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.
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.
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)
“ ‘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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
Laura Veirs’ seventh album July Flame, which Colin Meloy calls “the best album of 2010,” explores the emotion of mid-summer. Drenched in wood smoke, sunlight, pollinators, pastoral dales, fireworks and warm nights, her lyrics explore the dichotomy between one’s desire for permanence and security and the realization that such things rarely exist. Nowhere on the album is this inherent tension more crystallized than on the title track.
Colin Hay's last show at The Cedar in May 2008 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.
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.
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.
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)
“ ‘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) 
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. 
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. 
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.
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. 
Laura Veirs’ seventh album July Flame, which Colin Meloy calls “the best album of 2010,” explores the emotion of mid-summer. Drenched in wood smoke, sunlight, pollinators, pastoral dales, fireworks and warm nights, her lyrics explore the dichotomy between one’s desire for permanence and security and the realization that such things rarely exist. Nowhere on the album is this inherent tension more crystallized than on the title track.
Colin Hay's last show at The Cedar in May 2008 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.
