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The highly anticipated project reflects the Afro-Pop star’s desire to represent not just Lagos, or Nigeria, but the entire Continent.Duke Concept Presents:OXLADE FROM AFRICA TOUR Friday, November 15, 2024/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PMAll AgesStanding$35 Advance, $40 Day of ShowThis is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access Page.For Cedar-presented and/or Cedar ticketed shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.ABOUT THIS SHOWOXLADE is set to take the global stage by storm with the release of his debut album, ‘Oxlade From Africa (OFA)’. The highly anticipated project reflects the Afro-Pop star’s desire to represent not just Lagos, or Nigeria, but the entire Continent.The multi-award winner pays homage to Africa’s elegance and beauty through his music, fashion, and imagery. OXLADEOxlade is an Afro-Pop singer/songwriter hailing from Lagos, Nigeria. This crooner is best known for his rich harmonies and signature falsetto. As a frontline artist of the new wave of Afrobeats, his poetic penmanship and heartfelt lyrics really strike a chord with his core following: The Oxygenes.Though he is hailed as a break-out star from Surulere, Olaitan ”Oxlade” Abdulrahman Ikuforiji was actually born on 22 April 1997 and raised in Mushin, Lagos. His journey into music started when he joined the school choir which sparked a passion for singing, songwriting and experimenting with sound. Before Oxlade started to release music on Soundcloud in 2017, he began his degree in History & International Relations at Lagos State University (LASU). Here, he grew his first following; performing at events and sharing his music via messaging and social media platforms.In 2018, Oxlade released 3 tracks before dropping his first official single ‘Shugar’. This up-tempo and colourful jam caught the attention of music executives and listeners alike, kicking off his highly successful career. Oxlade went on to release ‘Sing’ with Fireboy DML the first of many high profile collaborations with artists including Whitney Houston, Camila Cabello, Davido, Sarkodie, Skip Marley, Tawsen, Sneakbo, Show Dem Camp, Reekado Banks, Basketmouth, Ice Prince, MI Abaja, Serani, Ms Banks, Tellaman, Juls, Kidi, Mayorkun, Simi, Blxckie, Spinall, Nandy, Fiokee, DJ Tunez, Nailah Blackman, Rexxie, Blaqbonez, Melvitto and more.In the 6 years that Oxlade has been on the scene, he has accumulated a string of note-worthy achievements. In 2019, he performed to an audience of 20,000 at London’s prestigious O2 Arena to support Wizkid at the Starboy Fest. In 2020, Oxlade dropped his six-track EP, ‘Oxygene’ , which included smash hits like ‘Away’ and ‘02. Rolling Stone crowned the former as one of Top 50 Songs of the Year. In the same year, he released ‘DKT’ which charted at #8 on Apple Music Nigeria. 2020 also saw Oxlade become nominated for Nigeria’s most sought-after music accolade: The Headies Next Rated Award, alongside exciting new talent Bella Shmurda, Tems and Omah Lay. 2021 saw the release of Oxlade’s sophomore EP , ‘Eclipse’; this was curated in conjunction with his label, Troniq Music. 2022 was monumental for Oxlade! He signed a record deal with Epic Records France and Columbia UK; expanding his global audience with ‘Want You’. This reached #47 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart and Number 18 on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart. This was followed up by the viral hit, ‘Ku Lo Sa - A Colors Show’ which cracked the Shazam Top 100 in countries like the US, the Netherlands, Canada, and the UK. The banger charted in 70+cities and countries including #1 on the Apple Music Charts for Accra, Nairobi, Uganda and Mauritania and #2 on the UK Afrobeats Charts. To date, ‘Ku Lo Sa’ has achieved Gold status is Canada, France, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and Silver status in the UK. This year also saw Oxlade become a MOBO Award nominee, perform with Usher at the Global Citizen’s Festival in Ghana, feature in Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Fashion Show, perform with Wizkid to 21,000 fans at the Accor Arena in France and become the first artist on Pandora’s ‘Africa Next'. To wrap up an amazing year, Complex named ‘Ku Lo Sa’ #5 song of the year, whilst Rolling Stone crowned it #2 Best Afro Pop Songs of 2022.To learn more about OXLADE:Visit his Instagram page

Lemon Bucket Orkestra are Toronto's original Slavic-Balkan-Klezmer-Party-Punks.Thursday, December 5, 2024/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:30 PMAll AgesStanding$30 Advance, $35 Day of ShowThis is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access Page.For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.ABOUT THIS SHOWLemon Bucket Orkestra are Toronto's original Slavic-Balkan-Klezmer-Party-Punks. The multi-award-winning ensemble has been heralded as a groundbreaking, genre-bending phenomenon by media and fans alike, and over the past 14 years they have performed all over the world. Please join us in welcoming them back to our stage -and dance floor - with tuba! "charismatic...handsome and ambitious.” - New York TimesLEMON BUCKET ORKESTRALemon Bucket Orkestra are Toronto's original Slavic-Balkan-Klezmer-Party-Punks. The multi-award-winning ensemble has been heralded as a groundbreaking, genre-bending phenomenon by media and fans alike, and over the past 14 years they have performed all over the world from WOMAD in England and New Zealand and Pohoda in Slovakia, to Festival D’Été in Québec City, and Luminato in Toronto. The Guardian proclaimed that their performances are "gorgeously sung and passionately played".Equal parts exhilarating precision and reckless abandon, LBO’s live shows are a truly immersive experience ranging from the ecstatic to the cathartic and all points in between. Now they have been weaving that unique blend of energy and emotion onto their upcoming album Cuckoo. Released in May 2024, the new record combines powerful Ukrainian polyphony, driving Balkan rhythms, and modern Western musical elements. This mixture of Eastern Europe and the America's is further elevated with the special feature of Macedonian master trumpeter Nizo Alimov, formerly of Kocani Orkestar.Along with the worldwide release of the new album, LBO will also be premiering a new video for their title track, Cuckoo. Filmed on Toronto’s iconic Ward's Island, it captures the band in their natural element - taking the viewer through a boisterous, bright, and impassioned journey from a party at the beach to the Balkans. Get on your feet and immerse yourself in this sonic juggernaut if you can. To quote the Winnipeg Free Press, the experience will be: "Amazing, frenetic, gloriously anarchic and ultimately joyous!”To learn more about LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA:Visit their websiteUkrainian Village BandUVB is a Ukrainian roots and Zabava (event & wedding) band that was founded in 2007.Their repertoire includes traditional and modern Ukrainian music, as well as their own take on popular, international rock and pop tunes.UVB sponsors and organizes concerts by popular performers from Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora, organizes a summertime ethno-festival Ivana Kupala and volunteers at a variety of local Ukrainian community events throughout the year, most recently focused on the ongoing war perpetrated against Ukraine. Ukrainian Village Band is proud to serve as the ambassadors of rich and vibrant Ukrainian culture in the Midwest. Wherever they play, people inevitably get up and start moving to polka, waltz, latin, rock, kolomyjky (traditional Ukrainian circle dances) and more...To learn more about Ukrainian Village Band:Visit their website

A night of pure musical art & magic with stories and songs that matter.The Cedar PresentsANTJE DUVEKOT+ SETH GLIERFriday, December 6, 2024/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PMAll AgesSeated$23 Advance, $28 Day of ShowThis is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access page.For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.ABOUT THIS SHOWPlease join us in welcoming back ANTJE DUVEKOT with co-headliner (and making his Cedar debut) SETH GLIER!A night of pure musical art & magic with stories and songs that matter. Two artists who are passionate about connecting with their audience. Grab friends and come out for this night of beauty & joy!ANTJE DUVEKOT"This is a brilliant, brilliant album. I have had this reaction once in the last 10 years and that was the first time I heard Patty Griffin." - former Rolling Stone music editor and Springsteen biographer, Dave MarshOriginally born in Germany and transplanted to the US as a young teen, Antje Duvekot began to hone her observational skills through a lens of biculturalism when she picked up a guitar during that move. Some years later, the confessional folk of Dar Williams and Ani DiFranco gave her license to share her observations, no matter how personal, in her first emerging songs. She has never let go of that tenet of vulnerability."Duvekot has gotten hotter, faster than any local songwriter in recent memory. Her songs feel at once fresh faced and firmly rooted, driven by the whispery sensuality of her voice. She believes in the redemptive power of the shared secret; and is utterly unafraid to mine the darkest corners of her life for songs that turn fear into resilience and isolation into community.” -The Boston Globe"When I first heard Antje I knew I was witnessing something very special. She creates an entire, detailed world in verse, and takes you there with beautiful and understated melody. Her songs are stunning paintings of color and shade and always generate the heat and light that real art should. In an unpoetic and 'in your face' world, she is lyrical and subtle.” - Neil Dorfsman, producer of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and StingAntje’s four studio albums, including her latest, “Toward The Thunder”, were produced by Seamus Egan of SOLAS, Richard Shindell, and Scott Petito, respectively, and feature support from Anais Mitchell, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky, Sean Mullins, Liz Longley, Mark Erelli, and Kris Delmhorst, among others."What a blessing to have worked with someone as talented as Antje. With a voice like hers, and songs as good as these, a producer just tries to get out of the way, to do no harm, and to let the artist speak for herself." - Richard ShindellAntje has extensive touring experience. She is a compelling live performer and has been invited to play top festivals, such as the Newport Folk Festival, Mountain Stage, Philadelphia, and Kerrville Festivals and others. Internationally, she's headlined the Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland and the Tonder Festival in Denmark. Antje has won some of the top songwriting awards, including the Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition and the "Best New Folk Award" at Kerrville. In one of the nation's top music markets, she won the Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Folk Act". She has appeared on various NPR programs. In 2007, The Bank of America featured Antje's song "Merry Go Round" in a national TV advertising campaign seen by millions, including a Super Bowl audience. In 2010, Antje played the TEDMED conference in San Diego (among the unveiling of Ozzie Osbourne's genome). According to CNN: "Then, this morning, the tone of the conference turned from intellectual to deeply emotional when Antje Duvekot got up with her guitar and sang about her grandmother’s descent into Alzheimer's disease. Twitter revealed that I wasn't the only one who was holding back tears - Duvekot's song was all too relatable for those of us who have watched loved ones slip away. 'And Anna tries to form a thought / But at the end she's forgotten where she started from / There's something she would like to say / But the words in her head seem to have got away' she sang”.In addition to music, Antje also works as an animator (having created music videos for Toad The Wet Sprocket, Dar Williams, Eliza Gilkyson, Martyn Joseph, Eliot Bronson and Lori McKenna) and she leads a yearly fan volunteer trip to Guatemala. She also occasionally serves as Music Ambassador on humanitarian projects run by Let Yourself Trust, the non-profit organization of fellow singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph.To learn more about ANTJE DUVEKOT:Visit her website hereSETH GLIERThe earth speaks to us in a myriad of ways — through ice cores, through uplift and erosion, through tree rings — languages we have the potential to restore our literacy in. Reconnecting with these quiet messages has set Seth Glier, an avid mushroom forager and a Grammy-nominated artist from Western Massachusetts, on a path of channeling nature’s longing for communion with humanity into song. His new album Everything is a collection of eight songs inviting us to imagine a future in which humans and the planet are re-aligned into mutual restoration.Each song presents a practical climate solution with concrete optimism.“What if this is the beginning, not the beginning of the end,” the album opens with bristling energy and hope on “Rise,” an anthem about rewilding. “Finally Home” is a celebration of regenerative farming with driving doo wop vocal harmony. “Mammoth,” written from the perspective of a wooly mammoth being brought back to life from frozen DNA, invites us to consider the blip of human history against billions of years of evolution. The album’s guest stars Crys Matthews, Hayley Reardon, and Windborne elevate the record with surprise from the stark choir arrangement of “Birches” recorded a capella in an old church to “My Body Remembers,” a flowing meditation on the transmission of healing, EMDR & The Language of Trees. The album’s title track was inspired by an experience Seth had while foraging. “When I picked up the chantarelle mushroom and brought it towards my nose I first smelled sweet apricot and then my spine straightened suddenly. The feeling was like déjà vu. It was a first time, yet somewhere inside of me I had done this once before. I was reconnecting to a knowledge I had already known.” The album is an acknowledgement of the sacred connections that exist between all living things and is an active questioning of what might be possible collectively. Everything is a reminder that the future is something we always have an influence over.Seth’s gifts are an innate curiosity and a fierce desire to connect with other people. His musical acumen provides him with a vehicle for both. He was worked as a cultural diplomat for the US State Department and collaborated with musicians in Ukraine, Mongolia, China, and Mexico. Seth has shared the bill with a diverse list of artists ranging from the likes of Ronnie Spector, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, & Glen Campbell. As a producer, music director, or studio musician he has collaborated with Sophie B. Hawkins, Tom Rush, Antje Duvekot, Richard Shindell, Doctora Qingona, Dar Williams, Nick Carter, & Cyndi Lauper. Seth is a five-time Independent Music Award winner and received a Grammy nomination for his album The Next Right Thing. With a commitment to using songwriting as a tool for positive change, he has written with the students in Parkland, FL for the “Parkland Project,” cowritten with soldiers at Walter Reed, and is an advocate for autism awareness citing his autistic brother Jamie as his greatest non-musical-musical influence.To learn more about SETH GLIER:Visit his website here

We gather to honor their work as beloved institution-builders, teachers, mentors, philanthropists, and devotees of the artistic calling.The Cedar Presents Flowers Now! A Celebration of Black Elders of the Arts CommunitySaturday, December 7, 2024/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PMAll AgesSeated$18 Advance, $23 Day of Show This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request access accommodations, please go to our Access page.For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.ABOUT THIS SHOWJoin us for “Flowers Now!” a performance and an awards ceremony honoring the contributions of a generation who helped build the Black Arts Movement and happen to call the Twin Cities home. The event will honor Donald and Faye Washington, Jean Ann Durades, Babatunde Lea, Douglas R. Ewart, Janis Lane Ewart, Seitu Jones, Carolyn Holbrook, Ta-coumba Aiken and Louis Alemayehu, community elders who have left a distinct impact on the artistic culture of cities in the upper midwest. We gather to honor their work as beloved institution-builders, teachers, mentors, philanthropists, and devotees of the artistic calling. The program will be hosted by renowned poet Tish Jones.With performances by drummer Kevin Washington, flutist Nicole Mitchell and poet Louis Alemayehu.Event sponsors include the University of Minnesota Libraries, Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life and KFAI Radio.Donald and Faye WashingtonTo learn more about Donald Washington:Visit his Facebook page hereTo learn more about Faye Washington:Visit her Facebook page hereJean Ann DuradesTo learn more about Jean Ann Durades:Listen to her episode hereBabatunde LeaTo learn more about Babatunde Lea:Visit his Facebook page hereCarolyn HolbrookTo learn more about Carolyn Holbrook:Visit her website hereDouglas R. EwartTo learn more about Douglas R. Ewart:Visit his Facebook page hereJanis Lane EwartTo learn more about Janis Lane Ewart:Visit his Facebook page hereSeitu Ken JonesTo learn more about Seitu Ken Jones:Visit his Facebook page hereTa-coumba AikenTo learn more about Ta-coumba Aiken:Visit his website hereLouis AlemayehuTo learn more about Louis Alemayehu:Visit his Facebook page here