Lonesome Dan Kase has a sophisticated command of the acoustic guitar, weaving intricate finger picking patterns and licks into a beautiful fabric of blues and ragtime. He’ll be joined in this album release by local trio Corpse Reviver as well as guitarist Doug Otto and harmonica player Hurricane Harold opening the night.
Hailed by KEXP and Rolling Stone, Tuomo & Markus’ group is hard to describe in words, swinging from Americana to soul, from Nordic jazz to a bit of prog rock. At times evoking Simon & Garfunkel with their harmonies, Tuomo & Markus have most recently called back to an older era of politically outspoken folk in their EP America/Get Together. They’ll bring their six piece group to The Cedar, including famed trumpeter Verneri Pohjola.
For the sixth year in a row, 50+ musicians from across the musical spectrum, including Laraaji, Low, Gaelynn Lea, Mary Lattimore, unite to create a continuous, uninterrupted, 28-hour drone of unified sound to raise money for Doctors Without Borders.
Chris Fleming returns to The Cedar for a night of wildly inventive comedy. Best known for his portrayal of suburban alpha mom Gayle Waters-Waters in his hit web series GAYLE, he has also appeared on National Geographic, Tosh.0, the Doctors, and will star in the upcoming Netflix film The Last Laugh.
Future Interstates is a regularly-occurring series focused on dancemakers investigating the edges of performance and improvisation curated and hosted by HIJACK, the choreographic collaboration of Kristin Van Loon & Arwen Wilder. January’s Future Interstates features Megan Mayer + Matt Regan, Patrick Scully, Chris Schlichting, Levi Oftelie + Linden Emily Duchateau, and Painting The Room featuring Nora Anderson, Isabel Dammann, Tera Kilbride, Thomas C. Lang, and Crissy Tolson.
Two of the world’s best blues guitarists, label mates Walter Trout and Eric Gales, team up for a high-octane, high-emotion co-bill at The Cedar. A unique opportunity to hear music from artists sharing their stories of survival, they’ll each appear with their own bands, then close out the evening with an ear-melting jam finale together.
The Cedar Cultural Center presents the eighth annual Cedar Commissions on February 1st & 2nd, 2019, featuring bold new works by Antoine Martinneau, Brianna Lane, Jo Kellen, Kashimana, Yigitcan Eryaman and Tarek Abdelqader. Experience the next big thing in Minnesota music!
The Cedar Cultural Center presents the eighth annual Cedar Commissions on February 1st & 2nd, 2019, featuring bold new works by Antoine Martinneau, Brianna Lane, Jo Kellen, Kashimana, Yigitcan Eryaman and Tarek Abdelqader. Experience the next big thing in Minnesota music!
Choir! Choir! Choir! is a Toronto-based singing group led by creative directors Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman. The duo takes a non-traditional approach; there are no auditions, and the audience is the choir. Just show up and they'll teach you an original arrangement to ABBA’s “Dancing Queen!”
Lonesome Dan’s newest album, Hours Seem Like Days, is his first album after a ten-year recording break. His inspiration? A deep admiration, observation, connection and love for shelter animals.
Read a letter from Cedar Executive Director David Hamilton celebrating 30 Seasons of The Cedar. You make The Cedar what it is today: a home for music that values cultural connections, embraces artists from all over the globe, and welcomes all.
Freaque is a project of Gabriel Rodreick, who sustained a C5 Spinal Cord Injury while diving into the Pacific Ocean in Costa Rica eleven years ago. In his new piece A Cripple’s Dance, he combines a five-member band with four dancers to challenge narratives about spinal cord injury, exploring anger, fear, and hope, and examines the balance between healing and risk taking.
On Thursday, November 29th, Sister Species and Lena Elizabeth join together at The Cedar to celebrate simultaneous album releases for their newest recordings. We spoke with Lena, Abby, and Emily in advance of their show about the local music scene, honesty, and collaboration.
Wadajir is the Somali word for "Together." The Cedar brought together Wadajir Riverside Band, a group of Somali-American musicians and Augsburg students, as part of our program called Midnimo, and united them with producer Greg Grease of astralblak
Cretan multi-instrumentalist Stelios Petrakis spoke in-depth with us ahead of his debut US tour about his passion for traditional Cretan music, collaborations, his mentor Ross Daly, his creative process and style, the process of making instruments, and his life philosophy.
