BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cafe Carpe - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Cafe Carpe X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cafecarpe.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cafe Carpe REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20110313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20111106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20120311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20121104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20130310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20131103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121004T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121004T222559 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120822T173459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121002T030243Z UID:1235-1349380800-1349389559@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:THE PINES DESCRIPTION:Founded by Iowa natives David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey\, indie-roots band The Pines surprisingly actually met in Arizona\, where they both lived in a Mexican barrio and first began playing together. Forming The Pines\, they returned to the Midwest\, moving to Minneapolis\, a city that has launched many folk and rock acts from Bob Dylan to The Replacements to The Jayhawks. Like these Twin Cities legends\, The Pines weave together many musical styles to create their own unique sound that is hip and haunting. The son of Greg Brown’s producer and sideman Bo Ramsey\, Benson was reared on folk and blues music and those influences continue to shine through\, even on louder electric songs. David shares Benson’s deep love for traditional music\, and together the two craft songs that evoke the ancient\, while incorporating newer rock and pop grooves. Both strong writers\, singers and instrumentalists\, David and Benson have distinct voices that complement each other\, causing audiences and critics alike to tout them as a powerful young force in American roots music. \nQUOTES \n“simply and eloquently stated sonic poetry…the real deal.” Acoustic Guitar \n“richly resonant indie-folk in the vein of Bon Iver\, Calexico and Mason Jennings” The Onion A.V. Club \n“a hushed mix of acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards creates a kind of haunted landscape…an affecting portrait capturing an American journey” All Music \n“a soundtrack of American gothic intensity…a stunner of an album.” Vintage Guitar \n“a dusty and often ghostly take on Americana” CBS Minnesota \n“quietly gripping” Rolling Stone \n“starkly poetic\, buzzed-about Americana” Minneapolis Star Tribune URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-pines-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121005T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121005T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120930T172315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120930T172315Z UID:1300-1349467200-1349476259@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:OPEN STAGE DESCRIPTION: URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/open-stage-29/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121006T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121006T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120930T172410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120930T172410Z UID:1303-1349510400-1349562659@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:OPEN STAGE DESCRIPTION: URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/open-stage-30/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121011T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121011T210059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T230058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120912T230207Z UID:1262-1349982000-1349989259@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:NEW PIONEERS DESCRIPTION:Bluegrass!!!! \nThis five piece outfit featuring vocals\, banjo\, fiddle\, guitar\, bass and mandolin do a once-a-month performance here\, usually the 2nd Thursday. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally\, regionally\, and nationally for many years. \nThe Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist\, Jerry Wicentowski\, has been described by country music historian Bill Malone as “One of the finest singers in bluegrass music”. Jerry has also performed and recorded with such bluegrass greats as Tim O’Brien\, Andy Statman\, Byron Berline\, Tony Trischka and others. Mike Schmidt of Spring Green\, Wisconsin\, is the group’s banjo player. This former French horn player has been a Nashville session musician and member of the popular Wisconsin-based bluegrass bands\, Alive ‘n’ Pickin’ and the Piper Road Spring Band. He also performs occasionally with his wife Lori. Bruce King of Art Stevenson and High Water – also formerly of Alive ‘n’ Pickin’ – is on mandolin. Bruce and Mike are veterans of the Great Northern Bluegrass Festival in Mole Lake\, WI – performing there every year from 1977 to 1982. Fiddle player Paul Kienitz is a member in good standing of regional bluegrass favorites\, The Nob Hill Boys. Bass player John Jirak also has played banjo with various folks in the northeastern WI and Madison areas\, most notably with the Green Bay based Fox River Flyer. As a bass player\, he’s performed shows with the Chicago Bluegrass Band\, Miltown Ramblers\, Krause Family\, Old Cool\, Spare Time Bluegrass Band\, Bob Steeno and The Old Truck\, and Down From the Hills\, and currently Madison’s newest\, Kettle Moraine. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/new-pioneers-9/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121012T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121012T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120822T172943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121010T120656Z UID:1231-1350073800-1350082859@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:TRET FURE DESCRIPTION:Tret Fure‘s career spans 4 decades. She began her professional work at the age of 16\, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the Midwest\, moving to Berkeley where\, after performing weekly on the campus of UC Berkeley where she attended college\, she discovered that music really was her life. At 19\, she moved to LA to pursue a songwriting and musical career. Within a year she was performing as guitarist and vocalist for Spencer Davis\, touring with him and penning the single for his album “Mousetrap”. She went on to record her own album in 1973 on MCA/UNI Records\, with the late Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release\, she opened for such bands as Yes\, Poco\, and the J Geils Band. \nWhile recording her second album\, Tret became interested in sound engineering\, learning the trade and becoming one of the first women engineers in LA. Over the course of her career she has engineered and produced countless recordings by a variety of artists\, including her own work and that of Cris Williamson. In the early 80s\, Tret left the mainstream music industry. Armed with a fierce desire to retain full artistic control\, she began exploring the independent side of the industry and soon discovered the blossoming genre known as Women’s Music. She has been a major player in that field ever since\, recording with and producing some of the best of women’s music including the legendary “Meg and Cris at Carnegie Hall”. She worked as a duo with Cris Williamson throughout the 90s releasing 3 CDs together during those years. \nNow after 5 acoustic releases on her own label\, Tomboy girl Records\, she has re-established herself in the folk world winning the 2004 South Florida Folk Festival Singer/Songwriter Competition in 2 out of 3 categories. 2004 also brought her recognition with the prestigious Jane Schliessman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Music. And in 2009\, she received the Janine C Rae Award for her work in Women’s Music. 2009 also found her voted “Pride In The Arts Favorite Female/Lesbian Musician”;br>\nFure also markets her own line of clothing named after her popular song\, “Tomboy gir”. In addition\, while not on the road\, Tret teaches guitar and songwriting individually and in workshop settings. An accomplished cook\, Fure has also published a cookbook\, Tret’s Kitchen\, featuring her own recipes. Along with bridging the marketing\, production\, and music worlds\, Tret serves as President of Local 1000\, The Traveling Musicians Association–a union geared toward helping traveling musicians find security and longevity. She also co-chairs The New Harvest Foundation\, a foundation that channels charitable contributions exclusively to organizations working to promote LGBT rights\, services\, culture and community development. \n“Women’s music legend Tret Fure continues to turn out marvelous albums\, her latest being “True Compass” (Tomboy Girl). Who else could have written a love song such as “Look What Love Has Given Me”? It’s a song that is at once personal and universal in its affectionate expression of happiness. Fure keeps it coming in the jazzy flourishes of the title track\, the acoustic twang of “Six Beers\,” the heartache of “32 Years\,” the political voice of “Try” and the rhythmic “Leap of Faith.”” \n– Gregg Shapiro\, Chicago Free Press\, Oct 24\, 2007 Vol. 9\, No. 9 URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/tret-fure/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121013T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121013T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T230426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121011T184645Z UID:1265-1350160200-1350169259@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN sans band DESCRIPTION:In a rare solo performance\, the unusual suspects having abandoned him for the evening. \nCheck Bill Camplin out on YouTube to get a taste of what you are in for. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-the-americans/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121016T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121016T220059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120813T014148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121012T213257Z UID:1208-1350415800-1350424859@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CLAUDE BOURBON DESCRIPTION:Claude Bourbon medieval and Spanish blues \n“A breathtaking acoustic fusion of blues\, jazz\, folk\, classical and Spanish guitar from a stunning guitar virtuoso…” \nA multitude of people from the United Kingdom and across Europe love following Claude Bourbon. Hitting over 100 venues per year\, Claude gives many people the chance to enjoy his musical prowess. What brings the majority of his audience back to see show after show is his amazing performance. Claude Bourbon’s style of playing guitar creates a unique sound experience recognized only as Claude. \nClaude performs solo on stage with his guitars by his side. Matched with his voice\, Bourbon captures the full attention of his audience as they take in every note played off the tips of his fingers. \nClaude’s musical roots are blues\, however\, his music has and will continue to evolve over the years. Bourbon gets his musical inspiration from around the world including Spanish Middle Eastern\, Russia and Europe. Claude Bourbon takes the different sounds heard from different regions and molds them into the songs and melodies you hear at his shows. His songs may be blues-sounding\, ballads\, rock\, jazz or even unique and unclassifiable. \nClaude Bourbon’s 5th CD is an amazing credit to the music he creates. One of the great things about his albums is the growth and change represented. You may pick up one of his albums and be surprised at the different sounds found within. This is one of the great characteristics of Claude Bourbon – taking his music and adapting to his mood and unexplored territories. \nMORE ABOUT CLAUDE\nBorn in France in the early 60’s\, Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland\, where he was classically trained for many years. This finger picking guitarist has performed and studied all over the world; he has crafted an unbelievable fusion of classical and jazz\, with ethereal Eastern influences\, Spanish and Latin elements with strains of Western folk. \n The unique Monsieur Bourbon is a formidable performer. He may have his roots in the blues\, but he is inspired by music and song from all around the world\, taking these sounds and weaving them into a performance of blues\, rock\, jazz\, songs and melodies that defy a label\, all delivered with a gravely voice. \nClaude’s inimitable style incorporates all five digits on each hand dancing independently but in unison\, plucking\, picking and strumming at such speed and precision that his fingers often seem to melt into a blur. Thousands of people in the UK\, Europe and USA have enjoyed listening to this virtuoso and for the majority of his audience it is an experience that compels them to return again and again to hear and watch him play\, as his fingers lightly dance over the strings of his guitar and create a unique sound that is ’Claude’. \nNow based in the UK\, some of this guitarists’ influences allow us a fascinating insight into this remarkable musician; Paco De Lucia: Deep Purple’s Richie Blackmore; Joaquin Rodrigo; JJ Cale\, Monty Python; JS Bach and Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks…. \n“…This accomplished artist offers tender\, compelling performance through highly developed precision. His sound instantly creates ambience – from haunting Spanish moods to lyrical\, romantic jazz\, Claude Bourbon provides both a rich evening of music for lovers\, and a real treat for music lovers…”\, BBC\, UK \n“Do you know what Medieval guitar sounds like? I didn’t either ‘til I hooked up with Claude! This is some cool stuff\, and he’s French and everything!” Dolores River Brewery\, Dolores\, CO URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/claude-bourbon/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson \, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121018T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121018T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120814T021817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120910T105819Z UID:1218-1350590400-1350599459@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:HARPETH RISING- CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:They plan to reschedule\, though\, probably in February. \nHarpeth Rising: billed as an “Americana Sensation” by WSM 650\, this group of young classically trained musicians is making an immense impact wherever they play. The quartet brings an exciting and distinctive sound to the Americana genre.” With a banjo and fiddle\, you might think they’re traditional bluegrass\, but think again: cello and hand drums round out the group\, creating a truly new sound. A little bit bluegrass\, a little bit folk\, a little bit classical and whole lot of original\, Harpeth Rising is a band to watch. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/harpeth-rising/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121019T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121019T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120926T020941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121010T035035Z UID:1290-1350678600-1350687659@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:HAYNIE & SAMUEL DESCRIPTION:Haynie and Samuel URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/haynie-samuel/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121020T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121020T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T230942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121015T151511Z UID:1268-1350765000-1350774059@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:RAYNA GELLERT/ Satchel Paige DESCRIPTION:Rayna (of the “all g’Earl” stringband UNCLE EARL) has a new solo album coming out on Oct. 2 on StorySound Records (home to Loudon Wainwright III & Gabriel Kahane). The album\, Old Light: Songs from my Childhood & Other Gone Worlds\, is a mix of traditional and original songs\, and is a departure from her previous fiddle-centric recordings. She’ll be touring as a trio with a great electric guitarist (Drew Heller from Toubab Krewe) and drummer Jamie Dick (who has toured with Tommy & the Whale and Abigail Washburn). Friends of Satchel’s\, and come highly recommended. \nRayna Gellert grew up in a musical family\, and has spent most of her life immersed in the sounds of rural stringband music\, heartfelt gospel songs\, and old ballads. After honing her fiddle skills playing at jam sessions and square dances\, Rayna fell into a life of traveling and performing. Her fiddle albums are widely celebrated in the old-time music community\, and she has recorded with a host of musicians in a variety of styles – including Robyn Hitchcock\, Tyler Ramsey\, Sara Watkins\, Loudon Wainwright III\, John Paul Jones\, and Abigail Washburn. From 2003 through 2008\, Rayna was a member of the acclaimed stringband Uncle Earl\, with whom she released two albums on Rounder Records and toured like mad. These days she can be found on stage with Scott Miller\, Toubab Krewe\, or her father\, Dan Gellert. She lives in Swannanoa\, North Carolina. \nNote: This date had been posted for a few days as being on the 19th\, but was changed. \nSatchel Paige opens. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/rayna-gellert/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121026T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121026T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T231844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121024T195830Z UID:1272-1351283400-1351292459@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:JULIANNE MACARUS and FRIENDS DESCRIPTION:The talented Macarus family will play and sing together\, accompanying & harmonizing with each other on music ranging from gospel to rock\, traditionals\, classics\, and originals.  They all write and perform individually and with other musical & theatrical aggregations. Bill Camplin and Robert Trader will through in their two talents. Come along for the ride. \nJulianne is well-known in the Chicago area as an actress\, songstress and violinist\, having recorded and performed with Michael Smith and James McCandless as well as many others. MommaDoe has acted and sung since high school.  Jordan was a member in the rock band Winterhawk\, and has web presences at www.planetjordan.com\, www.jordanmacarus.com and www.enviromonster.com.   URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/julie-macarus-and-friends/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121027T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121027T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120905T002010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121023T034103Z UID:1252-1351369800-1351378859@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:LARRY PENN/ JOHN SIEGER/ MARK DVORAK DESCRIPTION:These guys did such a great show and had such a great time that it was clear a repeat was in order. \nA whoppin’ night of great music with three great guys: \nLarry Penn sings and tells stories of hard work\, working people\, trains\, trucks\, life on the road\, love\, nonsense\, and flamingos. Noted for their elegance in simplicity\, his songs are not only popular with audiences\, but are acclaimed by other artists\, many of whom have recorded their own renditions of Larry’s songs.  He has had a long and stellar career\, but may not be performing much longer. \nHis performances are delightful. Please come out and help make this a special night for him. \nMark Dvorak    plays folk and blues on banjo and guitar – carrying on the tradition of stalwarts like the above-lauded Mr. Penn.   “Mark is a charismatic performer with a spark of gentle passion that lights every concert hall and every greenway where he lifts his voice in celebration of the old songs. He has been called “a folk singer’s folk singer who follows unerringly in the footsteps of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie\,” and his song writing has been called “wondrous” and “profound.” \nLike Larry\,  John Sieger is another Milwaukee gem\, known as a prolific and talented songwriter.  He has been in numerous Milwaukee bands\, including the R&B Cadets\, Semi-Twang\, the SubContinentals. Roots rock\, country\, R&B- John runs the gamut. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/larry-penn-john-sieger-mark-dvorak/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121101T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121101T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120930T172130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121030T232424Z UID:1297-1351800000-1351809059@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:MICHAEL MCDERMOTT DESCRIPTION:Michael McDermott makes his debut appearance at the Carpe with his wife\, Heather Horton. \nThe anthemic\, arena-filling “Scars From Another Life” (from his forthcoming album Hit Me Back) paints the a picture of how far singer-songwriter Michael McDermott has come: “I was so down… I had completely lost my way / When I hit Broadway I began to realize / That all they are are scars from another life.” His life since becoming a recording artist—full of myriad highest highs\, gutter-skimming lows\, and absolute rock bottoms of the past two decades—could read like a screenplay\, but with stories so ridiculously outlandish that they couldn’t possibly be true. \nAll of it—the addiction\, the failed relationships\, the financial dramas\, the career hurdles—have left plenty of scars\, but McDermott’s moving on\, moving up\, and taking charge. He makes no excuses for his past—it has made him who he is today—but sings to everyone listening (and to himself): “Don’t run away\, they’re scars from another life.”\nIt’s been quite a ride since singer/songwriter Michael McDermott unleashed his debut\, 620 West Surf\, but one might even go so far as to say that his 2012 release\, Hit Me Back\, represents the work of a new artist: for the first time in his recording career\, McDermott is a father\, a philanthropic entrepreneur\, and has experienced the loss of an adored parent. All are major life changes which have found achingly honest expression in his songs. \nHit Me Back also exudes McDermott’s trademark embrace of faith and hope in the face of adversity. The lyrics are\, as always\, uniquely evocative: McDermott sings in poetry; his tunes are literate story-songs. On the haunting “Ever After\,” he offers the listener palpable insight into the jarring confusion and doubt felt in the days that followed his mother’s passing (in October 2011). The wryly observed title track puts a new spin on fighting a long-time nemesis\, alcohol. His demon-banishing in the aforementioned “Scars From Another Life” is echoed in the love-is-redemption refrains of “Let It Go.” The exploration of temptation and bowing to its siren call is explored in the Americana-laced “A Deal With The Devil.” \nInfluenced by such musical giants as Bob Dylan and Van Morrison\, McDermott exhibited a talent for mature and lyrically dense songwriting that soon caught the eye—and ear—of then-talent scout Brian Koppelman (now a screenwriter\, novelist\, director\, and producer; best known as the co-writer of “Ocean’s Thirteen” and “Rounders”)\, who immediately signed him to Giant Records. That first album\, 620 West Surf\, boasted a Billboard Hot 100 charting single\, (“A Wall I Must Climb”). McDermott continued to write introspective\, character-driven songs that won him an enduring band of appreciative followers. In the liner notes for McDermott’s self-titled album\, bestselling author Stephen King wrote: “Michael McDermott is one of the best songwriters in the world and possibly the greatest undiscovered rock ‘n’ roll talent of the last 20 years.” \nThe recording industry shakeup that marked the mid-1990s left McDermott without a contract\, and awash in debt and self-doubt. “Throughout the years\, I had continued to feel like I was on a mission\, of sorts\, singing spiritual songs\,” he once said\, “but never really feeling good about the other elements of my life.” McDermott released five more albums in the next decade\, some with label distribution\, others independently. He also continued playing live shows\, and riding a personal rollercoaster of addiction\, recovery\, and sometimes-misplaced ambition. \nHaving at last become more comfortable in his own skin\, scarred but smarter\, McDermott has in recent years begun to make more life-affirming choices. He has launched his own coffee line\, with sales from each bag of his two signature blends providing meals for seven children. Understandably\, he’s found positive inspiration in his wife\, Heather Horton (whom he married during a tour stop in Italy in May 2009)\, and the birth of their daughter\, Rain (in July 2010). And he’s once again a signed artist\, this time with New Jersey label\, Rock Ridge Music\, who will be releasing his forthcoming album. McDermott and wife Horton (a gifted musician/vocalist)\, and producer CJ Eiriksson (engineered albums for U2 and Matchbox 20\, as well as McDermott’s 2007 album Noise From Words) spent a whirlwind eight days in the studio to record Hit Me Back. \nOf course\, recent positive inspiration doesn’t mean he’s forgotten his tumultuous past or that he no longer faces present struggles. For McDermott\, a performer and storyteller to the depths of his soul\, his connection with fans and his uncanny ability to communicate universal truths through his own personal experiences are helping fade the many of the scars that remain. The demons aren’t gone; he’s just found a place for them to dwell in peace. It is coming to terms with those demons and putting them in their place that continues to fuel his art ever further. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/michael-mcdermott/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121102T210059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T225852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121030T225852Z UID:1413-1351881000-1351890059@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:LORINE NIEDECKER WISCONSIN POETRY FESTIVAL open mic DESCRIPTION:This popular festival\, the 4th annual takes place here in Fort the entire weekend. See schedule It kicks off here at the Carpe with a poetry open mic\, and includes 2 featured poets\, Mary Linton and Tom Montag. \nLorine Niedecker (1903-1970) is a twentieth-century\, second-wave\, Modern American poet often identified with the Objectivists. Living most of her life on the shores of the Rock River near Fort Atkinson\, Wisconsin\, she is perhaps best known as a poet of place who wrote about the Blackhawk Island that she loved. Her work\, however\, ranges from modernist folk poetry (NEW GOOSE\, 1946) to haiku-like forms to long poems like “Lake Superior” and “Wintergreen Ridge” (NORTH CENTRAL\, 1968). She is admired for the subtlety of her tightly crafted\, nuanced and deliciously ironic poems\, as well as for her total devotion to her calling. \n“Not all harsh sounds displease—\nYellowhead blackbirds cough\n through reeds and fronds\nas through pronged bronze” URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lorine-niedecker-wisconsin-poetry-festival-open-mic/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121103T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121103T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120907T042453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121027T020108Z UID:1255-1351974600-1351983659@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:MIKE DOWLING DESCRIPTION:Mike Dowling– bottleneck blues\, vintage swing\, ragtime\, and more\, played with grace\, wit and dazzling dexterity \nMike doesn’t come through that often\, so don’t miss the opportunity to hear this world-class guitarist. \n“Dowling is one of the most relaxed and highly skilled acoustic guitar players of his generation that I have ever heard. Everything he performs appears natural and deceptively effortless\, and with a tone\, particularly when he plays slide guitar that is very much his own and that very few others can emulate. His vocals have an engaging edge and alongside his consummate guitar skills there was nothing to criticize. After a number of encores a member of the audience spontaneously stood up and gave a heartfelt thanks to Mike for such a wonderful evening.”\nOctober 2003 performance review\,\nBlues in Britain. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/mike-dowling/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121108T210059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T233217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120912T233522Z UID:1282-1352401200-1352408459@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:NEW PIONEERS DESCRIPTION:Bluegrass!!!! \nThis five piece outfit featuring vocals\, banjo\, fiddle\, guitar\, bass and mandolin do a once-a-month performance here\, usually the 2nd Thursday. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally\, regionally\, and nationally for many years. \nThe Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist\, Jerry Wicentowski\, has been described by country music historian Bill Malone as “One of the finest singers in bluegrass music”. Jerry has also performed and recorded with such bluegrass greats as Tim O’Brien\, Andy Statman\, Byron Berline\, Tony Trischka and others. Mike Schmidt of Spring Green\, Wisconsin\, is the group’s banjo player. This former French horn player has been a Nashville session musician and member of the popular Wisconsin-based bluegrass bands\, Alive ‘n’ Pickin’ and the Piper Road Spring Band. He also performs occasionally with his wife Lori. Bruce King of Art Stevenson and High Water – also formerly of Alive ‘n’ Pickin’ – is on mandolin. Bruce and Mike are veterans of the Great Northern Bluegrass Festival in Mole Lake\, WI – performing there every year from 1977 to 1982. Fiddle player Paul Kienitz is a member in good standing of regional bluegrass favorites\, The Nob Hill Boys. Bass player John Jirak also has played banjo with various folks in the northeastern WI and Madison areas\, most notably with the Green Bay based Fox River Flyer. As a bass player\, he’s performed shows with the Chicago Bluegrass Band\, Miltown Ramblers\, Krause Family\, Old Cool\, Spare Time Bluegrass Band\, Bob Steeno and The Old Truck\, and Down From the Hills\, and currently Madison’s newest\, Kettle Moraine. \n[Note that the Pioneers December gig will be on a Saturday night\, December 22. ($12 cover)] URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/new-pioneers-10/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121109T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121109T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121023T032827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121105T221704Z UID:1342-1352493000-1352502059@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:THE JOKES DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Pinc has gathered another group of musicians in a jocular fashion. \nThe Jokes are: Satchel Paige on bass\, Sam Arneson on drums\, Jeremy Pinc on vocals and guitar\, and Pat Stillman on lead guitar. Wildly pro gay rights\, the Jokes have had controversial concerts since Day One. They are banned in Colombia\, Sweden\, and the Czech Republic because of their explicit support for Japan. If you like musical sushi you’ll like the Jokes… raw… and that’s just the start! If you like tempura you’ll love the deep-fried but light texture of Pat Stillman’s modal riffs and tasty licks or the edamame-like beats of Sam’s drums. With Satch Paige as a certified samurai and Jeremy Pinc’s kabuki makeup you have a veritable death sentence for all the sino-phobes out there. \nThis is a record release party for the Jokes\, who recently went to Nashville to lay down some tunes not quite as off-the-wall as the above bio would lead you to believe. \nEarplugs recommended. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-jokes/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121110T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121110T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121023T033202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121105T222402Z UID:1345-1352579400-1352588459@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN & THE RECONNECTED VERMIN DESCRIPTION:Last month the Baby Cockroaches Every Morning were unable to join Bill\, so he put on a solo performance. Most of them will be reunited this Saturday. \nThere are lots of YouTube videos to check them out. Here is one. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-the-reconnected-vermin/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121116T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121116T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T232106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121101T163343Z UID:1275-1353097800-1353106859@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:JENN & BASHO DESCRIPTION:Jenn and Basho \nJenn and Basho met in 2010 while contributing their talents to bands around Portland\, Oregon. Discovering common loves and tribulations propelled them to become an inseparable team both on and offstage. Rawling composes highly melodic songs from fascinating scraps of phrases and images\, singing them with an engaging yodel-edged alto. Parks sings harmony\, but his “voice” is heard in the form of the his distinctive string-playing\, which has a dusty\, mournful quality revealing classical\, mountain and bluegrass influences. For the last six months the couple has been touring the U.S. in support of their debut album “Take the Air.” URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/jenn-basho/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121117T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121117T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121023T035333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121031T024735Z UID:1351-1353184200-1353193259@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:THE WRONG OMAR DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis based Singer/Songwriter Joey Shaheen aka “The Wrong Omar” continues his “Sled-Dawg-Slushy Tour” in support of his recent CD release “Shoot Up The Town”. Joey is on his 3rd tour of the U.S. and will be parking his green Toyota Prius in front of Cafe Carpe on Saturday November 17th for an evening of songs\, stories\, poems and Rock & Roll aphorisms\, accompanied by a cello/mandolin/string player and a percussionist. His catalog from 7 CDs includes a warm blend of roots/folk/rock with blues harp and a substantial amount of quirk. Like a clever cartoon\, the adult themes are subtly disguised providing a show for people of experience and children alike. Joey has appeared with the likes of RB Morris\, Daphne Willis\, Hamilton Loomis and Monroe Crossing. \nThis review from the Twin Cities Daily Planet is a good summary of what you will come away with: \n“…It’s beautiful with a strong\, pointed chorus that compels with engaging urgency….when it hits\, it’s dead-on\, brilliantly inspired….Excellent songwriting. Warm\, wry melodies over bright\, moody chords….” \nYou can listen online at reverbnation.com/thewrongomar URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-wrong-omar/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121123T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121123T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121116T145856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T145856Z UID:1453-1353700800-1353709859@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:OPEN STAGE DESCRIPTION: URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/open-stage-31/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121124T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121124T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20120912T232621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121105T222558Z UID:1278-1353789000-1353798059@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SMALL POTATOES DESCRIPTION:Small Potatoes has called themselves eclecto-maniacs and described their music as “Celtic to Cowboy”. They say it has taken them “years of careful indecision” to come up with a mix of music that ranges from country\, blues\, and swing to Irish\, with songwriting that touches on all of those styles and more. Their four recordings\, “Alive!”\, “Waltz of the Wallflowers”\, “Time Flies” and “Raw” demonstrate that “indecision” can be wonderfully entertaining. They both sing\, they both play guitars and an array of other instruments. They even yodel. \n“Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso combine cleverly witty with powerfully poignant songs\, along with well chosen covers to present an unusually entertaining and involving repertoire engagingly delivered. Prezioso’s song “1000 Candles\, 1000 Cranes” is one of the most outstanding songs of the past 50\nyears.” Rich Warren\, The Midnight Special – WFMT Radio\, Chicago\, IL\n\nWhen you see Small Potatoes perform\, you hear two great voices\, some fine guitar playing\, and a touch of tin whistle\, flute\, mandolin\, bodhran\, and other percussion toys. Together they present a truly rare blend of vocal and instrumental abilities\, award-winning songwriting\, and arranging talents. They have the unique ability to adapt to the style of music they happen to be playing\, and they also pay attention to the little things\, the warmth\, the humor and a rapport with the audience that makes for a memorable performance. \n“Make ‘em Laugh\, Make ‘em Cry\, Make ‘em Think” URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/small-potatoes-2/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121129T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121129T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T203123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121030T203233Z UID:1309-1354219200-1354228259@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter- PETER MULVEY/ KRISTA DETOR/ PAUL CEBAR/ HAYWARD WILLIAMS DESCRIPTION:The first in this year’s Lamplighter Sessions. See Lamplighter post. \nThe marvelousmulveymarathon begins with a magnificent manifest of Milwaukee/midwestern musicians. \nMonsieur Mulveilleux Peter Mulvey “The cream of the crop… sings with a clarity reserved for the likes of legends.” \nKrista Detor ”is one of the most touching and gifted US songwriters. A darkly beautiful singer and pianist\, she creates original\, very appealing melodies filled with absorbing and elliptical wordplay… “ The Scotsman Newspaper Of Songwriter Krista Detor’s work\, Rolling Stone says\, “A Small Miracle….” MusicDish magazine states: “Call [Mudshow] a novel like Richard Wright’s “Manchild in the Promised Land” or the musical equivalent of Akira Kurosawa’s “Dreams”: a collection of short pieces – stories or short films of dreams – that taken together\, form a whole\, more than the sum of its parts. ” The Boston Herald says\, simply\, “All songwriters should be this good..” \nPaul Cebar Some idea of what Paul is about: “Milwaukee native Paul Cebar is a singing\, strumming\, and dancing museum of musical culture and a self-styled historian of myriad musical forms. Countless sounds pour forth when Cebar and his Milwaukeeans take the stage. New Orleans\, Chicago\, New york\, Africa\, Brazil\, Cuba\, jump-blues\, gospel\, jazz\, reggae\, calypso\, soul and vintage R&B are sterting points for something that becomes uniquely Cebar. This mishmash helps reimagine and liven up obscure classics\, and the band’s originals present new viewpoints on established styles.” The Onion AV Club \n Hayward Williams\n“Looking at the bespectacled youth peering out from the album bio\, you would never expect the smoky authoritative voice that swells from Cotton Bell. But maybe Williams’ appearance belies his age\, this being the Milwaukee singer-songwriter’s third full length album. Williams’ is the voice of maturity and restraint\, and by voice I mean not only his deep\, resonant singing\, but his approach\, attitude\, songwriting – the whole deal…”  Rhythms Magazine. (Australia) URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-krista-detor-paul-cebar-hayward-williams/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121130T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121130T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T203842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T232624Z UID:1324-1354307400-1354316459@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter-PETER MULVEY/ HAYWARD WILLIAMS/ RANDY SABIEN/ BILL CAMPLIN DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT See Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \nPeter Mulvey Of his new record\, The Good Stuff: “Night after night\, the process of divining the heart of a song\, being alert to where the moment can lead\, has shaped him as an artist. To each rendition\, he brings the soul of a singer\, a light touch in a heavy world.” The Telegraph/UK \nWhen Randy Sabien picks up his violin- get ready. The consummate musician\, he can play inside and outside the lines with musicians of all stripes or plaids. “Showing technical dexterity\, sentient depth\, pleasing tone and keen phrasing in courteous respect to Stephane Grappelli.” Downbeat \n Hayward Williams\n“Looking at the bespectacled youth peering out from the album bio\, you would never expect the smoky authoritative voice that swells from Cotton Bell. But maybe Williams’ appearance belies his age\, this being the Milwaukee singer-songwriter’s third full length album. Williams’ is the voice of maturity and restraint\, and by voice I mean not only his deep\, resonant singing\, but his approach\, attitude\, songwriting – the whole deal…”  Rhythms Magazine. (Australia) \nBill Camplin “…the proverbial best singer nobody’s ever heard of.” Kevin Lynch\, The Capital Times URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-hayward-williams-randy-sabien-bill-camplin/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121201T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121201T233059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T204405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121030T204405Z UID:1313-1354393800-1354404659@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter- PETER MULVEY/ RANDY SABIEN/ COUNT THIS PENNY DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT See Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \n“Peter Mulvey is all substance\, which is his style.” \nWhen Randy Sabien picks up his violin- get ready. The consummate musician\, he can play inside and outside the lines with musicians of all stripes or plaids. “Showing technical dexterity\, sentient depth\, pleasing tone and keen phrasing in courteous respect to Stephane Grappelli.” Downbeat \nCount This Penny is from Madison (Wisconsin) by way of East Tennessee. They write songs born of doggedly traveling to and from the hills of home. \nSince their first show at the Down Home’s Open Hoot in 2009\, CTP has appeared on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion\, Wisconsin Public Radio\, Wisconsin Public Television’s 30-Minute Music Hour\, and WDVX’s Blue Plate Special in Knoxville\, Tennessee. Following their national radio debut in March\, their EP hit the #6 spot on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart. \n“If you like the Everybodyfields\, the Civil Wars\, or some old school Gram and Emmylou\, you will dig Count This Penny.” –Muzzle of Bees \n“Folks may have a faint idea of what to expect from a band that describes what it does as “Appalachian pop\,” but they’ll likely be surprised by how instantly inviting Count This Penny sounds. It’s music steeped in old American traditions\, but the concise form the songs adhere to and the pop structures the band employs make the songs modern and streamlined enough to thrive far from the mountains where their inspiration first saw the light of day.” –The Onion’s A.V. Club\, Madison\, WI URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-randy-sabien-count-this-penny/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121206T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121018T001323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121104T021406Z UID:1326-1354824000-1354833059@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter- PETER MULVEY/ PAUL CEBAR/ DAYNA KURTZ/JOHN SIEGER DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT See Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \nPeter Mulvey “All I hear is Peter Mulvey\, Peter Mulvey- enough already.” Anonymous \nDayna Kurtz‘s depth is akin to the Nina Simone not only as a vocalist but as an interpreter and writer. A real equal opportunity purveyor of human musical expression\, she defies categorization while giving a big-boned\, highly emotive concentration to all she interprets or originates. “I’m not of the jazz\, blues\, folk\, R&B\, rock\, or pop worlds enough to belong to any of them\, but all of those things are in there\,” she says. \nKurtz began performing as a teenager\, and has had a solo touring career ever since. She opened for Richie Havens\, who became a fan and lent vocals to her debut studio album\, Postcards from Downtown. Dayna keeps winning over new fans in the music scene. In the past two years she has been invited to open up for Rufus Wainwright\, Antony & the Johnsons\, and Keren Ann. Additionally\, she has an admirer in fellow “Living Room” habitué Norah Jones\, who sings a duet with her on “I Got It Bad…” (From Beautiful Yesterday). The legendary Richard Thompson invited her to open up for a coast-to-coast nationwide tour that found Dayna converting some of his faithful fans. \nAnd she’s not just a riveting singer. Her guitar playing is flexible enough to take her to the musical places she visits\, whether she’s plucking an open pattern with an oddly cabaret feel or strumming some attitude into the bluesy realm. \nHer latest recordings are Secret Canon Vol. 1\, a late night smoky collection of lost nuggets from the mid-century jazz and early R&B cut out bins\, and American Standard\, which leans a little more toward country blues\, and is mostly original music despite the title. \nPaul Cebar Some idea of what Paul is about: “Milwaukee native Paul Cebar is a singing\, strumming\, and dancing museum of musical culture and a self-styled historian of myriad musical forms. Countless sounds pour forth when Cebar and his Milwaukeeans take the stage. New Orleans\, Chicago\, New york\, Africa\, Brazil\, Cuba\, jump-blues\, gospel\, jazz\, reggae\, calypso\, soul and vintage R&B are sterting points for something that becomes uniquely Cebar. This mishmash helps reimagine and liven up obscure classics\, and the band’s originals present new viewpoints on established styles.” The Onion AV Club \nJohn Sieger\, who was in the R&B Cadets with the above-mentioned Cebar\, is a prolific and excellent songwriter with a semi-country bent whose songs have impressed Dwight Yoakam\, Jerry Harrison\, The BoDeans\, Robbie Fulks and Flaco Jimenez enough to record them. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/mulvey-paul-cebar-daynakurtz/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121207T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121207T233000 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T204633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121207T134151Z UID:1316-1354912200-1354923000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter- PETER MULVEY/ CLAUDIA SCHMIDT/ DAYNA KURTZ/ BILL CAMPLIN DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT See Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \nPeter Mulvey plumbs the depths. \nClaudia Schmidt “To say that Schmidt is simply a performer with a talent to entertain would be a miscarriage of understatement. Schmidt takes her audiences into her world as easily as the child who discovers the endless universes that exist in a cardboard box. \nFrom lying on sandy beaches under an endless barrage of northern lights\, to the expected anguish and frustration of spinning tires on cars stuck deep in snow\, from the age-old struggle of change between adolescence and adulthood to the observation of sheer idiocy\, she leaves it to the imagination of her audience to conjure their own images of her storytelling and song. No interpretation of a Claudia Schmidt song or story is wrong-she invites audiences to tie their associations to her style. \nSchmidt weaves her way through her concert in much the same manner as a jester. Interwoven anecdotes\, revealing her past and present\, bring people to expect a relationship between themselves and memories driven deep with the passage of time. The concert is an endless display of self-realization through humor and longing\, leaving audience members yearning to become an integral part of her world.”\nDoor County Advocate \nDayna Kurtz‘s depth is akin to the Nina Simone not only as a vocalist but as an interpreter and writer. A real equal opportunity purveyor of human musical expression\, she defies categorization while giving a big-boned\, highly emotive concentration to all she interprets or originates. “I’m not of the jazz\, blues\, folk\, R&B\, rock\, or pop worlds enough to belong to any of them\, but all of those things are in there\,” she says. \nKurtz began performing as a teenager\, and has had a solo touring career ever since. She opened for Richie Havens\, who became a fan and lent vocals to her debut studio album\, Postcards from Downtown. Dayna keeps winning over new fans in the music scene. In the past two years she has been invited to open up for Rufus Wainwright\, Antony & the Johnsons\, and Keren Ann. Additionally\, she has an admirer in fellow “Living Room” habitué Norah Jones\, who sings a duet with her on “I Got It Bad…” (From Beautiful Yesterday). The legendary Richard Thompson invited her to open up for a coast-to-coast nationwide tour that found Dayna converting some of his faithful fans. \nAnd she’s not just a riveting singer. Her guitar playing is flexible enough to take her to the musical places she visits\, whether she’s plucking an open pattern with an oddly cabaret feel or strumming some attitude into the bluesy realm. \nHer latest recordings are Secret Canon Vol. 1\, a late night smoky collection of lost nuggets from the mid-century jazz and early R&B cut out bins\, and American Standard\, which leans a little more toward country blues\, and is mostly original music despite the title. \nBill Camplin can smoke with the best of them.  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rMsKXaVFQho URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-claudia-schmidt-dayna-kurtz/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121208T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121208T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T204717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121126T232947Z UID:1318-1354998600-1355007659@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter: PETER MULVEY/ CLAUDIA SCHMIDT/ RALSTON BOWLES/ DAYNA KURTZ DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT See Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \nAnother stellar gathering of some very bright stars. \nPeter Mulvey the good stuff just pours out of him. \nClaudia Schmidt\n“To say that Schmidt is simply a performer with a talent to entertain would be a miscarriage of understatement. Schmidt takes her audiences into her world as easily as the child who discovers the endless universes that exist in a cardboard box. \nFrom lying on sandy beaches under an endless barrage of northern lights\, to the expected anguish and frustration of spinning tires on cars stuck deep in snow\, from the age-old struggle of change between adolescence and adulthood to the observation of sheer idiocy\, she leaves it to the imagination of her audience to conjure their own images of her storytelling and song. No interpretation of a Claudia Schmidt song or story is wrong-she invites audiences to tie their associations to her style. \nSchmidt weaves her way through her concert in much the same manner as a jester. Interwoven anecdotes\, revealing her past and present\, bring people to expect a relationship between themselves and memories driven deep with the passage of time. The concert is an endless display of self-realization through humor and longing\, leaving audience members yearning to become an integral part of her world.”\nDoor County Advocate \nDayna Kurtz‘s depth is akin to the Nina Simone not only as a vocalist but as an interpreter and writer. A real equal opportunity purveyor of human musical expression\, she defies categorization while giving a big-boned\, highly emotive concentration to all she interprets or originates. “I’m not of the jazz\, blues\, folk\, R&B\, rock\, or pop worlds enough to belong to any of them\, but all of those things are in there\,” she says. \nKurtz began performing as a teenager\, and has had a solo touring career ever since. She opened for Richie Havens\, who became a fan and lent vocals to her debut studio album\, Postcards from Downtown. Dayna keeps winning over new fans in the music scene. In the past two years she has been invited to open up for Rufus Wainwright\, Antony & the Johnsons\, and Keren Ann. Additionally\, she has an admirer in fellow “Living Room” habitué Norah Jones\, who sings a duet with her on “I Got It Bad…” (From Beautiful Yesterday). The legendary Richard Thompson invited her to open up for a coast-to-coast nationwide tour that found Dayna converting some of his faithful fans. \nAnd she’s not just a riveting singer. Her guitar playing is flexible enough to take her to the musical places she visits\, whether she’s plucking an open pattern with an oddly cabaret feel or strumming some attitude into the bluesy realm. \nHer latest recordings are Secret Canon Vol. 1\, a late night smoky collection of lost nuggets from the mid-century jazz and early R&B cut out bins\, and American Standard\, which leans a little more toward country blues\, and is mostly original music despite the title. \nRalston Bowles\nMany of you have heard Peter perform Ralston’s beautiful song “Fragile”- His songs have caught the attention of other musicians\, such as Caroline Aiken\, Rachael Davis and Drew Nelson . \nHis distinct brand of folk music is a contemporary gem that shares the social insights brought by ’60s and ’70s predecessors\, but allows for an infusion of worldly influence and carries an undeniable personal and independent tone. His writing has garnered prizes from American Songwriter Magazine\, Nashville Songwriters Association International\, Country Music Television\, Unisong\, International Song Competition and Kerrville New Folk. \nOn his debut “Carwreck Conversations” and the follow-up “Rally at the Texas Hotel”\, Ralston worked with producer Marvin Etzioni to create the finely crafted collections that songwriter Peter Mulvey described as “connected to another time\, burnished like an heirloom”. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-claudia-schmidt-ralston-bowles-dayna-kurtz/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121212T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121212T223059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T204815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121104T021157Z UID:1322-1355342400-1355351459@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter- REDBIRD DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT Read Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \nOUISEAU ROUGE \nRedbird is a loose affliction of four fine talents\, the ubiquitous Peter Mulvey\, Jeffrey Foucault\, Kris Delmhorst\, and David Goodrich– all imaginative instrumentalists and singers- who haunt the Cafe Carpe every December. They audially and audaciouslyand admirably pen a love letter to the body of American song- traditional tunes\, old jazz standards\, country songs\, and things that blur the line between those forms\, and sometimes slur their lines between songs as they spew camaraderie\, joy\, and the magic of live performance. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-redbird/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20121213T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20121213T230059 DTSTAMP:20260609T183846 CREATED:20121030T204913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121104T021123Z UID:1333-1355430600-1355439659@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:Lamplighter- REDBIRD DESCRIPTION:IMPORTANT Read Lamplighter post regarding these shows. \nOUISEAU ROUGE \nRedbird is a loose affliction of four fine talents\, the ubiquitous Peter Mulvey\, Jeffrey Foucault\, Kris Delmhorst\, and David Goodrich– all imaginative instrumentalists and singers- who haunt the Cafe Carpe every December. They audially and audaciouslyand admirably pen a love letter to the body of American song- traditional tunes\, old jazz standards\, country songs\, and things that blur the line between those forms\, and sometimes slur their lines between songs as they spew camaraderie\, joy\, and the magic of live performance. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-redbird-2/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson\, WI\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR