Cliff E. is a long-time favorite- a talented performer who will have you LOL. Tim Fast will open and accompany him. Red House recording artist Cliff Eberhardt knew by age seven that he was going to be a singer and songwriter. As a child Cliff taught himself to play guitar, piano, base and drums. In […]

Sam Llanas (formerly of the Bodeans) makes his return to the stage as a solo artist. He will be playing songs from his entire career, including songs from his recently released album 4 a.m. The show will start with a solo set, and then Sammy will be joined by his new back up band.

The Zombies will do a regular (as regular as anything gets for the Carpe or the Zombies) 3rd Thursday of each month gig here. Playing music that would make the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Foundation start mumbling verses of Virgil, Los Zombies keep it high and keep it getting higher* . Then when it seems really […]

Small Potatoes: This Chicago based folk duo of Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso say it has taken them years of careful indecision to develop a repertoire they describe as "Celtic to Cowboy." Superb musicianship and showmanship, award-winning songwriting, and a strong sense of tradition has made them, as Dirty Linen Magazine once said, "one of […]

Obvious Dog has performed their own blues and jazz throughout Wisconsin since 2001. In 2009 they (Bill Orth and Bruce Dethlefsen) joined forces with poet Cathryn Cofell to fuse poetry and music in a way that rocks and rolls antiquated notions of what makes us sing. Both Bruce and Cathryn are highly-published, award-winning poets and […]