Alt country

A terrific double-bill with two of the finest country-edged singer-songwriters around, each of them drawing upon a wealth of life experiences and wielding a highly creative pen: Mary Gauthier and Ray Wylie Hubbard!

This summer, keep your cool inside at the newly air-conditioned Cedar!

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• On sale date: noon Fri May 24
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 0 between 12 noon and 4pm ($2 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (approximately $2 fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (typically $2--$3 fee/ticket) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• The Cedar is an all ages venue
• Students with ID, seniors over 65, and children under

A double bill featuring Boston-based roots band Kingsley Flood, described by the Boston Herald as "Rolling Thunder Revue with a punk rock sneer," who'll be going up first this evening, and locals Calamity and the Owl.

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: noon Fri May 3
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 0 between 12 noon and 4pm ($2 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), or Electric Fetus (approximately $2 fee)
• Online: Ticketweb (typically $2--$3 fee/ticket) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• The Cedar is an all ages venue
• Students with ID, seniors over 65, and children under 12 may purchase tickets at a discount at the door.

Words that in their everyday surrealism have no parallel in contemporary writing… Music that mines the deep veins of fatalism in the Appalachian voice. (Greil Marcus)

As songwriters it’s the eerie, ancestral voice of ‘Anonymous’ they ultimately resemble the most. (The Chicago Reader).

This is music that moves forward by turning the clock back—haunting, primal and strangely heroic. (The Times (UK))

"Steeped in the honeyed hickory grit of Gram Parsons." (UNCUT)

"A quiet master class in emotional subtlety" (Metro)

British singer-songwriter Peter Bruntnell returns to The Cedar after a long absence, and touring behind his new album Retrospective (Blind Eye Records), pulling together a collection of melodic songs that stretch from alt country to psychedelia.  Somehow, Peter's songs have a habit of locking into the listener's emotions; frankly, there's no one else around quite like him.

Opening tonight will be local outlaw country band The Union Suits.

Free Peter Bruntnell CD at the door to the first 100 ticket purchasers to arrive!

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"He spins a yarn with fresh wit, details a failure with unflinching honesty, and everything in between remains admirably cliché-free.” - Los Angeles Times
“…extends a worthy Texas tradition: the weathered, hard-drinking, weary but clear-eyed troubadour….” - New York Times

No sacred cows for this vintage Texan country singer/songwriter; anything and everything is fair game for Hayes Carll and his wickedly funny pen, yet the heart beats strong and true through the twang.

Warren Hood and the Goods, formerly of The Waybacks and The South Austin Jug Band, will open. With the chops of a classical violinist and from a family of renowned musicians, Warren Hood is an Austin legacy.

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Ben Kyle, the singer, songwriter and prime driving force behind beloved alt-country band Romantica, steps out with a solo album. He'll be performing tonight with some familiar musicians, but delivering a new slate of songs straight from the heart.

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

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A smash double-bill from the  Lone Star state: gritty singer-songwriter James McMurtry, and the one-of-a-kind alternative country band The Gourds. McMurtry will be up first, The Gourds to follow.

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: now
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($2 fee per ticket)
• In person: From First Avenue and their outlets (fees vary)
• Online: eTix (fees apply) (click on red Buy Tickets button at top of this page)
• All Cedar shows are all ages.

The Flatlanders -- Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock -- three of Texas’ most respected singer/songwriters, have been friends for over 40 years. The group was originally formed in the early 1970s, when the three young men found themselves back in their hometown of Lubbock, TX. At one of their first gigs, they were named a winner of the inaugural Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Singer/Songwriter Competition. The band recorded a project, but it was only released in a small run on 8-track tape.

The Flatlanders quietly disbanded in 1973. Gilmore, Ely, and Hancock each went on to become cult heroes with successful solo careers as pioneers in alternative country, influencing the likes of Uncle Tupelo and The Clash.

It was that individual success that garnered renewed interest in their earlier project. In 1990, Rounder Records issued the obscure 1972 Flatlander sessions.

The Real-Phonic Radio Hour is a monthly showcase of American roots music, poetry, the arts and a world gone mad, performed before a live studio audience. This month's show at the Cedar Cultural Center features Dead Man Winter fronted by Dave Simonett (Trampled by Turtles), singer-songwriter Randy Weeks, and poet Julia Klatt Singer.

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A bountiful booking featuring burgeoning talent of Bethany Larson and the Bees Knees, the bouncy indie folk of Bella Ruse, and the boisterous bluegrass of The Boys n' the Barrels. Be there!

Ticket options and info

• On sale date: noon Fri Jan 6
• Phone: 612-338-2674 ext 2 ($1 fee per ticket)
• In person: From a Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during events (no fee; cash, check, credit card), Depth of Field (no fee; cash or check only), 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 purchase tickets at a discount at the door.