Uncle Earl

This fiddling, clogging, four-girl jug band reveres old-time American music, rabble-rousing, and knocking down gender boundaries. But unlike their compatriots the Dixie Chicks, Uncle Earl’s music is open to a wide range of influences. How else to explain their choice of Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones as producer, their occasional lyrics sung in Mandarin Chinese, and the albums marked by both humor and moments of show-stopping beauty? Guests like Tara Nevins (Donna the Buffalo) and Gillian Welch make appearances on their latest, Waterloo, Tennessee, and they’ll appear at the Cedar with country/ bluegrass favorite Jim Lauderdale. Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-338-2674; www.thecedar.org