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The Lower 48 are a group on the move, both figuratively, with their new album titled Where All Maps End continuing the theme of their debut EP Everywhere To Go, and literally, as the fledgling indie folk group moved from Minneapolis to Portland a couple of years back. Now, they make a trip back home to where it all began, and a slightly belated but no less enthusiastic album release celebration for Where All Maps End. With a sound rooted in 60's folk melodies and steeped in sweet harmonies, yet with a contemporary edge to the lyrics, The Lower 48 is a band to catch on the road while you can!

Eau Claire indie folk trio Sky Lion opens.

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All three performers are beloved regulars on the Cedar stage and longtime friends, yet something fresh and vital is generated when Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky come together as Red Horse in this collaborative folk "supergroup" project (album now available on Red House Records). Each of these veteran singer-songwriters takes turn to solo on classics first made famous by the other two members, and on some carefully chosen covers from contemporary songwriters including Neil Young, and traditional sources. The songs you know and love, made new again.

Joyful acoustic indie folk outside on the patio, free for all to enjoy!

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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Twofer night: From Appleton, WI comes Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons as they wander over to the other side of the big river, joined by winsome Californian singer-songwriter Henry Wolfe, touring upon the release of his debut album Linda Vista.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Apr 8
• 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.

2011 is the year of the Apocalypse. With seven songs, former Smog man Bill Callahan and his new album Apocalypse (Drag City, 4/5/11) holds a mirror up the self, and then turns it around to America and the world.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Apr 1
• 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.

An evening with Argentinean troubadour (and Thievery Corporation associate) Federico Aubele, touring in support of his brand new album Berlin 13.

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• On sale date: noon Friday April 1
• 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.

After last summer's riveting appearances together at a select few venues around the country, including The Cedar, Thao and Mirah are back on the Cedar stage to celebrate a year of collaboration, and their hot new release on Kill Rock Stars, Thao & Mirah!

IMPORTANT UPDATE 3/25/11: This show has been moved to First Avenue Mainroom, by request of First Avenue and artists' management. Please direct all enquiries to First Avenue.

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• On sale date: now (ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!)
• In person: From First Avenue and their outlets (fees vary)
• Online:  Etix

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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