Sway Machinery with Khaira Arby Band

Global Roots Festival 2010 celebrates the awesome power of collaboration. The Sway Machinery is a New York quintet formed in 2008 by prominent underground musicians from Balkan Beat Box, Arcade Fire, Antibalas and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The source of their inspiration is Jewish liturgical music, which they fuse with blues, rock and West African grooves. In January they travelled to Mali to play at Festival in the Desert and ended up recording with a number of Tuareg musicians including singer Khaira Arby. Arby and her band will open the show before she joins The Sway Machinery for their set.

Global Roots Festival Special: Buy a Festival Pass for only $49, and gain entry to all four Global Roots Festival 2010 shows! Buy passes from Ticketweb, or the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), or from a hard-working Cedar volunteer in the front lobby during shows.

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), from hard-working Cedar volunteers in the front lobby during shows, from Cedar outlets (Electric Fetus, Irish on Grand, Homestead Pickin' Parlor, and Depth of Field), and online at Ticketweb.

All Cedar shows are all ages.

Tonight, there will be a limited supply of food available for purchase from Marla's Caribbean Cuisine.

The Sway Machinery

The Sway Machinery is an all-star collective of innovative visionaries led by guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood of Balkan Beat Box. The Sway machinery also includes Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's on drums, Stuart Bogie and Jordan McLean of the Antibalas horn...

Khaira Arby

For women, singing can be the road to personal power. When their voice is as strong as Malian vocalist Khaira Arby’s, that power can move mountains, change minds, and win battles.Arby’s rich, potent sound aims to do just that on Timbuktu Traab (Clermont Music...