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:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240126T035738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T214148Z UID:8556-1714852800-1714860000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:AN EVENING WITH (OUT) JIM POST DESCRIPTION:Longtime friends and frequent collaborators are gathering to celebrate an uncommon life lived gloriously through song\, stories and on international stages. JIM POST was born (no doubt singing) in Houston\, Texas on October 28\,1939 and succumbed to heart failure on September 14\, 2022 in Dubuque\, Iowa. Performing Jim’s songs and telling tales will be Randy Sabien\, Dawn Farris\, Richard Pinney and Jeff Laramie. \nAn early clip of Jim Post here. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/an-evening-with-out-jim-post/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240510T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240510T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240129T004629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T223910Z UID:8570-1715371200-1715380200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CHRIS WAGONER & MARY GAINES/ JOHN PARROTT & GLENN ASCH DESCRIPTION:Buckle up for a great night featuring 2 virtuoso duos who each do a set\, and end the evening doing something all together. Buy tickets following the bios. \n Glenn Asch & John Parrott / Mid-Century Pop\, Western swing\, Jazz and Rural Music + Originals (violin\, guitar\, vocals) will begin the show. \nGLENN ASCH & JOHN PARROTT have been steady musical compatriots over the last 10 years. Anyone who has heard the Chris Hanson band knows about Glenn’s taste and virtuosity on the violin (and he literally wrote a book about jazz violin\, titled “Deluxe Anthology of Jazz Violin Styles”) while John’s songwriting\, vocals and his lively bounce on the acoustic archtop guitar in the rhythm section are hallmarks of that much-praised band. A long trail of credentials follows them both\, from Glenn’s chair in the violin section of the Milwaukee Symphony\, to John’s rhythm guitar adventures with renowned jazz mandolinists Jethro Burns and Don Stiernberg and local Milwaukee clarinet legend Chuck Hedges. \n Gaines & Wagoner / Original and Vintage Jazz\, Blues & Americana (violin\, cello\, mandolin\, lapsteel\, ukulele\, guitar and lots of vocals) will do the second set. \nGAINES & WAGONER are the award-winning multi-instrumental husband/wife duo of Mary Gaines and Chris Wagoner based in Madison.  Co-founders of several popular Wisconsin-based bands over the past nearly 40 years: Harmonious Wail (vintage string jazz)\, Common Faces (folk-soul)\, The Moon Gypsies (Americana/Roots-Rock)\, The Bob Westfall Band (new acoustic)\, Graminy (class-grass) and The Stellanovas (vintage jazz and blues).  Wagoner was voted Violinist of the Award in the 2023 Wisconsin Area Music Awards and both are recent inductees into the Madison Area Music Awards Hall of Fame.  Innumerable local\, regional\, national and international album credits include Willy Porter\, Freedy Johnston\, Peter Mulvey\, Carrie Newcomer (10 albums on Rounder Records)\, Tret Fure\, and work with producer\, Butch VIg on many indie and major-label projects including Smashing Pumpkins genre-defining 1991 Platinum album\, “Gish”.   URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/chris-wagoner-mary-gaines-john-parrott-glenn-asch/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240511T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240511T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240507T032537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T032537Z UID:8857-1715445000-1715450400@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:WRITE ON THE RIVER OPEN MIC DESCRIPTION:As part of a day celebrating Fort Atkinson poet LORINE NIEDECKER’s birthday\, pen your verse or prose and come share them or bring along a beloved piece to recite. \nOther events throughout Saturday \nSidewalk Chalk 9am to 11:30am\nLet your creativity flow onto the pavement at the Farmers Market. \nPedals and Poems Bike Tour- morning\nStarting at the Farmers Market. Pedal through key locations significant to Lorine’s story. Departure is set for the morning. \nBirthday Celebration at the Museum 10am to 2pm\nJoin us in honoring Lorine with a slice of birthday cake at the museum. \n  URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/write-on-the-river-open-mic/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240511T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240511T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240125T025107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T213350Z UID:8550-1715459400-1715466600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:LONG MAMA/ Maximiano DESCRIPTION:Ticket link will follow the bios. \nLONG MAMA \nLong Mama’s music blisters with the heart and grit of someone who has lost hard\, loved harder\, and licked her burns until they stung then silvered. In a drafty attic just west of the Milwaukee River she grew up on\, you’ll find songwriter KAT WODTKE (Wood-key) raking through notebooks in search of a salve: words\, stories\, and sounds to temper the dumpster fires we never mean to light. \nKAT teams up with guitarist ANDREW KOENIG and drummer NICK LANG\, a pair whose chemistry adds dusky afterglow to Wodtke’s musical landscapes\, as well as upright bass ace SAM ODIN from Horsehoes and Hand Grenades. \n​Poor Pretender\, Long Mama’s debut album released October 2022\, embraces a rich spectrum of light and shadow\, heat and cold. The ten-song collection’s palette of country\, folk\, indie rock\, and punk reflects its makers’ coming-of-age in the rustbelt crossroads of north\, south\, east\, & west. Engineered by Erik Koskinen and recorded live over a long\, snowy weekend in Cleveland\, Minnesota\, the record showcases the band’s particular ability to conjure the beautiful in the broken\, the silver in the ore. \nTheir friend MAXIMIANO will do an opening set. When singer-songwriter Max Janairo (they/them) performs by themself\, they go by their full first name: Maximiano. For the last year and a half\, Max has been writing and releasing music as part of the local band Crawlspace\, during which time many songs that didn’t fit that group’s aesthetic were stored away. Since the band’s break-up\, these songs have found new life and new meaning. Riding waves of indie folk orchestration\, Maximiano’s plaintive voice conveys the heartbreak\, love\, and growth that continue to define the artist’s musical experiences. In live solo performances\, Maximiano offers an intimate experience\, one that lets the communal love of music overtake and renew the emotion of these songs. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/long-mama-maximiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240516T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240516T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240507T025751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T161525Z UID:8848-1715887800-1715893200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CHARLIE PAINTER DESCRIPTION:Ticket link follows bio. \n\nCHARLIE PAINTER  is a self-studied\, self- producing\, Madison-based guitarist\, band leader and teacher since 2008. With 15 years of weekly/monthly residencies under his belt\, Painter’s multi-conceptual approach is informed by years of performance\, transcribing  records by ear\, and a recent mentorship under NYC Jazz guitarist Jordan Klemons since 2020. \n*2022 Jazz At Five Performer\n*2023 MAMA winner (Best Jazz Album – guitar on all tracks) \nHe will be appearing here with JEFF WEISS on upright bass. (Jeff played bass in Madison’s Harmonious Wail for six years and other big groups like The Big Payback.) \n\n \n \n \n \n  URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/charlie-painter/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240517T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240517T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240501T181911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T181911Z UID:8846-1715976000-1715983200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:LONESOME BILL CAMPLIN DESCRIPTION:Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and to let us know if you will be dining here that evening. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lonesome-bill-camplin-35/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240518T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240518T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240223T035920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240515T005252Z UID:8632-1716060600-1716067800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:ANCORA STRING QUARTET DESCRIPTION:The quartet consists of Benjamin Whitcomb-cello\,  Wes Luke- violin\,  Robin Ryan- violin\, and Sahada Buckley- viola. \nFor this spring program\, they will be performing a late string quartet by Mozart\, specifically the elegant D major quartet K575. To contrast with this\, they have the very expressive second string quartet by Tchaikovsky. Finally\, as a departure from both of these\, they will perform Janacek’s first string quartet subtitled “The Kreutzer Sonata”\, which was inspired by the Tolstoy novella by the same name. \nReminder to diners to please come an hour early. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/benjamin-whitcomb-chamber-music/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240519T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240519T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240327T032145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240515T004853Z UID:8723-1716143400-1716150600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:pat mAcdonald DESCRIPTION:Ticket link follows bio. We will open at 4:30\, and will be serving food. \nSince his techno-folk pioneering Timbuk3 days\, pat mAcdonald has been tinkering in relative obscurity. His one-man electro-blues experiments of the late ’90s/early 2000s led to the Lowebow-driven proto-rock of Purgatory Hill. Life- threatening illness in 2016 brought a long pause. \nNow\, five years cancer free\, he’s writing\, rediscovering the six-string\, and reanimating his pre-T3 acoustic roots with finger-style remakes from his back catalog. The new songs flirt with a twisted spirituality\, hints of hope & optimism embraced and defaced by his trademark darkish humor. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/pat-macdonald/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T201500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240524T221500 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240216T203626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T185536Z UID:8646-1716581700-1716588900@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SARAH MORRIS/ JILLIAN RAE DESCRIPTION:Buy ticket link follows bios. \n2018 Kerrville New Folk winner SARAH MORRIS’ endearingly honest\, expertly penned songs deliberately miss the forest for the trees. Armed with a poignantly relatable rainy day ache in her sunlit voice\, she weaves a winding path of masterful storytelling and timeless Americana melody that invites audiences to join her in celebrating the magic of our everyday minutia. Twice named the Midwest Country Music Organization’s Songwriter of the Year\, Sarah has shared stages with greats like JD Souther\, earned international airplay\, and reached notable positions on the Americana Music Association and Euro Americana charts. Sarah’s fifth album of original material\, Here’s To You\, was released on May 5th\, 2023. \nLauded as a “triple threat on vocals\, fiddle and composition” (Star Tribune)\, JILLIAN RAE is a fiercely unique spirit who cares more about making authentic music than about conforming to expectations. The Minneapolis-based\, classically trained violinist turned country fiddler has become a commanding international presence— writing powerful genre-bending songs\, heading up her own critically acclaimed indie rock band\, and backing up Grammy-winning acts like The Okee Dokee Brothers. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/sarah-morris-jillian-rae/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240525T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240215T214215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T220549Z UID:8634-1716667200-1716674400@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SAM KNUTSON/ Jeff Stehr DESCRIPTION:Buy tickets following bios: \nSAM KNUTSON is a singer-songwriter from Iowa City.  His most recent album is Donkey Island. He is happy as a pig in *#*@ in a listening room.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=d0-gRGmjEDU \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=7yy5pdcBYRQ \nFrom the Shepherd Express: “Sam Knutson’s 2022 release Donkey Island is a collection of observational folk songs. “Already Gone” recalls John Hartford’s breezy melancholy\, while “Prayer for the Downtown” leans into the lineage of fellow Iowan Greg Brown. The album’s sparse instrumentation allows Knutson’s songwriting to shine. In fact\, his Bandcamp discography reveals a songwriter ripe for discovery. Milwaukeean Jeff Stehr’s fondly recalled Jamaica-centric combo The Tritonics and his current project Still No Tomatoes present him in collaborative settings.” \nOpener Jeff Stehr is a glass half empty cognoscenti songwriter from Milwaukee\, Wisconsin. His songs are mostly wordplay and present-day doomsday reportage propelled by one drop rhythms and held aloft on ukulele wings and guitar strings. Jamaican ingredients conspire and collaborate with folk\, pop\, rock and blues influences to get into your head and steal your heart\, but all genres are accomplices. 

When not performing solo\, Jeff (guitar\, ukulele\, harmonica\, vocals) is one third of Still No Tomatoes\, a project launched in 2022 with his Tritonics bandmate Mike Lizzo (trombone\, baritone horn\, melodica\, vocals) and recently expanded to trio format with the addition of bassist Mark Walczynski. \nA perceptive reviewer’s comments on one of Still No Tomatoes’ duo shows last year noted observed… \n“In the diminutive Milwaukee ensemble “Still No Tomatoes”\, Jeff Stehr plays guitar and ukulele; Mike Lizzo\, trombone and baritone. Although their music is mostly original\, the texts of the proudly quirky duo are concerned with the familiar tropes and preoccupations that have long populated the American songbook.Yet the band comes across as triumphantly new. Perhaps it is the orchestration that allows for this impression. When was the last time that you heard a ukulele and trombone duet? When they sing together\, their voices are intervallically close; the sound soft and certain. Lizzo plays his trombone or baritone softly as if loudly would be impolite. They take water from a fountain of diverse experience and dip into a deep pool of genres. What to call it? Currently\, they describe their music as “Hodgepop”. This is accurate. Stehr takes generously from the songbook of his experience\, plays around with the hodgepge he finds\, and writes music that ranges from the witty to the poetic. Despite the impatience of its name\, “Still No Tomatoes” is ripe for the table.” \nJeff is the co-founder and band leader of the Jamaican roots-inspired ensemble the Tritonics and has also been a member of the Best Westerns\, the John Sieger Combo\, the Mike Benign Compulsion\, Mark Truesdell & The Lost Pioneers\, World Roots\, Brave New Groove and C-Food Buffet\, who once accidentally opened for Jimmy Buffet at Alpine Valley Music Theater in 1990. \n\n \n \n \n \n  URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/sam-knutson-jeff-stehr-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240529T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240529T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240416T203852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240514T031833Z UID:8799-1717007400-1717014600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SONG CIRCLE w/ TRICIA ALEXANDER DESCRIPTION:Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer\, poet\, healer\, “with a voice\, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally\, not from the stage\, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers\, songwriters\, musicians and music appreciators\, poets\, and storytellers held somewhat regularly on the last Wednesday (switched from Thursday) of each month. \nTraditional Round Robin protocol applies – everyone is part of the circle and has an opportunity to: play\, pass or request a song from someone in particular or from anyone in the circle. \nEveryone is welcome to attend. $5 cover for musicians and audience. Come early and have a bite to eat- therein lies our sustenance. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/song-circle-w-tricia-alexander-60/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240531T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240531T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240126T045524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T024539Z UID:8562-1717185600-1717192800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:TODD ALBRIGHT/ Adam Kiesling DESCRIPTION:Ticket link follows bios. \nTODD ALBRIGHT  is a country blues\, twelve string guitar player and vocalist based in Detroit\, Michigan. Grounded in the pre-war era of the blues tradition (1880-1939)\, Todd is a mindful purveyor of blues history. His repertoire upholds musical pillars such as Blind Willie McTell\, George Carter\, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly. His life’s work continues the distinguished tradition of the very roots of American music as told by the African American musicians who created it. \n\n\n\nTodd’s vigorous\, gritty and soulful performances are accompanied by stories of the masters and a deep intuitive sense of respect for craft\, providing audiences with a meaningful experience while creating a transcendent moment. One of the top blues guitarists in the world\, Todd is the only contemporary twelve string player in his genre. \nTodd began playing the blues while still a teenager\, some twenty-five years ago. Initially\, he was drawn to the sound of the finger-picked style and has since immersed himself in the foundational music and narratives of American culture. Over the years\, Todd has shared the stage with artists such as Roy Book Binder\, Charlie Parr\, Paul Geremia\, and Dakota Dave Hull. \nTodd’s first full-length LP\, Fourth Floor Visitor\, was released by Jett Plastic Recordings out of Detroit\, Michigan (2017). His latest album\, Detroit Twelve String: Blues & Rags\, is out now on Third Man Records (2017). \nADAM KIESLING will open. His favorite thing to do is play his guitar and back up a good oldtime fiddler. He got his start playing bass as a teenager in south-eastern Wisconsin\, and ended up playing more guitar after moving to the Twin Cities in the early 90s\, where he fell down the rabbit hole of flatpicked fiddle tunes à la Norman Blake and the country blues of Mississippi John Hurt. Adam started playing old-time string band music around 2000 and spent some time with the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers\, the Mill City Grinders\, and also had a stint as the bass player for Pert Near Sandstone from 2010 to 2014. In addition to performing as a solo artist\, Adam’s main musical output has been with Corpse Reviver\, a Minneapolis-based trio who focuses on the music found on Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music. His latest solo recording\, Down The River I Go\, was released in September of 2023. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/todd-albright-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240601T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240601T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240522T232820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240522T233016Z UID:8894-1717266600-1717273800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:ACOUSTIC OPEN STAGE DESCRIPTION:This is an acoustic open stage\, sound system set up in advance\, just stand up and play. \nShare your songs (or stories- storytellers welcome) in a two song (think 7-9 minutes) rotation with whoever else is there to play\, being respectful of others. \nPlease support our business by buying drink and/or food. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/acoustic-open-stage-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240606T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240606T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240416T204804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240606T160540Z UID:8801-1717704000-1717711200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SETH BERNARD DESCRIPTION:TICKET LINK follows bio. \nSETH BERNARD came to an understanding early that music\, poetry and art\, along with activism\, farming and earth science\, all intertwine into one great work. Probably because of the crowded farm dinner table\, where books of poetry\, tapes of jazz\, blues\, rock n’ roll and traditional music\, guests of all kinds\, and even the occasional raptor being rehabbed all shared space. Some folks call this “folklife\,” and in Seth’s music it’s as likely to show up through a Casio SK-1 or a Gretsch electric as much as a fiddle or high harmony. \nIn recent years\, Bernard has launched the Clean Water Campaign for Michigan\, a social movement using storytelling and music to uplift the groundswell of support for water issues\, and Title Track\, a non-profit organization engaging creative practice to work for clean water\, racial equity\, and youth empowerment. \n“I know that the future of music is in good hands with people like Seth around to be its caretaker. More importantly\, I know the future of our world is in good hands.”– Greg Brown\, Folk Legend \n “This music not only swings\, rocks\, and grooves – it matters. It’s the voice of a real community\, with a sound and a message the world needs to hear.” – Bill McKibben\, Author\, environmentalist\, journalist \n “The argument for the most influential human in the Michigan music uprising of the past decade may begin and end with one Seth Bernard.” – Jack Clark\, Red House Concerts URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/seth-bernard/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240607T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240607T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240129T231350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240524T214124Z UID:8587-1717790400-1717797600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:MARK STUART DESCRIPTION:Ticket link follows bio. \nMARK STUART spends every year as a full-time working artist and musician. Mostly performing his own unique shows\, doing singer-songwriter concerts\, he can be witnessed excelling as a band guitarist at hometown Nashville\, Tennessee gigs or sessions\, too. \nNotable artists such as Freddy Fender\, Steve Earle\, Joan Baez\, and Steve Forbert have employed him for his musicianship. In a duo act with his artist wife\, Stacey Earle\, he spent thousands of days on tour and released many albums on their own independent label\, Gearle Records. \nWhether it be Cambridge Folk Festival\, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\, MTV\, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival\, Stan Rogers Folk Festival\, Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, Kerrville Folk Festival\, Merlefest\, or countless small festivals and theaters\, Stuart’s storytelling\, guitar playing\, vocals\, or songs have caught the attention of music lovers. \nWhen asked to define Mark Stuart’s music it is virtually impossible\, as his versatility screams out loud. Rock\, blues\, folk\, country\, and more are evident in his performance. Electric\, acoustic\, slide guitar-all make up his musical toolbox. Travis-style\, Chicago blues\, honky tonk country\, finger-style folk-all are there when you hear him. His songs are oftentimes autobiographic pieces\, but\, can be constructed from the viewpoint of a lifelong troubadour who is paying attention to the world he sees around him. He could\, at any given time\, toss a Paul McCartney or John Fogerty or Woodie Guthrie song into his set. \n\n \n \n \n \n  URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/mark-stuart-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240608T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240608T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240430T204127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240522T175627Z UID:8804-1717876800-1717884000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:THE FLYING CHAUCERS DESCRIPTION:THE FLYING CHAUCERS  aka Daniel Connolly and Keralee Gueneviere — \nbegan auspiciously and explosively in 2013 when K stumbled upon D’s gig on a subzero night in a famous Chicago dive bar. With her face towards a Guinness and her back towards the band\, Keralee heard Daniel’s empyrean harmonies and delicatatious finger pluckings; then turned around to “face the music..” \nSince then\, in the great bardic tradition\, The Chaucers have sung together and separately to Kings & Queens\, commoners and communists\, miscreants and magistrates\, luminaries and lay-bouts\, the pretentious and the still-pretending in Chicago\, Mexico\, Colorado\, Minnesota\, Nashville\, Wisconsin and points beyond… \nAnd…. if you aren’t too darn careful they are going to come to your house and sing to you! Join in the fun wherever you can find us; two hot meals\, a bed and some scratch for the road keeps us going a long\, long time. Influenced by the great Crosby Stills Nash\, Neil Young\, Fairport Convention\, Iggy Pop\, David Bowie\, Linda Ronstadt\, John Prine\, Wilco\, America’s Best Contacts\, The International House of Pancakes\, Harry Nielson and oh yeah America’s biggest ball of twine! URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-flying-chaucers/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240613T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240613T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240304T044028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T044028Z UID:8676-1718308800-1718316000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:3 legged SHITUNAUTS-day 1 of 4 Thursday DESCRIPTION:WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN \n(Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.) URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/3-legged-shitunauts-day-1-of-4-thursday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240614T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240614T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240304T044325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T044325Z UID:8678-1718397000-1718404200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:3 legged SHITUNAUTS- day 2 of 4 Friday DESCRIPTION:WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN \n(Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.) URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/3-legged-shitunauts-day-2-of-4-friday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240615T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240615T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240304T044526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T044549Z UID:8680-1718483400-1718490600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:3-legged SHITUNAUTS- day 3 of 4 Saturday DESCRIPTION:WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN \n(Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.) URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/shitunauts-day-3-of-4-saturday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240616T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240616T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240304T044815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240616T124906Z UID:8682-1718560800-1718568000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SHITUNAUTS- day 4 of 4- Sunday DESCRIPTION:WILLY PORTER   RANDY SABIEN  BILL CAMPLIN \n(Peter Mulvey found something worse to do.) \nWe will open at 4\, and are serving food.  Please come at least an hour early if you plan on eating here. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/shitunauts-day-4-of-4-sunday/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240620T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240620T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240320T204740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240610T024321Z UID:8747-1718911800-1718919000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:ROD MACDONALD DESCRIPTION:ROD MACDONALD  ticket link follows bio \nSome of you may know Rod from the days he played at Charlotte’s Web in Rockford. His visits to the Midwest are rare\, so take advantage of this opportunity. \nRod MacDonald is an American singer-songwriter\, novelist\, and educator.[1] He was a “big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs”\,[2] performing at the Speakeasy\, The Bottom Line\, Folk City\, and the “Songwriter’s Exchange” at the Cornelia Street Cafe. He co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. He is perhaps best known for his songs “American Jerusalem“\, about the “contrast between the rich and the poor in Manhattan” (Sing Out!)\, “A Sailor’s Prayer”\, “Coming of the Snow”\, “Every Living Thing”\, and “My Neighbors in Delray”\, a description of the September 11 hijackers’ last days in Delray Beach\, Florida\, where MacDonald has lived since 1995. His songs have been covered by Dave Van Ronk\, Shawn Colvin\, Four Bitchin’ Babes\, Jonathan Edwards\, Garnet Rogers\, Joe Jencks\, and others. His 1985 recording “White Buffalo” is dedicated to Lakota Sioux ceremonial chief and healer Frank Fools Crow\, whom he visited in 1981 and 1985\, and who appears with MacDonald in the cover photograph. Since 1995 MacDonald has lived in south Florida\, where his cd\, “Later that Night” was named “Best Local Cd of 2014” by The Palm Beach Post [3] and reached the top ten in national roots music charts. His first novel\, The Open Mike\, about a young man in the open mike scene of Greenwich Village\, was published on December 5\, 2014\, by Archway Publishing.[4] On May 1\, 2018\, MacDonald released his 13th solo recording\, “Beginning Again\,” on Blue Flute Music.[5] URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/rod-macdonald/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240621T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240621T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240219T224828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T230411Z UID:8619-1719001800-1719009000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:MIKE COMPTON & JOE NEWBERRY DESCRIPTION:MIKE COMPTON and JOE NEWBERRY\,  masters of old-time mandolin and banjo/guitar\, dig deep into early country music and blues. Their duet-singing\, two-man string band ranges between traditional songs\, instrumentals\, ‘mother’ ballads and original tunes. It’s not about the number of notes with Compton and Newberry\, but telling the truth and respecting the song. More bio following ticket link. \n\n \n \n \n \nMike Compton is a Grammy award winner\, IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year nominee\, a steady sideman for John Hartford from 1994 until Hartford’s death in 2001\, and mandolinist for the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Mike is inarguably the world expert on Bill Monroe-style bluegrass mandolin\, and is also steeped in old-time fiddle tunes\, early string band music and Delta blues. He’s entertained from Carnegie Hall and the White House to our house. \nKnown far and wide for his powerful banjo playing\, Joe Newberry is a prize-winning guitarist\, songwriter\, and singer to boot. In addition to his work with Mike\, Joe plays with fiddler and step-dancer April Verch. He was a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion\, and was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions. He won the songwriting prize for “Gospel Recorded Performance” at the 2012 IBMA Awards for his song\, Singing As We Rise\, and was co-writer\, with Eric Gibson\, of the 2013 IBMA Song of the Year for They Called It Music. \n  URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/mike-compton-joe-newberry/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240207T001721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T023307Z UID:8611-1719086400-1719093600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:JOY CLARK DESCRIPTION:JOY CLARK is a New Orleans-born singer-songwriter\, lyrical guitarist and composer who creates soulful compositions that celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love. Her intricate rhythms and warm melodies reveal a sweet vulnerability that have enchanted audiences around the world. Growing up the daughter of a minister\, she learned to create an atmosphere ripe for an emotional experience. She believes music is her ministry and intimacy is her superpower. Listen to Joy’s latest single “Good Thing” wherever you get your music. \nSistaStrings say “Joy Clark is hands down one of our favorite musicians making music right now. With meaningful lyrics and her own distinct style of guitar playing\, this will certainly be a night you don’t want to miss!!” \n(You may have seen her perform with her (and our) pals Allison Russell and SistaStrings.) URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/joy-clark/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240610T141015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240610T141246Z UID:8970-1719426600-1719433800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SONG CIRCLE w/ TRICIA ALEXANDER DESCRIPTION:Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer\, poet\, healer\, “with a voice\, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally\, not from the stage\, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers\, songwriters\, musicians and music appreciators\, poets\, and storytellers held somewhat regularly on the last Wednesday (formerly Thursday) of each month. \nTraditional Round Robin protocol applies – everyone is part of the circle and has an opportunity to: play\, pass or request a song from someone in particular or from anyone in the circle. \nEveryone is welcome to attend. $5 cover for musicians and audience. Come early and have a bite to eat- therein lies our sustenance. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/song-circle-w-tricia-alexander-61/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240628T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240628T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240215T202933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240618T023356Z UID:8636-1719604800-1719612000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:GRANT PEEPLES/ The Rough and Tumble DESCRIPTION:A self-described “tree-hugger that watches NASCAR\,” GRANT PEEPLES is known for his axe-sharp socio-political tunes\, raucous humor and heart-gigging ballads.  More bio follows ticket link. \n\n \n \n \n \nHe is the recipient of the Focus Foundation Award for Creative Excellence\, which cited the “humor\, compassion and wisdom of his songs\,” and their “unflinching social insight and cultural acuity.” Grant tours coast to coast\, and is a regular performer at The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival\, the 30A Songwriters Festival\, and The Florida\, Folk Festival. January 2019 marked a second tour in The Netherlands\, where FolkForum.nl described him “…a pure storyteller\, in the best American folk tradition…” and his show “…one of those gems that you will remember for a long time…” \nGurf Morlix\, who has produced Lucinda Williams\, Mary Gauthier\, Ray Wiley Hubbard\, Robert Earl Keen\, and Slaid Cleaves—has produced five of Grant’s records\, including his most recent release of original songs\, “Settling Scores Vol II” (2018)\, and a special release\, ‘Bad Wife\,’ (Feb 2020) a collection of songs written by women songwriters\, a tribute to women in the year of the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote in the US. \nGrant has invited  The Rough and Tumbleis a toe-tapping bluegrass/Americana duo from New Hampshire\, to open for him \n“The Rough & Tumble make music that’s progressive folk style\, rooted in acoustic bluegrass\, with lyrics that are provocative and sensitive on each side as you flip the coin.” ~ Americana Highways  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/grant-peeples-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240629T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240629T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240608T201110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T022528Z UID:8943-1719691200-1719696600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN & MICHAEL HECHT DESCRIPTION:Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and let us know if you will dine here that night.   \nLiterary artist MICHAEL HECHT will read excerpts from speeches or literature\, and BILL CAMPLIN will sing a song between each excerpt. Readings this time will be from Jimmy Baca\,Van Gogh\, Mary Oliver\,  Tennesee Williams\, and Hecht himself. \nThey have done this collaboration many times with different readings\, and really enjoy the concept\, as have those in attendance. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-michael-hecht/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240703T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T113000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240416T230326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240530T023354Z UID:8807-1719993600-1720783800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CLOSED JULY 3 thru JULY 11 DESCRIPTION:celebrating our independence URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/closed-july-3-thru-july-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240224T212245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T123026Z UID:8673-1720816200-1720823400@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:PIPER ROAD DESCRIPTION:PIPER ROAD for this run is: \n\n\nRandal Harrison – Fiddle\nBob Mason – Mandolin\nJohn Widdicombe — Bass\nMike Schmidt- Banjo\nBarry Riese — Guitar – Vocals\nBill Kangaroo — Washboard\n\n\nPiper Road Spring Band was born into the age of rock & roll with individual backgrounds diverse as classical\, cowboy\, folk\, blues and Dixieland. Influenced by some live performances of Doc Watson and Bill Monroe and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band release of “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” in the early 1970’s\, they put away the electric amps and guitars and developed a unique acoustic/bluegrass style. They never completely abandoned their musical roots and have blended Irish fiddle tunes with American country\, big band\, novelty and space-aged Grateful Dead inspired jams. \nThe band continues to swing! With their strong bond of friendship\, commitment to quality musicianship and continuing support of a strong fan base\, Piper Road invites you to join them as their show hits the road. The current Piper Road roster has accumulated over 100 years of experience performing together. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/piper-road-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240713T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240713T223000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240320T203619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T134647Z UID:8745-1720902600-1720909800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:DRIFTLESS REVELERS DESCRIPTION:Buy tickets below.  Bio will follow ticket link. \n\n \n \n \n \nA DRIFTLESS REVELERS show will lure you in with their joy–keep you dancing with their search for the cosmic groove in the confines of stringed instruments–and will send you on your way with flashbacks of the Driftless Revelry found only in the essence of the intangible reaches of notes once played– that then fall silent. \n“Scrappy string-based freak-folk\, featuring songs like ‘Meat Raffle Mambo\,’ ‘Wisconsin Saturday Nights’ and ‘Jesus Shaves’ that both revere and good-naturedly poke fun at state culture — [The Driftless Revelers] may remind listeners of Lou and Peter Berryman or even the old Free Hot Lunch! band.”–Isthmus Magazine\, Madison\, WI.\n\n​”It’s a little ‘out there’: Driftless Revelers release American Fork Standards–Volume One Magazine\, Eau Claire\n\nThe Driftless Revelers formed in the second spring of the first global pandemic of the 21st century\, with one ear turned toward the shellac platters and Victrola virtuosos of the early to mid 20th century\, and the other ear glued to the soundscapes of the 1960’s & 1970’s American freak-folk scene.\n\n​Featuring the original songwriting of Ben Nelson\, Matthew R. Sayles\, and Jerod Kaszynski\, the Driftless Revelers will pleasure a crowd with plectral banjo tones\, the mournful wailing of resophonic steel guitars\, and the up-right bass bellows of an era that can’t quite be defined\, but revels in the timeless ephemera of weird old-time American music.\n\n​With influences as varied and eccentric as a proper musty smelling thrift store record collection\, the band grooves merrily through early roots blues and jazz music\, to hillbilly and string band howlers\, all the way into the not-quite folk but not-quite psychedelic realms of their own creation. bellows of an era that can’t quite be defined\, but revels in the timeless ephemera of weird old-time American music. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/driftless-revelers-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240717T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240717T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T172154 CREATED:20240608T202001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T115553Z UID:8945-1721244600-1721251800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:LES OISEAUX/ Sam Landowski DESCRIPTION:Please call 920-563-9391 to reserve seats and to let us know if you will be eating here that night.  \nOtherwise known as the glocal celebrity couple PINCYNTH\, Jeremy Pinc and Cynthia Holt are spreading their “ailes” and taking off in a new artistic direction. Expect to be transported to new heights by their soaring harmonies and migrate across lakes of poetic beauty as LES OISEAUX dip their beaks in the feathered nest that is LE CAFE CARPE. \nHome-grown Sam Landowski opens. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/les-oiseaux/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR