Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps

One of the many Twin Cities singer-songwriters who got their start at the newly shuttered 400 Bar, Caroline Smith -- think: Feist meets Rickie Lee Jones -- has moved a few doors down to the Cedar with her scrappily elegant folk-rock band, the Good Night Sleeps, to make their headlining debut there. They'll arrive fresh from the studio, and they're bringing a special opener with them: Mankwe Ndosi, the onetime Atmosphere backup singer, cultural curator and educator whose soulful debut album, "Science & Spirit," made the top 20 in our 2012 Twin Cities Critics Tally. Should be as warm as shows get around here in January.