The Cedar Cultural Center - Events Feed

Del McCoury Band with the Roe Family Singers

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:20:08 -0500

Start: 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

City Pages A-List Pick: "arguably the best traditional bluegrass band in the business, combining
superlative picking all around, classic close-harmony vocals, and
top-notch songs. And topping it all off are Del's indomitable spirit and
marvelous vocals, which negotiate bluegrass's high, lonesome frontier
while ranging from tenor to soaring falsetto." (Rick Mason, City Pages)

Alash

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:38:26 -0600

Start: 03/19/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 03/19/2010 - 8:00pm

Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted quartet from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit is decidedly Tuvan.

Gorilla Yogis Spring Mala 108 Sun Salutations

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:06:54 -0500

Start: 03/20/2010 - 8:00am

End: 03/20/2010 - 8:00am

It's the vernal equinox, and time to break out of captivity from winter. Stop by The Cedar early for 108 Sun Salutations. Bring your own mat and water. All welcome!

Suggested donation $10. Proceeds go to The Cedar.

"ODDSAC" (A Visual Album by Danny Perez and Animal Collective) film screening (7pm)

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:22:48 -0600

Start: 03/20/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/20/2010 - 7:00pm

Join director Danny Perez and members of Animal Collective in this very special film screening, straight from Sundance!

"ODDSAC" (A Visual Album by Danny Perez and Animal Collective) film screening (9pm)

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:24:15 -0600

Start: 03/20/2010 - 9:00pm

End: 03/20/2010 - 9:00pm

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Cedar Family presents Ellis Paul

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:03:23 -0600

Start: 03/21/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 03/21/2010 - 3:00pm

"Noted folk singer-songwriter Ellis Paul serves up a deft, soulful acoustic mix of American folk and contemporary pop in songs that find magic in road trips, dragonflies, "The Star Inside the Apple" and swings and pinwheels - simple pleasures. Traditional folk themes of world peace and harmony resonate with immediacy, but are delivered with a gentle touch ("The Million Chameleon March," "The Little Red Rose")." (The Dragonfly Races, Parents' Choice Silver Award winner 2008)

Here's what singer-songwriter Ellis Paul has to say about his family music project The Dragonfly Races:

Ellis Paul with Ellis

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:55:10 -0500

Start: 03/21/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/21/2010 - 7:30pm

Prominent singer-songwriter Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in the wave of urban, literate folk/pop singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene in the 1990's. Since those early days, he has built up a fiercely loyal fan base, to whom he turned when he needed to record his sixteenth album The Day After Everything Changed. As an independent artist with his own label Black Wolf Records, Ellis raised over $100k from his fans in the middle of a deep recession. The result of this project is an excellent example and true testament to the relationship Ellis has built with his fans and the mutual respect they have for each other. This is Ellis’ first studio album without a record label in 10 years. An increasingly topical humanism informs his work.

The French Troubadours: Tété and Eric John Kaiser

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:41:20 -0600

Start: 03/24/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/24/2010 - 7:30pm

Mellow French acoustic pop star Tété was born in Dakar, Senegal, but when his parents divorced, he returned with his mother to northeastern France. As a teen, Tété drew his musical inspiration from the pop and rock music of the day. Using the guitar given him by his mother, he assembled small bands with friends and began experimenting with songwriting, composing mainly in English. In 1998, Tété moved to Paris, playing cafés and busking before forming a successful trio with drummer Alberto Malo and bassist Evy Moon. The young men were quickly signed to Sony/Epic, releasing their debut record, L’Air de Rien, in 2001. While working on the record, Tété maintained a busy performing schedule as a solo artist, building a healthy-sized fan base via small Paris clubs and cafés.

Eliza Blue CD release with Aby Wolf

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:15:33 -0600

Start: 03/26/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 03/26/2010 - 8:00pm

“ ‘I’m in love with Eliza Blue,’ or something close to that, has been a typical response to the haunting, timeless music Ms. Blue has been casting out in Twin Cities clubs, pubs, and theaters over the last few years. Now the rest of the world will discover her organic magic, as Eliza releases her most full-bodied work to date, The Road Home.” (JIM WALSH)

Red House Records presents Lucy Kaplansky and Catie Curtis

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:40:29 -0600

Start: 03/27/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 03/27/2010 - 8:00pm

Two of The Cedar's most popular and enduring singer-songwriters together on one night, brought to you by local indie folk label Red House Records. Lucy Kaplansky has released a string of albums on Red House, including The Tide, Flesh and Bone, Ten Year Night, Every Single Day, and The Red Thread. Lucy’s new life as a mother has enhanced the emotional depth of her songwriting. Her latest album, Over the Hills explores universal themes of love, joy, loss, and dreams for the future, through reflections on family.

Altan 25th anniversary

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:39:44 -0600

Start: 03/28/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/28/2010 - 7:30pm

Legendary Irish traditional band Altan are celebrating 25 years together in 2010, and to mark the occasion, they are making a trek back to one of their favorite haunts for a good many of those years--The Cedar! The line-up will feature as always the gorgeous vocals and fiddle of Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, joined by Dermot Byrne on accordion, Ciarán Curran on bouzouki, Ciaran Tourish on fiddle and whistle, and our own Dáithí Sproule on guitar. Never content to stay still artistically, the band has been exploring and experimenting with their music using orchestral arrangements of their most popular pieces. The band has recorded a very special album with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and are also hard at work on another studio album.

Habib Koité and Bamada

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:29:42 -0600

Start: 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

The return of one of Africa's most popular and beloved musicians: Malian guitarist Habib Koité and his band Bamada! Habib descends from a line of griots, traditional troubadors who provide wit, wisdom and entertainment. His charisma and magnetism translates and transcends all cultures. With his most recent songs, Habib is transposing his role of modern-day griot into a facilitator helping fellow Africans survive in the Western-dominated, industrialized world.

Bassam Saba

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:33:47 -0600

Start: 04/01/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/01/2010 - 7:30pm

Bassam Saba is one of the nation's leading figures of Arabic music. Saba is a world-renowned nay virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist, performing on oud, violin, buzuq, saz and western classical flute. Saba studied nay, oud and violin at the Lebanon National Conservatory. At the age of 17, he moved to Paris where he received his BA in Western Classical music and Flute Performance at the Conservatoire Municipal des Gobelins. In 1979, Saba moved to Moscow to study at the prestigious Gnessin Musical Pedagogical Institute where he received an MA in Western Flute Performance and Music Education (1985). He later returned to Beirut where he began to work extensively with the biggest stars of the Arab World: Fairouz, the diva of Lebanon, and composers Marcel Khalife and Ziad Rahbani.

Dear Companion featuring Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:47:08 -0600

Start: 04/02/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/02/2010 - 8:00pm

The songs on "Dear Companion" are of incomparable eloquence and of a spirit that could make even the most destitute and soured man feel as if the clouds were going to part in little time, the morning sun is going to awaken them refreshed and contented with a new lease and the juice waiting for them in a kitchen they never knew they had would be freshly squeezed. (Sean Moeller, Daytrotter Session, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore)

Las Rubias del Norte

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:09:15 -0600

Start: 04/03/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/03/2010 - 8:00pm

Las Rubias del Norte (The Blondes of the North) was born seven years ago, when Allyssa Lamb and Emily Hurst decided to quit their classical choir and start a group of their own. The band mixes musicians from the US, France and Colombia who all look back to the Latin motherland most of them never had. The group’s sound quickly veered off its classical course, incorporating boleros, Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban guajiras. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. Their first release, Rumba Internationale (Barbes records), features songs written by Margarita Lecuona (of Tabu and Babalu fame), W.A.

First Avenue presents Beach House with special guest Bachelorette (at The Cedar) SOLD OUT

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:11:01 -0600

Start: 04/04/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/04/2010 - 8:00pm

There is no denying true love, especially between us and the Baltimore City based Beach House. The super talented duo, Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand, first fused their respective musical creativity in 2005, releasing their self-titled debut in February of 2006 and the second, Devotion, in August of 2007.

John Brown's Body and Toubab Krewe

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:21:35 -0600

Start: 04/05/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/05/2010 - 7:30pm

A grooving double-bill with eight-person modern reggae band John Brown's Body, and the instrumental, Malian-influenced band Toubab Krewe. JBB's current evolution builds on a reggae foundation, incorporating elements from different genres. The new songs are timeless yet futuristic, anchored yet exploring.

Mr Chan presents Fanfarlo with Lawrence Arabia and Robert Francis

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:01:39 -0600

Start: 04/06/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/06/2010 - 8:00pm

The passion, the obsession, the dissolution of intellectual rigour; heart and longing colliding with mind and matter, the recurrent theme of Fanfarlo. As aging instruments are brought back to life with a creaking aching beauty, a bizarre collection of characters join our midst. Each an accidental Fanfarlo metaphor - the irrational pursuit of an otherwise intellectual mind.

Howard Hughes’ descent into madness "I’m A Pilot"; the delusion of Pellegrino Ernetti "The Walls Are Coming Down" and the absurd writing career of "Harold T. Wilkins", all sweep from sweet murmuring melodia to orchestral pop.

Megafaun with Charlie Parr and Breathe Owl Breathe

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:43:05 -0600

Start: 04/09/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/09/2010 - 8:00pm

2009 was the year everything blew up—in a good way—for the indie folk trio Megafaun. Megafaun had its roots in the Eau Claire, WI band DeYarmond Edison that brothers Brad and Phil Cook, and Joe Westerlund formed with Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) until the band's demise in 2006. When Bon Iver went off to lick his wounds and write his now famous For Emma, Forever Ago album, Megafaun was born. After releasing their debut Bury the Square in 2007, the band toured extensively, collaborated with artists of all stripes, and generally, had their musical horizons stretched to the nth degree. Their second album Gather, Form & Fly was released in July 2009, and shows the benefits of this period of assimilation and exploration, stretching as it does from traditional folk to experimental and beyond.

The Cedar and Walker Art Center present Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba (at The Cedar)

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:51:58 -0600

Start: 04/10/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/10/2010 - 8:00pm

2009 BBC3 World Music Award Winner: Album of the Year ('Segu Blue') and Best African Act; Nominee for Best Newcomer

Baaba Maal

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:52:57 -0600

Start: 04/11/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/11/2010 - 7:30pm

“Baaba Maal opened his mouth and beautiful pearls and lilies and songbirds came flying out. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen” Michael Stipe

Dark Dark Dark: "Bright Bright Bright" EP Release with Spirits of the Red City and Brett Bullion (of Tarlton)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:46:39 -0600

Start: 04/15/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/15/2010 - 7:30pm

A homecoming celebration for chamber folk sextet Dark Dark Dark as they make the last stop after heading to SXSW, and embarking on a national tour in conjunction with the release of their EP Bright Bright Bright. The choir that accompanied the group on the EP will even be on hand to add their touch to this hometown show, making this an extra bright, and unique, occasion.

Spirits of the Red City will open, and Brett Bullion (of Tarlton) will provide interlude music.

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:06:59 -0600

Start: 04/16/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/16/2010 - 8:00pm

" … you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clakmannan [Scotland] winter."
— Boston Globe

The Cedar and Sue McLean present King Sunny Ade and the African Beats

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:54:01 -0600

Start: 04/17/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/17/2010 - 8:00pm

Born Sunday Adeniyi, King Sunny Ade has been perfecting his Nigerian juju beats for more than four decades and achieved legendary status. The son of a church organist, Ade knew from a young age that music was his life's passion. He left grammar school in the 1960s, started a band and hasn't looked back since. He's played in many groups over the years and founded his own label. As a recording artist, he's put out over more than 100 singles and LPs, and earned two Grammy nominations in the process. Ade hit the height of his international popularity in the late '80s, but he remains extremely popular in Nigeria.

Susan Werner with Ellis

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:30:21 -0600

Start: 04/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/18/2010 - 7:30pm

Over the course of her colorful career, singer songwriter Susan Werner has cultivated a reputation as a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show. She boldly endeavors to weave old with new to create altogether new genres of music when existing ones do not suit her muse, and she regularly keeps audiences guessing and laughing simultaneously. Most of her work infuses traditional music styles and methods with her unmistakable contemporary worldview, constantly challenging listeners to experience music from a fresh and unexpected perspective. Susan Werner's new release Classics asks no less of her distinguished audience or herself.

Baby Dee with Dreamland Faces

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:49:10 -0600

Start: 04/19/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/19/2010 - 7:30pm

Transgender singer-songwriter Baby Dee has a rich, captivating, otherworldly voice. It soars majestically over mournful, sustained piano chords in Safe Inside the Day [Baby Dee's 2008 Drag City release] before retreating and returning, boldly and forcefully. Baby Dee's resume includes stints as a harpist, a street musician and a sideshow performer, but it seems as if she'd be most comfortable in a world of her own creation, singing vaudeville. Bringing to mind Antony Hegarty of Anthony and the Johnsons, her voice is a force of nature, marked by dramatic outbursts and an unmistakable air of tragedy. A quiet violin and other voices compete for attention in Safe Inside the Day, but Baby Dee commands all the attention here.

Horse Feathers

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:36:44 -0600

Start: 04/20/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/20/2010 - 7:30pm

After fronting several rock bands in his native Idaho, singer/songwriter Justin Ringle moved to Portland, OR in 2004 and began focusing on acoustic music, playing open mics regularly under the moniker Horse Feathers. In 2005, multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick heard a couple of Justin's demos and offered to help flesh them out. In February 2006 the duo went into Skyler Norwood's Miracle Lake studios and recorded their debut album Words are Dead, which was released that September on Portland label, Lucky Madison. Later that year, Peter's sister Heather Broderick joined the group on cello and by 2007, Horse Feathers began featuring a rotating cast of instrumentalists backing Justin's guitar and vocals.

The Infamous Stringdusters

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:53:32 -0600

Start: 04/22/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/22/2010 - 7:30pm

The Infamous Stringdusters represent the cream of the crop of young bluegrass musicians. With Andy Hall on Resonator Guitar, Travis Book on bass, Chris Pandolfi on banjo, Jesse Cobb on mandolin, Jeremy Garrett on fiddle and Andy Falco on guitar, the band pulls together skill and experience well beyond their years. They boast a combined resume that includes collaborations with artists like Dolly Parton, Leftover Salmon, Earl Scruggs, Bering Strait, Ronnie Bowman and Levon Helm. Catch the 'Dusters on fire at The Cedar, just two days after their third
album Things That Fly is released!

The Pines with special guest Ben Weaver

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:42:36 -0500

Start: 04/23/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/23/2010 - 8:00pm

By popular request, a return visit by The Pines, whose most recent album Tremolo was debuted at The Cedar in a sparkling show on Oct 23. The album went on to make several end of year best album lists, including City Pages'. "There's a good reason that we chose to feature folk duo the Pines on the cover of this year's music wrap-up, and it's not because they make mighty fine photo subjects—it's because their latest effort, Tremolo, is one of the most delicately arranged and timeless local albums to be released this year. Though David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey trade off singing melodies, it's Ramsey's voice in particular that lives up to Tremolo's title, words wavering on his breath as he sings haunting songs about loneliness, wanderlust, and falling in and out of time with reality.

Cedar Family presents Bunny Clogs featuring Adam Levy of The Honeydogs

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:12:17 -0600

Start: 04/24/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/24/2010 - 11:00am

"It is 11 a.m. on a -5 degree Saturday morning. Inside the Cedar Cultural Center, little girls and boys are twirling and dancing, small arms and legs akimbo and flailing around the crowded room. Parents are smiling at each other. This morning Adam Levy, dressed in a goofy white jumpsuit and black top hat, is the ecstatic pied piper leading the merry band -- Bunny Clogs are rocking the house in celebration of the release of their first CD entitled More! More! More!" (Michelle Leon, City Pages 1/26/09)

An evening with Eliza Gilkyson

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:33:55 -0600

Start: 04/24/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/24/2010 - 7:00pm

Cedar fave returns in an early, one-set show! Austin-based Eliza Gilkyson is a politically minded, poetically gifted singer-songwriter, who has become one of the most respected musicians in roots, folk and Americana circles. Since 2000, she has released a string of superb recordings on Red House Records, with her most recent release Beautiful World described by All Music Guide as her "masterpiece".

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), at Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Depth of Field, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor), or order online at Ticketweb
$15 advance, $18 day of show

Radio Happy Hour with Tapes 'n Tapes, Chris Koza and Geoff Herbach (10pm show)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:24:30 -0600

Start: 04/24/2010 - 10:00pm

End: 04/24/2010 - 10:00pm

An inspiration that began last year at hip New York City club Le Poisson Rouge, and now making a special appearance at The Cedar, Radio Happy Hour is a live variety show featuring an old-time radio comedy/drama and your favorite guest stars from the worlds of film, music, and letters. Hosted by Sam Osterhout, the show engages its guests in a wildly right-angled conversation that careens between interviews, performances, and trivia. And at the center of it all is a short, old time radio comedy in which the guest stars as him or herself or, in some cases, as Nancy Drew. Audiences will see all of this--the interviews, the corny jokes, the guest performances, and the behind-the-scenes making of a radio drama--live every month, and podcasted online as well. Trust us, it will make more sense when you see it.

Mitch Walking Elk and the Sugar Point Band with Wade Fernandez and the Black Wolf Group

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:41:49 -0600

Start: 04/25/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/25/2010 - 7:30pm

Mitch Walking Elk officially came on the music scene in the mid eighties with the release of his first recording, Dreamer, Originally from Oklahoma, now residing in St. Paul, Minnesota, Mitch has released a total of five recordings, toured Europe fourteen times, performed in Japan, Colombia, South America, Mexico City, Canada and through out the United States. He has appeared in one yet to be released movie titled Come And Get Your Love, and is currently writing his autobiography. He now works at an inner city alternative school in St. Paul as a counselor teacher and cultural community support person as well as continuing to play music.

Peter Ostroushko

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:16:33 -0600

Start: 04/30/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/30/2010 - 8:00pm

The Cedar welcomes back a long-time favorite: Peter Ostroushko, who has come to be regarded as one of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in acoustic music. His tours have taken him to the stages of clubs, performing arts centers, music festivals and theaters across North America and Europe, and he has earned an international reputation as a versatile and dazzling master of instrumentation and composition.

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets (Homestead Pickin' Parlor, Irish on Grand, Depth of Field, and Electric Fetus) and Ticketweb.

Les Primitifs du Futur with Cafe Accordion Orchestra

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:16:33 -0600

Start: 05/01/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/01/2010 - 8:00pm

Legendary underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and guitarist Dominique Cravic founded Les Primitifs du Futur in 1986, craving real Parisian musette instead of the poor imitations they heard in variety shows. The members of Les Primitifs du Futur brilliantly blend world-musette and Django-style guitar into old-fashioned originals, sounding like they've stepped right out the '30s. Musette, a style that developed in France at the turn of the century before exploding in Paris in the 1930s and '40s, mixes popular folk dancing from Auvergne with swing, gypsy inflections, and polka. Musette is, by definition, dance music.

Mindy Smith with Mary Gauthier

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:57:49 -0600

Start: 05/06/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 05/06/2010 - 7:30pm

With an angelic voice and songs full of faith, grace and vulnerability, Mindy Smith has been embraced by critics and fans alike with each recording she unveils. With her fourth release, Stupid Love (Vanguard Records), Mindy takes another step forward both lyrically and musically. Written over a two year period, each of the fourteen tracks on the record delves into the various stages of relationships: the highs, the lows, the emotional investments made, how they can change us and move us forward. For Mindy, Stupid Love is a statement of where she is now as well as where she has been.

First Avenue presents Jóhann Jóhannsson (at The Cedar)

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:13:58 -0600

Start: 05/08/2010 - 8:30pm

End: 05/08/2010 - 8:30pm

Jóhann Jóhannsson has been called by critics “Iceland's foremost genre-crossing multi-instrumentalist” (Irish Times), “one of the bright lights in the already talent rich Icelandic underground music scene” (Aquarius Records), “the most compelling composer working today”, and “An important figure in Iceland’s new music scene at the turn of the millennium”. (All Music Guide).

Kevin Kling's Mom-O-Rama

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:40:42 -0600

Start: 05/09/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 05/09/2010 - 7:30pm

NPR commentator and storyteller Kevin Kling, accordionist Simone Perrin and guests in a very special Mother's Day show, featuring stories, music and more!

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Feb 26 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.
$18 advance, $20 day of show

Laurence Juber

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:25:12 -0600

Start: 05/12/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 05/12/2010 - 7:30pm

As a young working musician in London, England in the 1970s, Laurence Juber got an extraordinary, life-changing break when Paul McCartney picked him to become Wings’ lead guitarist. Juber spent three years recording and touring with the band. During that time he won a Best Rock Instrumental GRAMMY® for the track "Rockestra" from the Wings album, "Back To The Egg."

The Nero’s Neptune Friends & Family Showcase featuring Spider John Koerner & Tony Glover, Milo Fine, Paul Metzger, & Zak Sally

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:33:49 -0500

Start: 05/14/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/14/2010 - 8:00pm

A bevy of unique performers showcasing the enormous depth of talent on local label Nero's Neptune, an offshoot of Treehouse Records owner Mark Trehus.

Please note: an earlier announcement that Charlie Parr was performing tonight was premature, as Charlie will be performing in Texas this evening.

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.
$7 general admission

Doc Watson with David Holt

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:13:03 -0600

Start: 05/15/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/15/2010 - 8:00pm

A rare opportunity to catch Doc Watson as he returns to The Cedar after a five year absence! Recipient of the National Medal of Arts, National Heritage Fellowship and seven Grammy Awards (including recent Lifetime Achievement), Doc Watson is a legendary performer who blends his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire. Doc is widely considered to be a national treasure and has inspired generations of guitar players and enthusiasts. At 87 years young, Doc has been playing guitar for 74 years and worked with such names as Earl Scruggs, Chet Atkins, and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. For years Doc performed with his son, Merle, until Merle's untimely passing in 1985.

Stick Men featuring Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Michael Bernier

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:06:05 -0600

Start: 05/16/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 05/16/2010 - 7:30pm

Catch The Cedar debut of Stick Men - a new progressive band created from musicians with extensive experience playing together. Pat Mastelotto and Tony Levin are the rhythm section of the legendary band King Crimson. Mastelotto is in demand all over the world as the premier drummer for progressive rock. Levin plays the unusual instrument, the 12 string Chapman Stick, in Crimson, and with Peter Gabriel and others. Michael Bernier is also a Chapman Stick player - one of the leaders in the field, and has played in combination with Levin, among others.

Pat Mastelotto:

Colin Hay

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:27:13 -0500

Start: 05/21/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/21/2010 - 8:00pm

Colin Hay's last show at The Cedar in May 2009 was so hugely entertaining we're bringing him back for a two night run! While his voice and visage are still familiar to millions from his tenure as frontman, principal songwriter, and lead vocalist of pop sensations Men at Work (“Down Under,” “Overkill,” “Who Can It Be Now?”), Colin's more recent work has taken him in new directions, with some acclaimed solo albums (most recently the September 2009 release American Sunshine), and the frequent use of his music on soundtracks – such as the hit television show Scrubs (on which he has also had several cameos) and the sleeper-hit soundtrack to the film Garden State.

Colin Hay

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:27:33 -0500

Start: 05/22/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/22/2010 - 8:00pm

Jake Shimabukuro with Jake Armerding

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:16:36 -0600

Start: 05/23/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 05/23/2010 - 7:30pm

"The Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele!" When he was just four, Hawaii-born Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO-koo-row) got his first ukulele lesson from his mother. "When I played my first chord I was hooked," says Jake, " I fell in love with the instrument". That love grew into a deep passion to create and innovate. Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake views the ukulele as an "untapped source of music with unlimited potential." His virtuosity defies label or category.

First Avenue presents Midlake with special guest John Grant (at The Cedar)

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:39:54 -0600

Start: 05/25/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/25/2010 - 8:00pm

Denton, Texas indie folk-rock band Midlake touring in support of their third album The Courage of Others (Bella Union).

Opening will be John Grant, former singer/songwriter with The Czars, who will be releasing in April 2010 his debut solo album, made in participation with Midlake.

Tickets go on sale 10am Fri Feb 19 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), First Avenue and their outlets, and online at Ticketmaster.

$13 advance, $15 day of show. Standing room only. All Cedar shows are all ages.

Bruce Molsky and Ale Möller

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:56:45 -0600

Start: 05/27/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 05/27/2010 - 7:30pm

Two stunning multi-instrumentalists performing as a duo for a special, limited U.S. tour. Molsky is well known in the American old-time music community for his fiddling, but also sings and plays guitar and banjo. Möller is "the Quincy Jones of Swedish folk," whose multiple projects include Frifot, a duo with Scottish fiddler Aly Bain, and his own world music big band. He is best known for his mandola playing, but also is a capable wind player.

Kristoff Krane CD release with DJ Pat Morita, Aby Wolf and Fat Kid Wednesdays

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:35:47 -0600

Start: 05/28/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 05/28/2010 - 8:00pm

Join the party as Kristoff Krane, known for his pleasantly concoctive performances, seemingly effortless vocal improv-skills and eagerness for direct human connection, celebrates the release of his sophomore solo album debut Hunting For Father at The Cedar. Blending simplistic guitar chords, eerie piano progressions, oddball samples and an amalgam of ambient noise, Krane’s new album is dynamic and moving. His lyrical content retains continuity through an unabashed expression of personal struggle and familiar observations on the world’s hand of chaos and fortune. The songwriting isn’t so much that of an opinionated figure as it is the curiosity of an individual captured amidst the mysterious forces of their universe.

Peter Himmelman

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:46:13 -0500

Start: 06/03/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 06/03/2010 - 7:30pm

A solo acoustic performance by Minnesota-bred singer-songwriter and troubadour Peter Himmelman, making a stop at The Cedar hot on the heels of the release of his new album The Mystery and The Hum.

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Mar 19 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.

$25 advance, $28 day of show

Balkan Beat Box

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:12:11 -0500

Start: 06/04/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 06/04/2010 - 8:00pm

Balkan Beat Box is centered around its two founders: saxophone player Ori Kaplan and drummer/programmer/producer Tamir Muskat. After having been active for over a decade in some of NYC's premier underground bands (including Gogol Bordello, Firewater, Big Lazy, Shotnez), they joined forces with charismatic MC Tomer Yosef and brought together their combined experiences and ideas to create the powerhouse called Balkan Beat Box. Welcome BBB back to The Cedar as they play tracks from their brand new album Blue Eyed Black Boy (out April 27). One of the most energetic bands The Cedar has ever hosted...absolutely not to be missed!

Tickets go on sale at noon Fri Mar 19 from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.

First Aid Kit

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:36:23 -0600

Start: 06/09/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 06/09/2010 - 7:30pm

The Swedish duo First Aid Kit comprises sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg (born 1990 and 1993, respectively), hailing from Enskede, a suburb south of Stockholm. Yes, they are very young, but the pure music they create speaks of bygone times and old souls. The emphasis is on narrative lyrics accompanying playful melodies with intense, dense harmonies.

The musical journey of Klara and Johanna began with singing along to the pop songs that leaked into their childhood home, radio hits by Britney, Christina and so on. However, it was not until happening upon the music of such venerable artists as Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, that the sisters discovered how music that could touch them in a way that those radio songs could not.

Grupo Fantasma

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:26:13 -0600

Start: 06/10/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 06/10/2010 - 7:30pm

Grupo Fantasma, the funkiest, finest and hardest working Latin orchestra to come out of the United States in the last decade continue their relentless assault of the road. “They blast off in their own funktified, genre-breaking directions” exclaim Billboard Magazine and the Boston Globe declares that “Fantasma is honing a decidedly 21st-century version of Latin groove.” Their trademark innovative sound and incendiary live shows garnered a cover feature in Pollstar Magazine, radio spots on NPR’s “Day to Day” and PRI’s “The World” and extensive press coverage throughout North America and Europe. Their most recent album Sonidos Gold was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album category, and spent several months in the top ten of the CMJ world charts.

The Handsome Family

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:19:41 -0500

Start: 06/11/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 06/11/2010 - 8:00pm

Taking place under bowed branches and deep within winding corn mazes, The Handsome Family's latest release, "Honey Moon" is full of an awed sense of emotion in the face of nature's mysteries, Brett Sparks (music) and Rennie Sparks (lyrics) branched from their usual canon of the dark and mysterious on "Honey Moon", to establish a theme rooted in the tradition of 19th-century romanticism. It is an album of transcendence, of touching the divine, if only for a moment, through our love of someone else, even if he is a katydid. The record's release (their eighth) coincided with the Sparks' twentieth year of marriage.

Chastity Brown CD release

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:46:41 -0600

Start: 06/12/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 06/12/2010 - 8:00pm

Singer-songwriter Chastity Brown celebrates the release of her third album, following hard on the footsteps of 2009's Sankofa, and 2007's Do the Best You Can. It'll be a full band show with special guests.

"...for those who appreciate songwriter-fueled jazz and a sense of organic greatness in the making, she is nothing short of a massage therapist for the ears and soul. A chill-out lioness for the ages. A free spirit who inspires others to follow suit." (Minneapolis Star Tribune)