BRUCE HENRY & DEAN MAGRAW Album Release Concert

Schedule

Sun Oct 19 2025 at 07:30 pm to 11:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Cedar Cultural Center | Minneapolis, MN

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Musical masters Bruce Henry (vocals) and Dean Magraw (guitar) celebrate the release of their new acoustic album: A New Song.
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The Cedar Presents

BRUCE HENRY & DEAN MAGRAW Album Release Concert

Sunday, October 19, 2025 / Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 7:30 PM

All Ages

Seated

This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request access accommodations, please go to our .

For Cedar-presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door. Tickets purchased at the door will include a $1 Eventbrite fee.



ABOUT THIS SHOW

Musical masters Bruce Henry (vocals) and Dean Magraw (guitar) celebrate the release of their new acoustic album A New Song with a special concert, welcoming Bruce back to his former Twin Cities home. Although the two artists have collaborated over the years, this is their first duo project and reflects an unexpected musical alchemy. Rooted in Black history, Bruce’s rich storytelling and three-and-a-half octave range weaves seamlessly with Dean's spacious and soulful guitar stylings. Collectively Bruce and Dean have worked with the top folk, soul, pop and jazz greats (Roberta Flack, John Gorka, Jimmy Jam, Stephane Grapelli, Eric Kamau Gravatt, Greg Brown, Altan, Peter Ostroushko, Anthony Cox), but the magic they make together is truly something to experience.

"Bruce A. Henry has this Magic in his voice and singing that makes each of his songs special." -Jazz-Not-Jazz

“Dean Magraw… so liquid, lyrical and effortless it’s like listening to a dancer.” -Steve Tibbetts


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Photos by Alex Petterson

Bruce Henry

Bruce A. Henry is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, educator, and cultural historian whose three-and-a-half-octave range has thrilled audiences on five continents. Born in West Point, Mississippi, and raised in Chicago, he blends classical training with improvisational mastery, drawing on influences from Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye to John Coltrane. Described by Mpls.St.Paul Magazine as “a true master of the jazz art form,” praised by Andrea Canter (JazzInk) for a voice that “can swing like Goodman, spin like Parker, or levitate like Coltrane,” and hailed by Professor Mahmoud El-Kati as having “both his voice and mind as treasures,” Bruce inspires through concerts, lectures, youth programs, and community sing-alongs that celebrate Black music’s legacy and power to unite.

To learn more about Bruce Henry:

  • Visit his website here

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Dean Magraw

Minnesota master guitarist Dean Magraw has fine-tuned his tastefully unique style during years of performing and recording solo and with some of the finest musicians in North America, Europe and Japan – John Gorka, Darol Anger, The Big Wu, Peter Ostroushko, Nirmala Rajasekar, Steve Tibbetts, John Williams, Eric Kamau Gravatt, Martin Hayes, Anthony Cox and more. In addition to his work with the top folk, bluegrass and global roots acts, he has played with Celtic punk band Boiled in Lead, experimental jazz group Eight Head and now with gospel singer and songwriter Bruce Henry. As Altan’s Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh says, “Dean Magraw’s music transcends, transports and lifts the soul to a higher level as he weaves, cajoles and entices every note from his instrument.”

To learn more about Dean Magraw:

  • Visit his website here
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The Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, United States

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