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10 / 8
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10 / 9
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10 / 10
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 The Magnetic FieldsA rare Twin Cities stop on a very limited U.S. tour by the Magnetic Fields, led by New York City singer songwriter Stephin Merritt. Critically hailed as one of the most significant indie pop bands of the last two decades, the Magnetic Fields has built a rabid following for its personal yet poppy dance/noise/synth sound underlying literate lyrics that are ironic, bittersweet, and bitingly humorous. This acoustic evening features songs from the band’s latest release, Distortion, as well as music from their influential 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs, called “an essential guide to loving music” by the Guardian of London.
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 SolasFor over a decade, Solas has been hailed as the leading Irish-American supergroup. Through line-up changes and experiments with style and technology, the band has pushed the boundaries of—but never strayed too far from—their Irish roots.
Now, as Máiréad Phelan, an exciting young singer from Kilkenny, steps up to lend her exquisite vocals to the existing line up of Seamus Egan (flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar, and bodhran), Winifred Horan (fiddle), Mick McAuley (accordion and concertina) and Eamon McElholm (guitar and keyboards), the band heads into their second decade of playing tight, fiery Irish music with a new tour and a new CD, For Love and Laughter. The new album breaks fresh ground in duets with Canada’s folk phenoms The Duhks, contributions from Cedar regulars cellist Natalie Haas and Dirk Powell, and an inspired rendition of Rickie Lee Jones’s “Sailor Song,” while it offers the imaginative reinterpretations of traditional material that Solas has been playing to the delight of their fans worldwide.
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10 / 11
Music Starts:9:00 pm
 Fleet FoxesHarmonious Seattle quintet, now on Sub Pop, in an unforgettable, intimate evening at The Cedar. Old-timey picker Frank Fairfield will open.
NO SEATS. EARLY TICKET PURCHASE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster, First Avenue and all of their ticket outlets. Tickets are no longer available from the Cedar Ticketline.
$15
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10 / 12
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Josh RouseMelodic indie pop singer-songwriter Josh Rouse made a name for himself and earned a passionate following with a string of critically-acclaimed CDs, including Under Cold Blue Stars, 1972, and Nashville, ultimately inspired by what Rouse calls his favorite genre of music: 70's singer/songwriter. His most recent full-length album Country Mouse, City House was recorded in Spain (where Rouse has made his home since 2006), and according to Rouse, covers themes of "death, isolation, nature, religion, and dreaming." Obviously not one to avoid tackling the big issues, Rouse is an artist well worth hearing, and The Cedar's intimate space will be an ideal listening environment.
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10 / 13
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10 / 14
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10 / 15
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10 / 16
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Chris KozaHeadliner singer-songwriter Chris Koza continues to woo new fans with his most recent release The Dark, Delirious Morning, an album that sees him perfecting his already strong pop song sensibilities to create an acoustic understated masterpiece. He's not the only one with a great new album out; tonight he'll share the stage with fellow locals Greycoats, releasing their debut CD, and San Francisco-based Loquat, kicking off their Midwest tour and CD release with the Cedar show.
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10 / 17
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Liz CarrollAs a female, American-born fiddler who insists on honing an expansive repertoire of original tunes, Liz Carroll has become a revered figure in traditional Irish music despite what many on the scene consider three strikes against her. In an art form long dominated by men, she's an instrumentalist with such technical poise and unbridled energy that her concerts are thrill-inducing affairs. In a field where a player's sound is often defined by his county of origin in Ireland, Carroll, the child of Irish immigrants, is a product of Chicago's vibrant Celtic music scene. But her most unlikely achievement might well be that Carroll has composed more than a dozen tunes that have become standards among her peers.
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10 / 18
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 DAM‘Da Arabian MC's’, Dam also means ‘blood’ in Arabic and ‘immortal’ in Hebrew. Heralded by France’s Le Monde as “The spokesman of a new generation,” DAM is the first and leading Palestinian hip hop group. It is composed of Tamer Nafar, 28, his younger brother Suhell, 24, and Mahmoud Jreri, 25. All three members of the group were born and grew up in the slums of Lyd, Israel, a mixed town of Palestinians and Jews, 20 kilometers from Jerusalem. DAM's music is a unique fusion of East and West, combining Arabic percussion rhythms, Middle Eastern melodies and urban Hip Hop. The lyrics of DAM are influenced by the continuing Israeli - Palestinian conflict as well as by the Palestinian struggle for freedom and equality. DAM also address such controversial issues as terrorism, drugs and women's rights.
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10 / 19
Music Starts:11:00 am
 SteveSongsSteve Roslonek of SteveSongs has been writing/performing award-winning music for families for ten years. A rising star on the national kids music scene, Steve blends smart lyrics, catchy melodies and thoughtful messages into fun participatory songs that kids love and adults find irresistible. He has delighted audiences coast to coast with his engaging and entertaining shows, including at the White House, the Kennedy Center, and Boston's Fenway Park. Steve has earned numerous awards, including 2 Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, a Nappa Honor, an iParenting Media Award, and a Children’s Music Web Award. Since May 2008, Steve has taken on an exciting new role on national TV as "Mr. Steve," cohost of the PBS KIDS morning preschool destination featuring preschool favorites Curious George, Clifford, Dragon Tales, and Super Why. Don’t miss Steve and his band as they celebrate the release of their brand new DVD Marvellous Adventure!
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Guy Davis Ann RabsonTwo great blues artists in one night: seasoned acoustic bluesman and Red House Records artist Guy Davis, and boogie-woogie/barrelhouse pianist and gritty vocalist Ann Rabson (cofounder and long-time member of Saffire--The Uppity Blues Women).
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10 / 20
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10 / 21
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Melissa FerrickBoston singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick has the kind of relationship with her audience that few artists are blessed with. Her live performance is fierce and funny, outspoken and vulnerable, passionate and real. The emotional honesty of Ferrick’s first-person lyrics, the force of her vocal delivery and the disciplined fury of her musicianship connects her to her audience with confidence and grace. She’s been gaining fans since her first release at age 22 on Atlantic Records. Her next three recordings were released by indie label What Are Records. In 2000, Melissa launched her own label: Right On Records. Her 2006 release In the Eyes of Strangers marked the label’s sixth release. As if in acknowledgment of the passing years, even though her formidable energy be undiminished, Melissa's new album due out in September is entitled Goodbye Youth.
Openers will be acoustic alt-folk duo Coyote Grace. As their website succinctly puts is: Girl meets Girl. Girl becomes Boy. Girl and Boy become a band. Their songs weave a curious tapestry conveying themes of transformation, introspection, and the impermanence of identity.
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10 / 22
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10 / 23
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10 / 24
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10 / 25
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Jolie HollandAn amazing opportunity to catch alt-folkie Jolie Holland within a few weeks of the release of her eagerly anticipated fourth solo album, the Living and the Dead (Anti) on October 7th.
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10 / 26
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 CherryholmesAs America’s new first family of bluegrass, Cherryholmes has stormed to
the top of the bluegrass world by winning the 2005 IBMA (International
Bluegrass Music Association) Award for Entertainer of the Year.
Debuting at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Albums chart, their
self-titled album has received a 2005 Grammy nomination for Best
Bluegrass Album of the Year. The Cherryholmes sound is made up of
hard-driving instrumental virtuosity and explosive vocal harmonies,
featuring a mixture of original songs written by members of the band
and carefully chosen classics.
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10 / 27
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10 / 28
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10 / 29
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10 / 30
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10 / 31
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Crooked StillFans of Crooked Still who came to their stunning sold out Cedar show in Mar 2007 or one of their insanely popular shows at Winnipeg Folk Festival over the past two years will notice a change: cellist Rushad Eggleston left the group in November of 2007. The group has now become five with the addition of fiddler Brittany Haas and Tristan Clarridge on cello and second fiddle. Lead vocalist Aoife O’Donovan told No Depression magazine, “When you’re in a quartet, and one of your members who’s been a huge creative part of your sound decides to leave, it definitely crosses your mind to just not do it. But we had spent five years building a name for ourselves. And if you look at almost every band that’s successful, there’s been line-up changes.” If Still Crooked, the first album from the new line-up, is any indication, success for this young band will be explosive. Crooked Still continues to perform one of the most compelling forms of alternative bluegrass and string band music today.
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11 / 1
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Hayes CarllIf you haven’t already heard of Texas troubadour Hayes Carll, you soon will. In the three years since his self-released second album, Little Rock became available, Carll has toured relentlessly in North America and abroad, founded a successful singer-songwriter music festival on the Gulf Coast of Texas, secured a record deal with Lost Highway Records, and has even seen Little Rock become the first self-released album to reach #1 on the Americana Music Chart. He’s only getting started.
On his new album, Trouble In Mind, the 32 year-old Carll navigates his way through both stormy weather and calm, sun-drenched waters with ease, emerging with songs that melt even the hardest heart in town or heat up a roadhouse. Their impact is heightened by the fact that they're songs born of both immersion in the works of his songwriting heroes and plenty of real world experience.
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11 / 4
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11 / 5
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11 / 6
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11 / 7
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11 / 8
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Martin Taylor and Martin SimpsonThe Cedar is pleased to present the United Kingdom's legendary guitarists Martin Taylor MBE and Martin Simpson. This is the first time the duo have been touring together in the United States and The Cedar show will be one of only five US dates, They will each play solo, as well as performing collaborative pieces. The melding of Martin Taylor's classic jazz stylings with Martin Simpson's folksy, rough-hewn approach will make for a fascinating evening of great guitar music.
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11 / 9
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11 / 10
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11 / 11
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11 / 12
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11 / 13
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Toumani DiabatéThose fascinated by the question of the role of genetics and environment in determining the destiny of musicians (Loudon Wainwright/Kate McGarrigle, and Rufus/Martha Wainwright, Johnny and Rosanne Cash, Bob and Jakob Dylan), to name just a few) would do well to ponder the pedigree of Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté: he is descended from 71 generations of kora players, transmitted without interruption from father to son! With that kind of bloodline and a lifetime of playing under his belt, it is understandable that Toumani Diabaté is the undisputed master of the instrument, a highly versatile form of 21-stringed harp fashioned from a gourd. Diabaté’s first solo recording in 20 years, The Mandé Variations (Nonesuch), is a stunningly beautiful, immediately accessible blend of traditional melodies, original compositions and breathtaking improvisations. ‘The Mandé Variations’ is probably the most ambitious and challenging
African instrumental album yet released. It is at once the definitive
statement on where the kora is today and simply one of the most
beautiful and melodically accessible albums you will hear this year. An
important album for Africa, an important album for the world.
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11 / 14
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Bill Mike BandThis pioneering experimental rock power trio hails from Minneapolis and is fronted by guitarist, & analog sound scientist, Bill Mike. Bill Mike Band was nominated "Best Rock Band" by the Minnesota Music Academy and their debut record,"Better News," was nominated " Best Rock Recording" by the MMA as well. Tonight, BMB will be celebrating the release of their much in demand sophomore effort,"Truce," on Draw Fire Records! Joining Bill Mike on "Truce" are longtime bandmates & creative forces, Chris Morrissey (bass) & Steve Goold (drums). BMB pride themselves on their musical diversity and have performed at many rock clubs, jam band festivals, experimental art houses, & hip hop festivals throughout the Midwest & beyond. The Bill Mike Band is committed to empowering the listener and helping the planet one gig at a time! Come check out The Bill Mike Band family, and join the party!
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11 / 15
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Pine Leaf Boys"The live performances of the Pine Leaf Boys are a revelation of anarchy and reverence and manic exuberance funneled through traditional musical forms. Imagine a wide river, storm-tossed and swollen with rain, staying within the banks but cutting a deep channel. Or, imagine a vintage tube amplifier driven to its electrical limit. A Pine Leaf performance is like that. Full-throttle and wide open, The Pine Leaf Boys heat the tubes of the old music until they break up into the sweetest distortion imaginable. " - Joshua Caffery
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11 / 16
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Gyuto MonksThe Gyuto Monks have been chanting since the founding of the Gyuto Tantric University in 1474. The Monks chant to visualize themselves as Buddhas in order to reach enlightenment sooner, or chant to invoke the blessing of the Lord of Transcendent Wisdom, they even chant to pacify the 80,000 kinds of demonic obstructers – their intent is to free humankind from disturbing and harmful situations and create abundant harmony. These chants are serious business, and are not intended for casual entertainment, but are described by some as the holiest sounds ever heard.The evening will open with a display of Tibetan dancers.
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11 / 17
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11 / 18
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11 / 19
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11 / 20
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Afrissippi... what might have happened if Ali Farka Toure recorded for Fat Possum. (Ian Anderson,Editor, fRoots)
West African roots meets North Mississippi trance blues!
"Guelel Kumba lives on a tall hill in Oxford, Mississippi, and comes from the Fulani people of West Africa, the largest nomadic group in the world. His first instrument as a child was the molo, a single gut string attached to a small gourd. Eric Deaton accepted boogie music as his savior at age 14 and cut his teeth playing with Junior Kimbrough & R.L. Burnside every Sunday night at Junior's Place. Kinney Kimbrough played drums with his father, Junior, in & around Chulahoma, Mississippi his entire life. His beats hold the secrets of the backwoods disco groove." (liner notes of Afrissippi's new CD Alliance (2008, Hill Country Records)
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11 / 21
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11 / 22
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Eliza GilkysonRed House Records presents Our Side of Town: A 25th Anniversary Concert with John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson and Cliff Eberhardt, all master singer-songwriters, performing in the round. These old friends are some of the most respected songwriters on today’s folk/roots scene, and their performance together will be a rare concert event. The last of just a handful of concerts across North America celebrating Red House’s silver anniversary, this is not to be missed!
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11 / 23
Music Starts:2:00 pm
 The KlezmaticsThe superstars of the klezmer world return to The Cedar for a special afternoon performance. Since erupting out of New York City’s East Village in 1986, The Klezmatics have revitalized klezmer. Their music is steeped in Jewish spiritualism and Eastern European tradition while incorporating more provocative themes such as social rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic musical influences such as gospel, punk, and Arab, African, and Balkan rhythms. Over the course of more than twenty years, they have released nine albums of wild, spiritual, provocative, reflective, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels.
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11 / 24
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11 / 25
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11 / 26
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11 / 27
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11 / 28
Music Starts:3:00 pm
 Kimya DawsonMuch loved contributor to the Juno soundtrack, Kimya Dawson has recently finished work on Alphabutt, a new album of children's music due for release on K Records in September 2008. Hailed by the likes of Rolling Stone, NPR, Blender and Pitchfork, as a seriously talented wordsmith, Dawson successfully leads a group of children in this sunny and energetic batch of songs with plenty of fun in the form of snapping fingers, clapping hands and stamping feet. Song titles include "The Alphabutt Song," "Seven Hungry Tigers," "Little Monster Babies," "Wiggle My Tooth" and "Pee Pee in the Potty." Kimya is the proud parent of a bouncy two-year old girl named Panda.
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Kimya DawsonBack by popular demand after an early sellout show at The Cedar in April! If you've seen the movie Juno, you've heard Kimya Dawson--quirky, emotionally-baring songs like Tire Swing, Loose Lips, and So Nice So Smart, and others like Tree Hugger, performed by Kimya with friends Antsy Pants, and Anyone Else But You performed by Kimya's old group The Moldy Peaches. Don't delay, another sellout is all too likely!
Note also that Kimya will be performing a Cedar Family show at The Cedar at 3pm Fri 11/28!
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11 / 29
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Haley BonarTwo of The Cedar's most popular local indie acts in one night: songstress Haley Bonar, riding an upwards trajectory across the country with the release of her somewhat ambiguously titled album Big Star; and The Owls, like their namesake, light on the wing and airy, with an instantly recognizable sound all their own, and more than a hint of wisdom in their songs.
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11 / 30
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12 / 2
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12 / 3
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12 / 4
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12 / 5
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 The Infamous StringdustersThe Infamous Stringdusters are the new vanguard of acoustic music. Well crafted songs, vivid arrangements, instrumental virtuosity, stunning improvisation, unique individuality and complete harmony… Bluegrass, Rock, Country, Blues, Folk, and Jazz, the “IS” is American Acoustic Music.
When The Infamous Stringdusters was released in June by Sugar Hill Records, some assumed from the title that it was a debut recording. Those already aware of the Stringdusters phenomenon will know differently: that 2007's Fork in the Road was the album that boldly introduced this daring, disciplined band to the world of bluegrass and a wider world of music enthusiasts who heard it and decided: 'if that's bluegrass, then I love bluegrass.' Fork in the Road was named Album of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. Its title track was named Song of the Year, and the band itself earned the honor of best emerging artist in a competitive field. It was a stunning cap to an amazing 2007.
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12 / 6
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Michael MonroeStraight from the North Woods, Michael Monroe's original music and compelling energy mesmerize his audiences as he blends his rich vocals, guitar, bamboo and glass flutes with his "live" layering/looping technique, combining musical styles of gentle acoustic folk and jazzy reggae. Tonight, he'll be honoring the winter season with songs from his most recent recording Wintersongs, described by City Page's Rick Mason as "a collection as warm and full of sparkling light as a roaring fire guarding against an arctic gale. Graced with a dark-toned mellifluous voice, Monroe etches immutable images of north woods winter, interlacing his songs with vivid instrumentals featuring his limpid guitar and scampering flutes".
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12 / 7
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12 / 8
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12 / 9
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12 / 10
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12 / 11
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12 / 12
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Curtis and LorettaLocal folkie faves Curtis and Loretta and Chicago's Bittersweet Christmas Band in a fully costumed Christmas spectacular!
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12 / 13
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 John Williams and Dean MagrawA truly magical evening of Celtic music - trad. tunes, shining original compositions, and a great deal of fun and cameraderie.
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12 / 14
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Neal and LeandraNeal and Leandra’s Holiday Show has become an eagerly anticipated seasonal favorite on The Cedar calendar, so much so that loyal fans have snapped up all tickets well in advance of the last three concerts! Expect a cozy evening of songs and stories, perhaps the odd unannounced special guest joining in for a few numbers, and a sense of a community sharing in the magic of the season, unified by their love of Neal and Leandra’s heartfelt songs that touch the core of human existence.
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12 / 15
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12 / 16
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12 / 17
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12 / 18
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12 / 19
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12 / 20
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Peter HimmelmanA truly multi-faceted musician, Peter Himmelman is a critically lauded rock troubadour, a Grammy nominated creator of children’s music, and an Emmy nominated film and television composer. After getting his early start In the Twin Cities dabbling in a variety of genres (reggae/calypso band Shangoya, TV show Steamroller, new wave group Sussman Lawrence), Peter rose to fame with his solo releases that garnered much critical acclaim (for example, "Himmelman strips his music to its essence, tapping into a primal inspiration, investing melodies that have the sing-song simplicity of Buddy Holly or the Beatles with the yearning of a spiritual quest." (No Depression), and "one of rock's most wildly imaginative performers." (USA Today)), before he departed for Los Angeles in the ‘90s. Since then, Peter has reached massive audiences through his work for film and TV (his projects include Judging Amy, Bones and Men in Trees), and a Grammy nomination for his most recent children’s album My Green Kite (please note the special Family Concert by Peter at 11am on Sun Dec 21).
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12 / 21
Music Starts:11:00 am
 Peter HimmelmanA truly multi-faceted musician, Peter Himmelman is a critically lauded rock troubadour, a Grammy nominated creator of children’s music, and an Emmy nominated film and television composer. He has made four children's albums: My Best Friend Is A Salamander (1997), My Fabulous Plum (2000), My Lemonade Stand (2004) and the Grammy-nominated My Green Kite (2007). Both Plum and Salamander were recognized with a Parents' Choice Award and the Family Channel Seal Of Quality. Himmelman finds children's music "a vast and liberating universe of possibility," although noting that his kid's songs and his rock songs "come from very distinct places."
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12 / 22
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