An Evening with Joshua Burnside

Joshua Burnside plays The Cedar Cultural Center on Thursday, October 15. He's a Northern Irish folk singer-songwriter and producer based in Belfast, raised between Strangford Lough and East Belfast. His music blends Irish and Scottish folk with Americana, sound collage and electronica, and he's been cited alongside artists like Bon Iver, Lankum and Richard Dawson. If you're trying to place the sound, the listening recommendations are Nick Drake, Tom Waits and Elliott Smith.

Burnside's debut album, Ephrata, won awards and drew on Irish folk, cumbia rhythms and electronica. His second, Into The Depths Of Hell, took a darker turn and earned support from UK and US national radio and outlets like NPR, Guitar Magazine, CLASH, The Guardian and The Times. His fourth album, It's Not Going To be Okay, was written after the death of his close friend Dean Jendoubi.

The show is part of The Cedar's Global Roots Series, a year-round program of global artists and musical traditions that advances the venue's mission of intercultural appreciation, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Doors open at 7 PM and the show starts at 7:30 PM at The Cedar, 416 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454.