Female vocalist

Mother and daughter performing music together! Suzzy rose to prominence as one of three sisters in vocal group The Roches, who released eleven albums together. She has followed up with solo albums Holy Smokes and Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA, and her collaborations with sister Maggie: Why The Long Face, and Zero Church. She is also a writer, and recently published her debut novel Wayward Saints (Hyperion). Daughter Lucy has also embraced a musical career, producing two EPs, and a debut album Lucy, and blazing a trail with her genuinely warm, engaging stage presence.

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

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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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A smash double bill from a pair of Minnesota's finest indie acts.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Feb 3
• 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.

Canadian folk rockers Great Lake Swimmers return to The Cedar on tour in support of their fifth full length album New Wild Everywhere, the followup to 2009's breakout Lost Channels. They are joined by rising star Cold Specks, whose eerily penetrating 'doom soul' music is steeped in the musical traditions of the Deep South.

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Kennedy doesn't so much imbibe or inhale as swallow, whole and unadulterated, melodic and rhythmic influences from beyond her kith and kin. A delicious mix of influences abound, without ever sacrificing musical identity. (The Irish Times, 2010)

Experience the incomparable singing and flute playing of Nuala Kennedy as she and her band perform a repertoire drawn from the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland, and from the fathomless realms of Nuala's own imagination. A consummate performer with a buoyant personality, her music is unique, evocative, and soul-satisfying.

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"Chastity Brown, a Memphis girl-turned-Minnesotan....The pure, raw emotion that this woman generates is something even veteran blues and soul artists could take a lesson from. The girl emotes, and emotes with passion."

An awesome triple bill to celebrate the release of Chastity Brown's new album Back Road Highways! Opening sets by local Americana faves Romantica and Black Audience will be followed by a rockin' full band performance by Chastity.

Wrap up your celebrations of St Patrick's Day with this foot-stompin' concert featuring traditional Acadian multi-instrumentalists/dancers Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc, and Pascal Miousse (fiddle, mandolin, lead guitar). Vishten’s music is a hardy mixture of the French, Irish and Scottish styles of Eastern Canada, with fiery fiddling and powerful step dancing taking front and center. The songs are French, sung by each band member, alone or in four part harmony, and the mood is unabashedly joyful.

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Red House Records artist and singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky returns to the Cedar for an evening of meaningful songs and commentary.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Jan 13
• 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.

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!

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• 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.

The Cedar welcomes back acclaimed fiddler, singer-songwriter, and Nickel Creek member Sara Watkins, back touring after taking time out in December 2011 to record her second solo album with Nonesuch Records.

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• On sale date: noon Fri Dec 16
• 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.