The Cedar Presents
MYRIAM GENDRON with Paul Metzger
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 / Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
All Ages
Seated
$25 Advance, $30 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.
General Admission tickets are available online.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Reimagining traditional music from Canada, France, and America, The Cedar welcomes the debut of MYRIAM GENDRON.
Critically lauded, the Canadian songwriter features thoughtful and transformative interpretations of traditional folk music as both a meditation on the past and a novel step forward. Deeply aligned with our programming as we celebrate and commune in this 35th Anniversary year.
Minneapolis guitarist/banjoist/sonic alchemist, Paul Metzger, opens the evening - showcasing a maximalist aesthetic and a tinkerer's sense of adventure in his rambling, percussive solo works.
Myriam Gendron performing live courtesy of woubpbs’ YouTube Channel.
Paul Metzger performing live courtesy of MN Original’s YouTube Channel.
MYRIAM GENDRON
After her 2014 critically-acclaimed debut album Not So Deep As A Well, where she put Dorothy Parker’s poetry to music, Myriam Gendron returns with Ma délire – Songs of love,
lost & found, a very modern exploration of North American folk tales and traditional melodies. The bilingual double album of 75 minutes was released in October 2021 by Feeding Tube Records and Les Albums Claus.
"Ma délire – Songs of love, lost & found is a complete and total triumph. There aren’t many artists who understand and can harness the immortal spirit that flows through traditional music like Myriam Gendron.” – Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis
“As a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, she’s a masterful musical interpreter, transforming long-past art into present-tense vision.” – Marc Masters, Pitchfork
“As modern as the day after tomorrow, as primitive as pre-history, both at once and very beautiful.” – Jennifer Kelly, Dusted Magazine
To learn more about Myriam Gendron:
PAUL METZGER
"The starting point of Paul Metzger’s music is usually an instrument that he’s customized (his sitarlike 23-string banjo) or invented (his “spontaneous composition generator,” which is basically a painter’s box full of 37 altered music-box cylinders). Their novelty isn’t an end in itself, but rather an avenue to opportunity; the native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, wants to be surprised by his own music, and by including unfamiliar or random elements, he helps that happen. Metzger’s music is far from chaotic, though: even when he’s playing another composer’s melody, he improvises along ragalike structures that can yield stirring grandeur and thrilling abandon. –Chicago Reader, Bill Meyer
To learn more about Paul Metzger:
