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(event) Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts 2008 Music Starts:2:30 pm Founded in the University of Minnesota School of Music in 2002 by Professor Doug Geers, SPARK brings internationally recognized scholars and performers of electronic music and arts to the West Bank Arts Quarter for lectures, performances, master classes and multimedia installations. The festival has continued to expand to include submissions by choreographers, visual artists, theatre artists, and artists who specialize in interdisciplinary work. This year’s featured guest artists are sound artist Paul DeMarinis, Romanian composer Iancu Dumitrescu, sound designer/artist/remixer Richard Devine, music writer Simon Reynolds, and art group Graffiti Research Lab. The Cedar is delighted to be this year hosting four afternoon and one evening SPARK concerts (Feb 27–Mar 1). All SPARK concerts at The Cedar are FREE and open to members of the public. This afternoon's works: (event) The Brass Kings CD release with Black Audience Music Starts:8:00 pm The Brass KingsGive some people enough rope and they'll hang themselves. Give The Brass Kings enough rope, throw in a washtub and a washboard, perhaps a tambourine and a beat-up fridge door, and an acoustic or resonator guitar, and they come up with their brilliant second album Washboard Rope Guitar. Some of the hardest-working musicians in town, the trio (Steve Kaul, Mikkel Beckmen, Brad Ptacek) won over Cedar audiences with their gutsy 2007 performances opening for David Lindley, and a memorable summer evening set on the patio at Grateful for the Cedar. Now it is their turn in the limelight. Joining the Brass Kings onstage will be a host of guest artists including, Dave Simonett (Trampled By Turtles), Mike Gunther, Grant Johnson (Bitter Spills), Nate Sipe (Pert Near Sandstone), Dave Babb (Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs), Molly Maher, Jon Rodine and Jayanthi Kyle (Black Audience).