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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
Music Starts:7:30 pm
Her otherworldly, Kate Bush-meets-PJ Harvey voice is challenging but ultimately riveting, and her ambient string orchestration merits comparison to Andrew Bird and Joanna Newsom. The best way to experience Worden is in person in an intimate, acoustically divine room. (Chris Riemenschneider, Vita.MN)
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11 / 10
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11 / 11
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11 / 12
Music Starts:7:00 pm
 Nigel Egg Open Stage with host Nigel Egg. Nigel is a blues guy, plain and simple. He's been a musician for over 40 years and is captivated by what goes into blues songwriting. He will play a few of his own songs then invite Open Stage participants up on stage to do a number or two. Take advantage of this great opportunity to put yourself on the Cedar stage, perform two or three songs, and enjoy the top-quality sound!
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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
 THE TRUCE MANIFESTO: Partisan politics and the vilification of those who don't agree with your way of thinking -- us vs. them, red vs. blue, my way or the highway -- threatens to overwhelm in the elections of the 2000's. So much so, that many Americans have asked the question, will we ever find common ground in our nation? But The Bill Mike Band, which is comprised of both liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, proves that both belief systems can co-exist when the energy is put forth to accept and learn about the other, demonstrated by the release of their sophomore effort Truce.
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11 / 15
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 GENUINE CAJUN DANCE WITH FREE DANCE LESSON BY DAVID JORDAHL BEFORE THE SHOW, 7.30PM! The Pine Leaf Boys are back in town, with a brand new album Homage au Passé! "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. THE CHAI WILL BE HOT, SWEET AND GOOD; THE CHANTING EXTRAORDINARY!
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11 / 17
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11 / 18
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 The Cedar is pleased to kick off the inaugural Third Tuesday Dance Night series in style with Dan Newton's Gypsy Cafe Orchestra. Third Tuesday is a new monthly event for couple dancing featuring live music and the great, open dance floor of The Cedar.
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11 / 19
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11 / 20
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 AfrissippiTHE CEDAR REGRETS TO ADVISE THAT DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, AFRISSIPPI HAVE CANCELLED THEIR FALL TOUR. TICKET-HOLDERS ARE REFERRED TO THE CEDAR REFUND POLICY.
... what might have happened if Ali Farka Toure recorded for Fat Possum. (Ian Anderson,Editor, fRoots)
West African roots meets North Mississippi trance blues!
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11 / 21
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 After unexpectedly receiving City Pages' Best Live Artist award in 2007, Minneapolis' Dance Band has continued to refine their unique brand of independent funk with the release of their new EP, Geekadelic. This record marks the end of an era with the departure of original drummer Hans Johnson and the arrival of Joe Rand from another local super-group, Best Friends Forever. DB lives up to their hype in giving one of the most entertaining live shows in Minneapolis. You will dance!
Dance Band:
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11 / 22
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Eliza GilkysonSOLD OUT!Red 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.
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 One of the principal architects of the Southern California country-rock sound, J.D. Souther famously played a key role in the formation of the Eagles and co-wrote their hits “Heartache Tonight,” “Victim of Love,” “New Kid In Town,” and “Best of My Love,” as well as writing Linda Ronstadt’s classics “Faithless Love,” “Simple Man, Simple Dream,” and Prisoner in Disguise.” A highly sought-after songwriter and session man, Souther also released three critically acclaimed solo albums -- “John David Souther,” (1972) “Black Rose,” (1976), and “You’re Only Lonely” (1979) -- and two albums as a member of The Souther Hillman Furay Band, the supergroup which united Souther with Poco’s Richie Furay and the Byrds’ Chris Hillman.
But in 1985, after countless hit records, Grammy nominations, American Music Awards, and gold and platinum albums, J.D. Souther decided to walk away from his solo career. According to Souther: “I just wanted to be a good songwriter. I wanted to just stay home and write.”
Relocating to Nashville, Souther wrote for and with artists as diverse as India.Arie, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffet, Glen Campbell, Joe Cocker, Crosby Stills & Nash, Diamond Rio, Dixie Chicks, Don Henley, One Flew South, Roy Orbison, Bernadette Peters, Bonnie Raitt, George Strait, Brian Wilson, Trisha Yearwood, Warren Zevon, and most recently the newly re-formed Eagles, who chose Souther’s protest song “How Long” as the debut single from their first studio album in twenty-eight years.
And now, Souther returns with his first studio album of new material in twenty-five years: If The World Was You.
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11 / 24
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11 / 25
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11 / 26
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 As Ben Ratliff, writing in the New York Times earlier this year, describes the band "David King, the drummer of the trio Happy Apple, is a heavy-gauge clown, honest, graceful and intuitive. He looks as if he’s constantly subverting his own nature around the drums. His body language says he’s going to cream them, really boss them around, but at the last instant he hesitates, hitting lightly or leaving a blank. Meanwhile the long-haired saxophonist Michael Lewis just blows and blows, a jazz musician in love with long-form improvising and the infinitely changeable melody. Erik Fratzke plays an electric bass, walking and chording, laying out theme and variations with a shortened, muffled tone.
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11 / 27
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11 / 28
Music Starts:3:00 pm
 Kimya Dawson Much 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 / 4
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12 / 5
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 The 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
 Minnesota original Michael Monroe makes it back to The Cedar for a "Return To Wintersong". The concert will feature a collection of vocal and instrumental selections created from the warmth of his cabin during winters on the North Shore. The performance will be recorded for a future "LIVE @ The Cedar" CD! WINTERSONG, his latest CD was described by City Page’s Rick Mason as "...richly melodic acoustic music...with heartfelt sincerity ...Monroe explores subtle, quiet places that spark the imagination."
Monroe lives and creates music on Lake Superior's North Shore having moved from Twin Cities to rustic Hovland cabin in 94. He moved his solar MisTree Studio to his Grand Marais Log Cabin where he and long time partner Deb Mueller (now husband and wife) host a monthly Log Cabin Concert Series in their home.
From Vinyl to digital, performing his original music Monroe blends rich vocals, guitars, bamboo and glass flutes together... music and technology working together powered by creativity. He recycles his music LIVE on stage to deliver a powerful style of acoustic folk, reggae, and jazz. His award winning soundtrack is featured on PBS in the documentary "Chased By the Light" and he received a regional Emmy for his "Soaring On Mended Wings". Monroe plays guitars built by David Seaton on the Gunflint Trail, using salvaged woods from the 1999 blow down and 100 year old trees from the bottom of Lake Superior. Adding to his 8 CDs and 2 vinyls, he recently narrated and composed music for a series of podcasts for the Gunflint Trail Association.
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12 / 7
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 John JorgensonExperience gypsy jazz as you’ve never heard it before! John Jorgenson brings all his musical creativity and experience to bear in the John Jorgenson Quintet, and the result is astounding audiences everywhere! John Jorgenson is a former member of the award winning Desert Rose Band, The Hellecasters and Elton John's band, and has recorded and performed with such luminaries as Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Birele Lagrene and even the great Pavarotti.
A master of gypsy jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt, John has appeared in many prominent guitar magazines. He was asked to recreate Django's music for the feature film Head in the Clouds, in which he portrayed the legendary guitarist with stars Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz. John Jorgenson brings his own flair to the stage with exciting new compositions, amazing fretwork and searing clarinet playing supported by some of the best musicians in the world. Whether playing his own accessible compositions or classic standards, John and his band make music that is equally romantic and ecstatic, played with virtuosity and soul.
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12 / 8
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12 / 9
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12 / 10
Music Starts:7:00 pm
 Open Stage with host Molly Maher. Labeled as St. Paul Americana, Molly Maher breaks all convention with her guitar style, playing upside down and in different tunings. She is one person who has lived her music and it comes out beautifully in her playing. She will play a few of his own songs then invite people from the audience up on stage to do a number or two. Take advantage of this great opportunity to put yourself on the Cedar stage, perform two or three songs, and enjoy the top-quality sound!
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12 / 11
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 “Innately creative and defiantly adventurous, they are concerned only with hurling their talents together and stamping new identities onto Brazilian music.” (Global Rhythm Magazine)
"an effervescent collage of samba, airy folk, and sheer mysticism" (Spin Magazine)
Kassin + 2 is the new portrait of Rio’s rich musical, cultural and ethnic diversity. The final installment in the + 2 trilogy — fellow band members Moreno Veloso (son of the great Caetano) and Domenico Lancellotti were the featured names for the first two rounds — this is the vanguard of a new generation of Brazilian musicians. Heirs to a family heritage of Tropicalia and Samba and respected producers in their own right, this unique mix of traditional Brazilian songwriting with the quirky beats, loops, and noises of contemporary electronica is defining the sound of New Brazil.
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12 / 12
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Local favorites Curtis & Loretta bring you a delightful old-fashioned holiday show, complete with your favorite Christmas carols, Victorian costumes, sweet vocal harmonies, and an array of traditional turn-of-the-century instruments, including folk harp, mandolin, mandocello, celeste (a charming music-box sounding antique keyboard), and harmonica. Curtis & Loretta are rereleasing “Christmastide with Curtis & Loretta” tonight. It was originally released on cassette tape in 1991. “Husband-and-wife team Curtis Teague and Loretta Simonet are living treasures of the Twin Cities folk scene, with a body of music rich in lovely harmonies and delicately wrought mandolin and harp....” The Onion
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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 influenced by the tradition, and a great deal of fun and cameraderie, celebrating 10 years of wintertime concerts together at The Cedar.
John (from Chicago) and Dean (from St. Paul) have a fruitful, if long-distance relationship -- typically they meet up somewhere in the U.S. or the British Isles to play concerts and festivals. When they do, sparks fly and the music comes alive again.
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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
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 The Cedar is pleased to continue the Third Tuesday Dance Night series in style with Southside Aces. Third Tuesday is a new monthly event for couple dancing featuring live music and the great, open dance floor of The Cedar.
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12 / 17
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12 / 18
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Join Todd Menton, Boiled in Lead’s manic lead singer and critically acclaimed New Folk Records recording artist, as we celebrate the release of his new CD, The Dolmen Field. Like his previous release, Where Will You Land, “Dolmen” covers a broad range of folk-rock and original styles, and Todd promises to bring them all to bear at the show: blasting industrial hornpipes backed by his friends and Cedar favorites Savage Aural Hotbed, shimmering original ballads on solo guitar and voice, and straight-up pub rock with New Folk stalwarts Lehto and Wright featuring Matt Jacobs.
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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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12 / 23
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 A special holiday show (and the first scheduled performance after the arrival of their first-born child) by Roma di Luna, the husband-and-wife duo of Alexei (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Channy Moon Casselle (vocals, violin) who've carved out a strong following for their sparse interpretations of folk classics and their own striking originals. Now performing with a sympathetic backing band featuring Ben Durrant (electric guitar), JG Everest (bass guitar), Ryan Lovan (drums), Jessi Prusha (backing vocals), and sometimes Mike Rossetto (banjo), their sound has become fuller but no less emotionally penetrating.
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12 / 24
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12 / 25
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12 / 26
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12 / 27
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 DoshMulti-instrumentalist Martin Dosh has built up a strong following for his experimental and electronic-based music, and earned rave reviews for his May 2008 release Wolves and Wishes (Anticon), described by Paste Magazine as "a shimmering, almost completely wordless affair, as zesty and refreshing as a slice of lemon." The album features appearances from Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy, Andrew Bird, Fog, Odd Nosdam, and long-time contributors, Mike Lewis and Jeremy Ylvisaker. Tonight, Dosh will be appearing with a bunch of his friends, and collaborators Dark Dark Dark, whose recent release The Snow Magic (Blood Onion) has been billed as "perhaps the most hopeful and romantic collection of songs you'll ever hear about death, lost love, despair, decaying corpses, and the harsh
Minnesota winter."
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12 / 28
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12 / 29
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12 / 31
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01 / 9
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 David Bromberg Angel BandA rare live performance from the legendary guitar, fiddle, mandolin and dobro player, as he roams through a timeless selection of blues, bluegrass, Americana, jazz and folk tunes. As the NY Times noted of Bromberg, “He has such control of his audience that he can, at one moment, hold it in his hand with a tender, touching yet funny anecdotal song, and then set it romping and stomping with a raucous bit of raunch. He is electrifying.”
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01 / 10
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Café Accordion OrchestraCafé Accordion Orchestra feels as cozy as a Parisian sidewalk cafe, with music full of French flavor, the occasional Spanish spice, plus a little swing. While others cop styles with a deadpan irony that gets old fast, it's refreshing to encounter a whimsical labor of love like this one. Led by the quietly dazzling Dan Newton, this quintet knows the value of understatement, warmth, discretion, subtlety and easy and genuine swing.
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01 / 15
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01 / 16
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01 / 17
Music Starts:8:00 pm
  Jim Walsh is this evening's host of the 416 Club. Jim is well-known for his occasional neighborhood jam sessions, or "hootenannies" and his writing and songwriting. You can read Jim's articles and ponderings in the Southwest Journal, Minnpost.com, Reveille magazine, among others. Last year, his first book, "the replacements: all over but the shouting: an oral history" was publisher to much acclaim.
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01 / 18
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01 / 24
Music Starts:11:00 am
  Bunny Clogs is Honeydogs Singer-Songwriter Adam Levy's first solo children's music project. Like Shel Silverstein meets Prince and The Beatles, the first recording by Bunny Clogs More! More! More! is clever, surreal, danceable fun for the whole family.
Tickets are on sale now from Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.
Tickets $8 for ages 2 and up (under 2 are welcome and free!)
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Come celebrate with Minneapolis singer-songwriter Aby Wolf and friends over her debut CD Sweet Prudence! Last seen on stage with Dessa opening for Ani DiFranco at the State, Aby is a pwerful vocalist with songwriting talents to match.
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01 / 25
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 It’s not all that hard to find a musician willing and able to offer a guided tour of life’s dark clouds -- but making the acquaintance of someone able to hone in on the silver lining, well, that’s an altogether rarer occurrence It’s an experience to savor. Catie Curtis’ ability to lift up the listener radiates from virtually every groove of her appropriately-titled ninth studio album, Sweet Life.
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01 / 31
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Alasdair Fraser and Natalie HaasScottish fiddle and cello music of unrivalled beauty, eloquence, and passion.
Master
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as one of Scotland’s
premier musical ambassadors, presents the music of his homeland with
unsurpassed eloquence, passion and energy. He links bows with vibrant
young cellist, Natalie Haas, in an exciting weave of rocking, reeling
rhythms, poignant melodies, and exquisite musicianship. The duo has
created a buzz among Celtic music lovers at festivals and concerts
across the US and Europe, and their debut release, Fire & Grace,
was awarded the Best Album of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards
2004. Their second album, In The
Moment, features many new pieces by Alasdair, and a wonderful new
composition from Natalie.
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02 / 5
Music Starts:7:30 pm
 Alison BrownLed by Grammy-nominated banjoist Alison Brown, the Alison Brown Quintet offers up an astonishingly original instrumental sound that blends jazz, bluegrass, Latin and folk music and takes the banjo far from its stereotyped hillbilly roots. Tonight, amazing multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven (long-time member of David Grisman's quintet) will lend his support to the group.
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02 / 6
Music Starts:8:00 pm
 Sweet-voiced Malian diva and guitarist Rokia Traoré returns to The Cedar with a striking new album Tchamantché (Nonesuch), broad new musical vistas, and the same irrepressible, irresistible gentle charm.
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