Prudence JohnsonBenefit for the Obama Presidential Campaign, presented by Minnesota Mother's Peace Network

Please join us for an evening of song and community. Proceeds go to the Obama for President campaign. All are welcome.

These and other artists will lend their voices to tonight’s event:

Prudence Johnson:  Prudence Johnson’s career has taken her from honky-tonks to Carnegie Hall, from the theater stage to the Silver Screen, from the Midwest to the Middle East. She is a regular guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the country.

 "Prudence Johnson is a quartet ... a jazz singer, a country songbird, apolished ballad interpreter and an urban folkie."
-- The Cincinnati Enquirer

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles:
“(she) sings in a sort of punkish mix of Billie Holiday and Katharine Whalen, and her band includes an accordion, a cello and a bull fiddle.”  (HowWasTheShow.com)

Linda Breitag: Lively and varied fiddle music of French Canada, including reels, waltzes, gigues, galopes, and wonderful “crooked” tunes. She paints a picture of the culture surronding this traditional music and is known for her percussive foot-tapping.

The Mamas: “Urban eclectic folk” with songs ranging from folk and pop to bluegrass, country and gospel. The Mamas are Shelley Diment, Ann Fate, Burna Krugler, Rebecca Buller, and Priscilla Thomas.

Kip Peltoniemi: An old-time button accordion player featuring unusual accordion instrumentals, humorous songs, dubious folklore, tall tales, and out-and-out lies.

Arvonne Fraser will emcee the evening.

Tickets go on sale this Friday Sept 5 at noon from The Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb. They will also be available at the door.

$15 individual, $20 family