not a Carpe event- SIMPLY FOLK 40th ANNIVERSARY SHOW-

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. […]

LONESOME BILL CAMPLIN

Unadulterated BILL CAMPLIN, wailing away on voice and guitar, all by his lonesome. Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve.

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NEW PIONEERS

This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month- except when they don’t. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist, Jerry Wicentowski, has been described by […]

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MARE EDSTROM & KENN FOX- History of the blues/ Marcus Klein

MARE EDSTROM and KENN FOX  have been playing, teaching and researching the blues together for over 14 years; and Kenn has spent his entire life archiving 20th century music, especially its foundation in the blues. They have released six critically acclaimed blues albums on the Wisconsin-based Spiritone label. Mare has been the subject of many feature articles […]

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JOHN PARROTT & TOM WASELCHUK with MICHAEL BRITZ

Bringing you vintage swing & country blues- Tom Waselchuk will be familiar to southern Wisconsin audiences from his work with his Americana band The Dang-Its (1998 to present) and Gypsy swing ensemble Harmonious Wail (2001-2011), with whom he toured the U.S. and abroad. He keeps up a busy schedule of solo and small ensemble performances including his newest […]

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