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the cedar

We've got an album.

About Me


This here is the quickest, easiest way to purchase our new album,
but not the most enjoyable. Come to a gig, we'll hang out, it'll be great.
"Utilising an assortment of instruments, from ukeleles to clarinets to glockenspiels, The Cedar are a quaint, intelligible group with a beautiful ear for melody. "
Scott Johnson, www.egigs.co.uk, The Thekla, Bristol, 29th January, 2007
‘Ambidextrous arrangements, great dynamic swoops, familial banter and a veritable Womad of instruments,, the lasting impression is one of a quite wonderful and sumptuous performance.’ The Fly Magazine
"Twinkling beauty, like the happy resolution of gently opening a music box...A band blossoming into something rather special". Venue Magazine Bandstand Stage Glastonbury 2008
" ... an involving experience, but then we have come to expect nothing less from The Cedar."
Keith Clark Evening Post 3rd July 2006 Keynsham Music Festival.
"The Cedar's gangly charismatic frontman had a winning way with the audience and hit another high note with a stripped down duet with the keyboardist, Eleanor Murphy. Nice Ukelele"
Venue Magazine Ashton Court Festival 22nd July 2006

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/21/2006
Band Website: the-cedar.co.uk/
Band Members: Neil Gay - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Ukeleles, Tenor Banjo, Fiddle, Synth, Banjoline, Autoharp, Glockenspiel, Percussion, etc.
Eleanor Murphy - Piano, Vocals, Organs, Vibes, Monogramming, Glockenspiel, Banjoline, Guitar tuners, Kalimba, harmonium, Jen synth, etc.
Emma Hooper - Viola, Saw, Tenor Banjo, Vocals, Accordion, percussion, magnets, Serging and Monogramming, games........
Ben Hostler - Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Vocals
Ben Goode - Bass Guitar, Bass Synths, Trumpet, Facts, Vocals
----With-------
Beth Porter - Cello, Vocals, Recorder, Animal impressions, Clarinet
Robin Davis - Double Bass
(The handsome) Robing Spaldadingdong - Clarinet, Vocals

Influences: Stars,
Adem,
elbow,
Colleen,
Neil Finn,
The Jam,
Arvo Part
Sigur Ros
Pink Floyd,
Bloc Party
Radiohead
Nick Drake,
The Beatles,
John Martyn,
Jeff Buckley,
Keith Jarrett,
Tom McCrae,
Johnny Cash,
Peter Gabriel,
Final Fantasy,
Cocteau Twins,
Richard Scarry,
Sufjan Stevens,
Unbelivable Truth,
The Postal Service,
Thee More Shallows
The Divine Comedy,
Freight Train Express,
The Reindeer Section,
Explosions in the Sky,
kings of Convenience,
Guilliaume de Machaut,
Penguin Cafe Orchestra,
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra,
Relationships, Failing relationships, Failed relationships,
Drinking, a friendly smile, being late for things, etc.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Reasons why the Nov. 16th gig is going to be the Best Ever.

Hi Everyone,Just in case you didn't know, our November 16th gig is going to be the best ever. This is because:-It's the official album launch party/festival/hullabaloo for the new album 'I'm Always Ex...
Posted by the cedar on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:44:00 PST

INVENTIONS GIG CANCELLED TONIGHT: due to Neil’s sad wrist.

Hi Everyone Great,We're really sorry. Neil's wrist is especially sorry. It went and messed itself up in a sprain and now all it does is whine, whine, whine, and cry, cry, cry and make lots of pain whe...
Posted by the cedar on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:01:00 PST

Steve Lamacq Radio

The lovely Mr Lamacq played Sorely Missed on his radio 2 show last night. You can hear it for yourself if you like by going to (from about 50 mins in):http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d0t0t/ Ge...
Posted by the cedar on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:17:00 PST

An apology of sorts, though it wasn’t our fault.

Dear Lovely Cedar People, This is an apology of sorts, but not really. Maybe you'd like to think of it as a story. Either way.... See, we were advertised on our myspace and in a few other places as pl...
Posted by the cedar on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:13:00 PST

How our audiences are great

Our audiences are generally great. A good way to measure the greatness of an audience is to measure the greatness of their general, trivial, knowledge. Aka: Facts. Facts! We all love Facts! Here are s...
Posted by the cedar on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:29:00 PST

Important questions

Driving home from a London gig last night, Neil and I came up with some very important questions that everyone should consider for themselves:-Would you rather never be able to smile again or never be...
Posted by the cedar on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:59:00 PST

BLACE #1

Dear Cedar friends and fans, isn't it time we used this blog-space? Yes, of course it is. And what better way to use a blog-space ("Blace") than to list important and generally unknown facts. Here are...
Posted by the cedar on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:47:00 PST