Author Archives: Cedar Records

Hours of traveling and interchanging locale generated “Foreign Mansions”, a brew of overlapping border-crossing melodies concocted in Brooklyn, Harlem, Beirut and Akar. The sound spawned is indie rock hijacked by Middle Eastern percussion on it’s way to an electric Haiti. “Foreign Mansions” is out now. Listen here ===> (Akherta, Long Distance) Music by Cedar & Soil Additional Musicians: Paul Martinez_Percussion (2,5,6), Sonia Caballero_Flute/Piccolo … Read more →

It brings us great pleasure to announce the release of Tarwiij’s debut E.P., adequately named Tarwiij. We have been enjoying this record immensely as fans of the band and are excited to be releasing their music on Cedar Records. Tarwiij’s music can now be purchased from all major digital music stores (iTunes, Amazon … etc.). Enjoy!

From the multifaceted city of Amman, Jordan arrives the music of Tarwiij, an Arabic rock band whose sound resides in a world where east and west live in harmony. Tarwiij dissolves heart felt lyrics, oriental scales and soulful Arabic singing backed by guitar riffs reminiscent of Grunge in its glory days for a sound they like to call “Rock Ammany”. … Read more →

This month marks the 5th Anniversary of our inception and we are celebrating with a revamped website that makes it easier for our listeners to share music and news via social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. We are truly thrilled to announce the upcoming November release of Cedar & Soil’s sophomore LP – Vodou Dabke’. As the album … Read more →