KAREN JOHNSON started performing at the Cafe' Carpe in 1998. After retiring early from teaching 4th grade, she treasures spending time with her golf-crazed husband, visiting with her two grown boys and wonderful new daughter-in law, taking care of her two cats, gardening, feeding her fine-feathered friends, and finding every excuse possible to get outside […]
Following the Southern Wisconsin Dulcimer Festival, headliners RICK THUM (hammered dulcimer), ERIN MAE (mountain dulcimer), and WENDY SONGE (multi-instrumentalist) will be throwing a Dulcimer Extravaganza concert here at Cafe Carpe. Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats. (You are welcome to show up at the door, but are not guaranteed a seat that way.) Learn more […]
THE fellows had car trouble, and can't make it to Wisconsin We hope they are traveling this way again sometime and can reschedule. JACKSON GRIMM marries folk pop melodies with the lonesome sound of traditional Appalachian music. In a region with a strong music culture, it is no surprise that Grimm's songwriting is representative of his […]
Celebrate 40 years of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Simply Folk” with two 2019 Grammy Nominees live in concert on Friday, June 7 at Shannon Hall in Madison. Dom Flemons, co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, headlines with Mary Gauthier, an award-winning singer-songwriter whose work has been covered by Blake Shelton, Bettye LeVette, Jimmy Buffet and others. […]
