Banjo

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.

Music from the Missouri Ozarks, performed live by the original musicians from the award-winning film Winter's Bone. Whether you have seen this haunting film or not, tonight's show provides a rare opportunity to hear authentic Ozark mountain folk music outside of the region. Marideth Sisco, Dennis Crider, Bo Brown, Van Colbert, Tedi May & Linda Stoffel, who together make up Blackberry Winter Band, have deep roots in the Ozarks, and will present the complete music from the film.

 Opening tonight will be Minnesota’s own purveyors of fine music from the hill country, The Roe Family Singers, who have recently celebrated the release of their new album The Owl and The Bat and The Bumblebee.

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

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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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The Cedar's favorite alt-bluegrass stringband returns in the middle of a very busy year touring the globe, including the big festivals in Australia, Celtic Connections, MerleFest, and all over North America. Still traditional in their roots, yet still evolving--and definitely, still deliciously crooked!

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• On sale date: noon Fri Mar 4
• 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.

The Cedar sure knows how to pick 'em--and so do the artists on tonight's smash bluegrass double bill: providing a living link to bluegrass founder Bill Monroe, the inimitable Peter Rowan has assembled an allstar cast in his aptly named Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, touring in support of their brand new release Legacy (Compass Records), recorded earlier this year with the help of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Del McCoury, and Ricky Skaggs. And in a more contemporary vein, the Boulder Acoustic Society take roots music in startling new directions.

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.

A step back in time with two young interpreters of last century's folk and country blues traditions, banjoist Frank Fairfield (last seen at The Cedar opening for Fleet Foxes), and guitar-picker Blind Boy Paxton.

Join acoustic stringband Spaghetti Western String Company as they saddle up one last time to celebrate the release of their third album, and then amicably ride off into the sunset.

The Infamous Stringdusters represent the cream of the crop of young bluegrass musicians. With Andy Hall on Resonator Guitar, Travis Book on bass, Chris Pandolfi on banjo, Jesse Cobb on mandolin, Jeremy Garrett on fiddle and Andy Falco on guitar, the band pulls together skill and experience well beyond their years. They boast a combined resume that includes collaborations with artists like Dolly Parton, Leftover Salmon, Earl Scruggs, Bering Strait, Ronnie Bowman and Levon Helm. Catch the 'Dusters on fire at The Cedar, just two days after their third Read more »

“ ‘I’m in love with Eliza Blue,’ or something close to that, has been a typical response to the haunting, timeless music Ms. Blue has been casting out in Twin Cities clubs, pubs, and theaters over the last few years. Now the rest of the world will discover her organic magic, as Eliza releases her most full-bodied work to date, The Road Home.” (JIM WALSH) Read more »