskede, a suburb south of Stockholm. Yes, they are very young, but the pure music they create speaks of bygone times and old souls. The emphasis is on narrative lyrics accompanying playful melodies with intense, dense harmonies.

By popular request, a return visit by The Pines, whose most recent album Tremolo was debuted at The Cedar in a sparkling show on Oct 23. The album went on to make several end of year best album lists, including City Pages'. "There's a good reason that we chose to feature folk duo the Pines on the cover of this year's music wrap-up, and it's not because they make mighty fine photo subjects—it's because their latest effort, Tremolo, is one of the most delicately arranged and timeless local albums to be released this year. Read more »

The Cedar welcomes back a long-time favorite: Peter Ostroushko, who has come to be regarded as one of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in acoustic music. His tours have taken him to the stages of clubs, performing arts centers, music festivals and theaters across North America and Europe, and he has earned an international reputation as a versatile and dazzling master of instrumentation and composition. Read more »