Old-time

Two years after winning a 2010 Grammy in the best traditional folk album category for Genuine Negro Jigs, African-American string band Carolina Chocolate Drops are back on The Cedar stage with a new album Leaving Eden (Nonesuch, Feb 28, 2012). The group has a couple of new members, too, as guitarist, banjo player and singer Hubby Jenkins and New Orleans-based cellist Leyla McCalla are now part of the touring line-up along with founding members Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons. Yet amidst the changes and their newfound prominence, the group's joy in performing classic old-time fiddle and banjo music for an enthusiastic audience remains undimmed. Not to be missed!

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

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The Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddle. (Darol Anger, fiddler)

The Cedar welcomes back an old friend: old-time fiddler, guitarist, banjoist and singer Bruce Molsky in a special early evening concert (7pm start time).

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• On sale date: noon Fri Jan 27
• 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.

Thomas Dolby became a huge star in the '80s when his songs "She Blinded Me With Science" and "Hyperactive" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and were on constant rotation at MTV. His unique keyboard playing led to guest performances with the likes of David Bowie (Live Aid), Stevie Wonder (Grammy™ awards) and Roger Waters (The Wall) and he became a top producer, garnering five Grammy™ nominations. Dolby abandoned the music business in the 1990s to found Beatnik Inc., a Silicon Valley tech company that built the ringtone synthesizer embedded in over 3 billion mobile phones worldwide.

Saturday night of this year's Winter Stringband Gathering will give you something to crow about, as hosts Pert Near Sandstone throw open the Cedar's doors to The Henhouse Prowlers. Feathers will surely fly on this second night of this popular mini-festival in the depths of the Minnesota winter...

Special Ticket Deal: Buy tickets to both shows in the Winter Stringband Gathering from The Cedar, or using this link only online at Ticketweb, and save! Gain entry on both nights for only $20 in advance, or $24 day of show.

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

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Friday night of this year's Winter Stringband Gathering finds prime movers and shakers Pert Near Sandstone sharing the evening with Colorado-based acoustic stringband Head for the Hills. Please join us, and head for the Cedar for the first night of this popular two-night mini-festival in the depths of the Minnesota winter, or better yet, check out both nights!

Special Ticket Deal: Buy tickets to both shows in the Winter Stringband Gathering from The Cedar, or using this link only online at Ticketweb, and save! Gain entry on both nights for only $20 in advance, or $24 day of show.

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

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Two nights of old-timey music and mayhem in Pert Near Sandstone's Winter Stringband Gathering! On Friday Jan 27, Colorado band Head for the Hills start the evening with Pert Near Stringband to follow. And on Saturday Jan 28, the Pert' Near lads will be hosting The Henhouse Prowlers. Two nights, twice as much fun. Doors at 7pm, music starts at 8pm both nights.

Tickets for this special two-night pass are only available from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), hard working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows (no added fees), and online at Ticketweb.

All Cedar shows are all ages.

If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music as one’s model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition. A singing, songwriting, Illinois-born, Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player, she is every bit as interested in the present and the future as she is in the past and every bit as attuned to the global as she is to the local. She pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anyone has ever heard before. Her new release, City of Refuges, is something completely different, even for her: a sublime marriage of old-time and indie-pop. “This new project incorporates what would’ve in the beginning of my career seemed like an unexpected move, but now feels like a really natural progression of working with people that reach into other genres and other spaces musically.”

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Two nights of old-timey music and mayhem in Pert' Near Sandstone's Winter Stringband Gathering! On Friday Jan 21, it's Portland-based Foghorn Trio back-to-back with Pert' Near Stringband. And on Saturday Jan 22, the Pert' Near lads will be hosting the Hackensaw Boys. Two nights, twice as much fun.

Tickets for this special two-night pass are only available from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), hard working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows (no added fees), and online at Ticketweb. Read more »

Two nights of old-timey music and mayhem! Tonight the Pert' Near lads will be hosting the Hackensaw Boys. And on Friday night, it's Portland-based Foghorn Stringband back-to-back with Pert' Near Stringband. Two nights means twice as much fun.

Special Ticket Deal: Buy tickets to both shows in the Pert Near Sandstone Winter Stringband Gathering from The Cedar, or online at Ticketweb, and save! Gain entry on both nights for only $20 in advance, or $24 day of show.

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Nov 19 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.

Two nights of old-timey music and mayhem, tonight it's Portland-based Foghorn Stringband back-to-back with Pert' Near Stringband. Tomorrow night the Pert' Near lads will be hosting the Hackensaw Boys. Two nights, twice as much fun.

Special Ticket Deal: Buy tickets to both shows online at Ticketweb, and save! Gain entry on both nights for only $20 in advance, or $24 day of show.

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Nov 19 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.