Cloud Cult Featured in Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series

Midwest orchestral indie rock band Cloud Cult is thrilled to be playing Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series on January 26th in the Appel Room. The group will be joining an illustrious line-up of artists confirmed to play in the 2018 season including Rosanne Cash, Randy Newman, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer and more. The show sold out quickly after being announced last month and for more information, please go to AmericanSongbook.org.

This special NYC performance comes on the heels of the band's most recent release and tour for The Seeker - their latest studio album and soundtrack for their feature length film starring Josh Radnor and Alex McKenna. The powerful emotional journey that this album and film take you on fits perfectly into Cloud Cult's extensive catalogue that includes nine other full-length studio albums, Unplug - a live album and film, a documentary film No One Said It Would Be Easy and a series of short films called Stories From the Road. The common thread through what Cloud Cult does as a creative collective is their uplifting message, continual celebration of life and love and catharsis through music.

In addition, the band's green efforts are unmatched. Cloud Cult's founder Craig Minowa and his wife Connie formed Earthology in 1999, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization focused on providing individuals, schools, and business tools for environmental sustainability. Minowa created the Earthology Records branch to help green the music industry and through this he co-developed the first 100% postconsumer recycled CD packaging in the U.S. market. The band began zero net greenhouse gas practices for tours long before it was trendy to be green and their merchandise is 100% postconsumer recycled or made of certified organic materials. On top of that, Cloud Cult has planted several thousand trees to absorb the band's CO2 output, their studio is powered by geothermal energy and built partially from reclaimed wood and recycled plastic and they donate heavily to projects that build wind turbines as revenue generators on Native American Reservations.

Throughout the band's more then two-decade career, they've remained staunchly independent and have found success on their own terms. They've earned critical praise over the 20 plus years including recent features on NPR's On Being, Entertainment Weekly and KCRW and even won an Emmy for their episode of The Lowertown Line, which is produced by Twin Cities Public Television and follows the band from their daily nonprofit work to their performance to over 10,000 fans at the Minneapolis Convention Center Plaza. You can check out this beautifully produced 30-minute documentary here.