Acoustic Indie Rock

5 MP3 Songs
POP: Today's Top 40, ROCK: Acoustic



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âCedar Avenueâ is a group of four musicians, songwriters and performers based in the Twin Cities. The band got it's start when songwriter, guitar player and vocalist Jesse Mathews, collaborated with a friend from school who played bass, Kyle Wachter, in the recording studio on a song that soon became popular with many fans in their Minneapolis and St. Paul community.

Kyle quickly abandoned earlier plans to perform at Orchestra Hall as a professional tuba player and joined with Jesse to form the band, âCedar Avenueâ, named after a historic Twin City street they both grew up near. Even while Jesse was studying in California, he was creating new songs and developing new music that he then brought back to Minnesota, where Kyle would add his own ideas and innovative bass stylings.

These songs were brought into the studio along with Minneapolis artist Mark Betters on percussion to create the âRunning Home EPâ. Finished with his studies, Jesse returned to Minnesota to devote his time, talents, and skills to writing new and original music along with Kyle on bass, Derrin Shafer on vocals and keyboards, and newest member, Twin Cities percussionist Shawn Burtis. Together they are creating a unique sound and style that is becoming known, recognized, and appreciated in the Midwest as âCedar Avenueâ.