IMPORTANT Read Lamplighter post regarding these shows. OUISEAU ROUGE Redbird 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 audaciously and admirably pen a love letter to the body of […]

IMPORTANT Read Lamplighter post regarding these shows. Peter Mulvey Known to many as a producer and accompanist for the likes of roots legend Chris Smither, newwave Americana craftsmen Peter Mulvey and Jeffrey Foucault, and folk sensation Redbird, David "Goody" Goodrich continues to hone a sound all his own. His music has been adapted for use […]

IMPORTANT Read Lamplighter post regarding these shows. Peter Mulvey Birds of Chicago is a collective based around JT Nero and Allison Russell. Whether touring as a duo or with the full family band, Nero and Russell have emerged as two of the most compelling new voices in North American Roots music. For several years Russell […]

due to weather.  Chad and Bonita were coming from the Twin Cities, which has had 13 inches of snow by Thursday afternoon.   We are turning the evening into an open stage instead.   Chad Elliott “Equal parts Townes Van Zant and Woody Guthrie. A remarkably competent finger style guitarist and arguably one of new […]

This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin graces us with a Saturday show, abandoning for the moment their every 2nd Thursday of the month slot. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist, […]