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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141228T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141228T203000
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SUMMARY:THE MERRY HORDE- annual Food Pantry benefit
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 4:30- Packers will have had their victory by then.  We will be serving some version of our menu. \nHark the Herald Horde sings!  Loads of Fun\, good music\, great harmonies are the thoughts that come to mind whenever The Merry Horde performs. The oft repeated phrase following each performance is “…and a good time was had by all”. So join us for a historic romp through a medley of bluegrass\, and selected tunes from the 60’s & 70’s with one of Fort’s own\, locally harvested\, bands. These guys may be getting up there\, but they can still bash out the chords and belt out the harmonies that will make the hair on your arms stand straight up!?! \nAnd to boot\, this performance is for a good cause- all proceeds will go to the FORT ATKINSON FOOD PANTRY.  The music and the fun are free. So bring some canned or packaged goods\, or stop by your favorite ATM on the way down so you can make a cash donation of your choosing to the Food Pantry. Please call the Cafe Carpe 920-563-9391 to reserve seats.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-merry-horde-annual-food-pantry-benefit/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141227T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141227T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141112T132151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141224T170126Z
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SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN & THE HOSTS OF CHRISTMAS IS PAST
DESCRIPTION:Bill and the band\, together again\, to bring you their version of holiday cheer.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-the-hosts-of-post-christmas/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141226T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141226T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141112T202205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20151107T182706Z
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SUMMARY:SYD HARTHA & the MONKEYMINDS
DESCRIPTION:SYD HARTHA and the MONKEYMINDS are Greg Valde\, Looper Lucas\, Scott McCormick\, & Blaine McQuinn.  They will be offering their 9th annual Merry Carpe-mas holiday concert – which is unlikely to include much holiday music.  However\, there will be folk\, blues\, comedy and group therapy services available.  Guitars\, harmonica\, vocals\, fiddle\, accordion\, shaker egg\, and so much more!! \n“Sure it’s juvenile and irreverent\, but if you drink enough it’s not that bad.”  (anonymous satisfied customer)
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/syd-hartha-the-monkeyminds/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141221T213000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141119T221747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141209T224953Z
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SUMMARY:DORGKNORL DOINGS with BILL CAMPLIN/ SATCHEL PAIGE/ DAVID GOODRICH/ SAVANNAH WELCH CAMPLIN
DESCRIPTION:It’s a family affair including BILL CAMPLIN\, SATCHEL PAIGE\, SAVANNAH WELCH CAMPLIN\, and brother GOODY\, and it may not be over until the very thin lady sings. \nWe will celebrate the release of Bill’s new CD of his original songs called Understory\, produced by Satchel and recorded in Nashville with some of its finest young talents.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/dorgknorl-doings-with-bill-camplin-satchel-paige-david-goodrich-savannah-welch-camplin/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141220T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141220T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141021T185750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141211T144529Z
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SUMMARY:WILLY PORTER w/ Carmen NICKERSON and David GOODRICH
DESCRIPTION:  \n WILLY PORTER plays this night with Carmen Nickerson\, and the amazing David Goodrich. \n“I found Willy on iTunes six years ago. Went to see him live and joined the converted.”\n— Al Kooper (Bob Dylan/Blood\, Sweat & Tears) \n“”Bank” is Porter at the top of his game…”\n— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel \n“Willy Porter is perhaps best known as a down tuned six string wonder\, but as a singer and a writer\, and as a showman\, he merits equal regard.”\n— Puremusic.com \n“Thank goodness he doesn’t play the flute.”\n— Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull \n“Porter is a dazzling acoustic guitarist with a moody baritone…”\n— The Washington Post \n“Willy plays rhythms that make me want to crawl inside his guitar and sleep there forever.”\n— Tori Amos \n“Willy Porter captures the street corner ethic of acoustic performance perfectly.”\n— The Village Voice \n“Porter accentuates well – rendered tales with spit – fire – percussive acoustic guitar strumming and fiery color – chord picking.” \n— Billboard \n“If you have never heard of this guy before\, you are in for the musical discovery for a lifetime…” and “…he can still play guitar perhaps greater than anyone else on the planet.” \n— Listen To This \n“Porter plays intelligent\, groove — heavy folk with hearty abandon”\n— Santa Fe New Mexican \n“With his exquisite\, tranquil guitar work\, Willy Porter could easily astonish an audience without singing one note. His ability to engage the audience with his personality and intellect raises Porter from the level of guitar wonk into the realm of masterful performer.”\n— Earvolution \n“An acoustic picker with the Olympian speed of Leo Kottke bolstered by rootsy vocals and twisting\, offbeat lyrics that evoked John Hiatt…”\n— Boston Globe
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/willy-porter-w-carmen-nickerson/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141219T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141219T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141016T175325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141124T184544Z
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SUMMARY:LAMPLIGHTER- REDBIRD  SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for the REDBIRD shows have sold out.  You can leave a comment on Brown Paper Tickets in the discussion section for any event to find or get rid of tickets. \nPlease read LAMPLIGHTER BURNS AGAIN to learn the ins and outs of these shows. \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 audaciously and 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-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141218T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141218T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141017T015120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141213T190116Z
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SUMMARY:LAMPLIGHTER- PETER MULVEY/DAVID GOODRICH/BIRDS OF CHICAGO SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Please read LAMPLIGHTER BURNS AGAIN to learn the ins and outs of these shows. \nWe interrupt the Wednesday and Friday Redbird shows with two of its members in another stellar show\, featuring the talents of one PETER MULVEY\, one DAVID GOODRICH\, and two BIRDS OF CHICAGO. \n“Peter Mulvey is reaching for gold with his new record The Silver Ladder\, produced by Chuck Prophet.  ” \nThe eclectic range of Mulvey’s tireless past pays handsome dividends on this stylistically sweeping\, LA-recorded album. A crack specially convened band (including regular Dylan drummer David Kemper) adhere to his well-established live and direct recording approach and allow the performer’s deeply matured\, naturally wry and hard-edged Americana to attain full\, flowing life. From the raunchy melodic pop of “Sympathies” through suburban requiem “Remember the Milkman”\, the dizzying weirdness of “If You Shoot At A King” and even Led Zeppelin modal thunder on “Copenhagen Airport”\, Mulvey’s troubled visions attain striking clarity. – Gavin Martin\, Uncut \nDavis Enterprise:\n“The cream of the crop… sings with a clarity reserved for the likes of legends.” \nMojo (UK):\n“Singularly gifted.” \nBoston Globe:\n“Peter Mulvey is all substance\, which is his style.” \nBIRDS of CHICAGO is a collective based around JT Nero and Allison Russell. Whether touring as a duo (in this case) or with the full family band\, Nero and Russell have emerged as two of the most compelling new voices in North American Roots music. \nFor several years Russell and Nero’s respective bands\, Po’ Girl (Vancouver\, BC) and JT and the Clouds (Chicago\, IL)\, have collaborated extensively\, but on 2011’s Mountains/Forests\, released under the JT Nero banner\, they tapped into the true\, bewitching power of their voices together on an entire record. It also featured the full cast of characters that would round out the Birds of Chicago ensemble — the Clouds and Michelle McGrath\, the luminous singer and picker from the hidden hills of Southeast Ohio. \nNero’s fractured country-soul voice wrapped in Russell’s silver and gold tones\, is a fine thing. Not too perfect\, not at all saccharine\, you’ll hear echoes of mountain gospel\, street corner doo-wop\, and classic soul. Accompanied by just a banjo and a guitar\, it’s haunting. Fired by the band\, it’s a full tilt revival. \n“Everyone at Folk Alliance was talking about this band built around husband and wife Allison Russell and JT Nero. The acclaim was earned. Allison comes off  like  a demure young lady with a delightful Toronto accent when she speaks\, but when she sings\, she’s Aretha Franklin. They performed original music\, folk with a rock bend\, with a touch of gospel thrown in. By the end of the festival\, their shows were standing-room only\, if you could get into the room at all.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer – Mar. 2014) “The blend of the musicians’ voices is truly something to be celebrated at length. JT’s has been described as ‘fractured country-soul’ whereas Allison’s is just as soulful in its own bittersweet way; both have that slight touch of roughness too\, which makes it possible for them to draw on influences of anything from gospel to doo-wop and classic soul when singing.” (Folk and Roots; January\, 2013) \nDavid Goodrich Known to many as a producer and accompanist for the likes of roots legend Chris Smither\, new-wave 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 in feature and documentary films\, museum exhibits\, and even video games. Fans of Pat Metheny\, Bill Frisell\, and Ry Cooder will find DUST OF MANY HORSES the perfect companion.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-petermulveydavidgoodrichbirdsofchicago/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141217T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141217T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141016T174447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141124T184342Z
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SUMMARY:LAMPLIGHTER- REDBIRD-SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Tickets for the REDBIRD shows have sold out.  You can leave a comment on Brown Paper Tickets in the discussion section for any event to find or get rid of tickets. \nPlease read LAMPLIGHTER BURNS AGAIN to learn the ins and outs of these shows. \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 audaciously and 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-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141017T025205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141209T222624Z
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SUMMARY:LAMPLIGHTER- PETER MULVEY/ MARK ERELLI/ BILL CAMPLIN/ RANDY SABIEN
DESCRIPTION:Back at it with the winter Lamplighter Series\, done in the half round with three to four musicians\, one of them usualbeing Peter Mulvey\, rotating songs & stories and musicianifying and magicianifying together. Please go to the LAMPLIGHTER BURNS AGAIN POST for more details. \nPeter explains it thus: \n“People\, this is the heart of what I do. I love to get musicians together and to play music in its raw\, conversational form. To listen\, to jump in without knowing exactly what comes next\, to be surprised and enlivened. This is the holy grail for me: to play music as though it’s happening offstage\, for pure joy and discovery and communication between friends and strangers. And over the past decade or so\, first in the winter at my hometown Cafe Carpe\, and then over the past three years at my home-away-from-hometown ClubPassim\, I’ve found a way to tease this kind of offstage music into an onstage situation: The Lamplighter Sessions. It changes every year\, but then\, don’t we all? Trust me\, you should get to one of these shows if you can. Lightning will strike.” \nPETER MULVEY – “master guitar wizard\, erudite song writer and just all around great guy.  The depth in any Mulvey song is incredible from the mastery of tune & rhythm\, to the lyrics\, even down to the concept of his albums”. Whitney Luckett \nSome new Lamplighter fuel tonight with MARK ERELLI.  Mark has tackled everything from western swing and protest songs to lullabies and murder ballads\, all in a richly expressive voice that Twangville.com heralds as “the male counterpart to Neko Case.” It is a journey that has taken him from church basement coffeehouses to the main stage of the Newport Folk Festival\, stopping briefly along the way to sing the national anthem at Fenway Park.  Erelli still indulges his teenage fascination with guitar solos\, though it has evolved into a career as an in-demand multi-instrumentalist sideman. These days\, fans are just as likely to find Erelli backing up Lori McKenna at the Grand Ole Opry\, or Josh Ritter at London’s Royal Albert Hall\, as they are to see a solo acoustic performance at venerable listening rooms like Harvard Square’s Club Passim.  \n“Erelli’s beautiful new thematic album\, Delivered\, is an important release…(he) articulates his topics so well and his characters are so engrossing that it is worth the emotional investment. (A) soul-stirring endeavor…” – Huffington Post.com \n“Mark Erelli made me forget that I was reviewing his new cd\, “Delivered”…it’s that good. (It’s a) Certified Desert Island Disc\, and is a must to own.”  Wildy’s World \nRANDY SABIEN is no stranger to our stage\, and no stranger than anyone else who has graced it.  He regularly steps beyond the boundaries of what many think of as jazz\, forging headlong into the worlds of rock\, blues and funk. His career began with classical violin lessons\, he soon picked up fiddling and from there it was only natural he would find himself playing along with his favorite rock tunes. Then at age 19 he was reborn with the discovery that you could play jazz on the violin. The resulting sound is swinging\, rocking\, rhythmic and bluesy with a fiddle that often plays more like a saxophone than a violin. There are shades of Duke and Miles and you can certainly hear the echoes of the great jazz violinists from the swing era but above all\, Randy is a product of his time – someone who grew up playing the violin while immersed in the music of the 60s and 70s. \n“Jazz violinists usually draw from one of two traditions. The best of both can be found in the superb Randy Sabien… he combines classical technique and folk energy in a program that’s still strictly jazz. ”  USA TODAY \nBILL CAMPLIN is no stranger to our stage or to Peter or to Randy\, who has admitted in weaker moments to enjoying accompanying Bill.  Bill is a  fine lad with a fine voice\,  but give him JimBeam instead of djembe.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-mark-erelli-bill-camplin-randy-sabien/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141213T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141213T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140917T165451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141021T195642Z
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SUMMARY:CORKY SIEGEL & HOWARD LEVY
DESCRIPTION:CORKY SIEGEL and HOWARD LEVY:  A Harmonica Convergence of Two Giants of Jazz and Blues \nThe contrasting musical conversations between these two giants of jazz and blues\, both who are stellar performers on harmonica and piano\, has proven to be a riveting edge-of-your-seat experience. Individuality\, uniqueness\, playfulness and adventure\, are all trademarks of both the stylings of Siegel and Levy. They draw the audience in with an intimacy to their performance in a way that only old friends of several decades – with a special connection\, can. They constantly conjole with a grand sense of humor while dazzling you with sheer jaw-dropping skill and virtuosity. They will definitely get you in the holiday spirit as they perform some seasonal classics with their own original twist. \nCorky Siegel is\, of course\, the award-winning composer who\, at a very young age\, learned his craft at the feet of such legendary first generation bluesmen as Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf and as a part of Siegel-Schwall Band. With his Chamber Blues ensemble\, he is credited with moving the blues from smokey clubs onto the classical concert stage and obliterating musical categorization in the process. \nHoward Levy is probably best known as a founding member of the GRAMMY winning group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He has recorded with a long list of greats such as Paul Simon and Dolly Parton\, as well as frequent guest appearances performing on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion’s weekly National Public Radio show. \nAny audience member who attended their last rare foray together can tell you this evening is definitely one not to be missed.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/corky-siegel-howard-levy-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141212T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141212T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141022T120949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141212T215528Z
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SUMMARY:LAMPLIGHTER- PETER MULVEY/ JOSH HARTY/ BRIANNA LANE/ MATT DAVIES
DESCRIPTION:  \nTODAY is the day of the show\, and there is quite a bit of room left.  You may also call the Carpe to see about reserving space. \n  \nBack at it with the winter Lamplighter Series\, done in the half round with three to four musicians\, one of them usually being PETER MULVEY\, rotating songs & stories and musicianifying and magicianifying together.  Please go to the LAMPLIGHTER BURNS AGAIN  post for more details. \nPeter explains it thus: \n“People\, this is the heart of what I do. I love to get musicians together and to play music in its raw\, conversational form. To listen\, to jump in without knowing exactly what comes next\, to be surprised and enlivened. This is the holy grail for me: to play music as though it’s happening offstage\, for pure joy and discovery and communication between friends and strangers. And over the past decade or so\, first in the winter at my hometown Cafe Carpe\, and then over the past three years at my home-away-from-hometown ClubPassim\, I’ve found a way to tease this kind of offstage music into an onstage situation: The Lamplighter Sessions. It changes every year\, but then\, don’t we all? Trust me\, you should get to one of these shows if you can. Lightning will strike.” \nJOSH HARTY‘s unique blend of American music has become a must-hear for those who keep the tradition of country\, blues and folk close to their hearts. Born and raised on the plains of North Dakota\, Josh has continued the old family tradition of playing guitar. His father\, both a preacher\, and the Police Chief of their small town\, was also Harty’s music mentor. \n“An honest voice and fingers that seem to catch fire!” -Atlanta Music Guide \n“There is a dignity to this music making that leaves us feeling enriched for the experience. . . “\n-No Depression \nBRIANNA LANE is a gifted singer/songwriter in true Americana form. She writes and performs on an acoustic guitar as well as a banjo\, crafting songs that are clear-eyed and pure—with an integrity derived from her gritty\, unflinching emotional honesty. \n“Her smartly written lyrics paint a portrait of a woman on the road searching for honesty and love. Her disarming voice lends those lyrics a feeling of innocent sincerity and heart. Fans of Dar Williams\, early Suzanne Vega\, the Indigo Girls and good songwriting in general will love this disk.”  Asheville Disclaimer \n“…moving rhythm\, lingering melodies & some pleasant harmonic surprises. Lovely vocals & poetic narrative. It catches me the same way as some of my favorites from Suzanne Vega\, Patty Larkin or Jonatha Brooke.”   Kevin Elliott\, From the Joshua Tree Inn \nMATT DAVIES  is currently the leader of the Thriftones\, a Milwaukee based band\, and continues to perform and record music as a band member and solo artist. “Fronted by singer Matthew Davies\, The Thriftones can best be described as folk with a generous helping of Americana roots. Davies has a real talent in crafting songs about darker ideas and images within our country\, while his band backs these concepts up with a shadowy rockabilly beat.” -A.V. Club Milwaukee
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-josh-harty-brianna-lane-matt-davies/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141211T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141211T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141017T012545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141210T182214Z
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SUMMARY:LAMPLIGHTER- PETER MULVEY/ COUNT THIS PENNY/ SIMON BALTO- SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Back at it with the winter Lamplighter Series\, done in the half round with three to four musicians\, one of them usually being Peter Mulvey\, rotating songs & stories and musicianifying and magicianifying together. \nPlease go to the LAMPLIGHTER BURNS AGAIN POST for more details. \nPETER MULVEY – “master guitar wizard\, erudite song writer and just all around great guy.  The depth in any Mulvey song is incredible from the mastery of tune & rhythm\, to the lyrics\, even down to the concept of his albums”. Whitney Luckett \nPeter explains it thus: \n“People\, this is the heart of what I do. I love to get musicians together and to play music in its raw\, conversational form. To listen\, to jump in without knowing exactly what comes next\, to be surprised and enlivened. This is the holy grail for me: to play music as though it’s happening offstage\, for pure joy and discovery and communication between friends and strangers. And over the past decade or so\, first in the winter at my hometown Cafe Carpe\, and then over the past three years at my home-away-from-hometown ClubPassim\, I’ve found a way to tease this kind of offstage music into an onstage situation: The Lamplighter Sessions. It changes every year\, but then\, don’t we all? Trust me\, you should get to one of these shows if you can. Lightning will strike.” \nPeter will be joined this night by Madison duo COUNT THIS PENNY\, and their friend SIMON BALTO. \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  Austin\, TX \n“Their archetypal Appalachian magnetism\, insane harmonies and personal charm will pull you in and warm you through on a chilly November night.”  –American Players Theatre  Spring Green\, WI \nThe subjects are often bleak\, but the melodies and harmonies are cathartic.”  -Metro Pulse  Knoxville\, TN \nSimon is a writer of folk and alt-country songs from southern Wisconsin. His music draws from a range of influences\, both musical and not. More than anything\, the style and storytelling are especially informed by the hills of southwestern Wisconsin that were his early home\, and by the people he’s met there and in travels around the country. An avid writer and reader\, Balto’s songs focus on narration: workers and lovers\, mothers and sons\, the dying and mourning\, the prideful and the abused.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lamplighter-peter-mulvey-count-this-penny-simon-balto/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141210T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141210T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141119T205211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141210T182147Z
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SUMMARY:PETER PAUL and WILLY- SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:WBack at it with the winter Lamplighter Series\, done in the half round with three to four musicians\, one of them usually being Peter Mulvey\, rotating songs & stories and musicianifying and magicianifying together. \nThis show has been recently added on a whim- Milwaukeeans just needed their own night. \nTickets can be purchased in person at the Carpe or through BROWN PAPER TICKETS- see\, right here!  \nPeter explains it thus: \n“People\, this is the heart of what I do. I love to get musicians together and to play music in its raw\, conversational form. To listen\, to jump in without knowing exactly what comes next\, to be surprised and enlivened. This is the holy grail for me: to play music as though it’s happening offstage\, for pure joy and discovery and communication between friends and strangers. And over the past decade or so\, first in the winter at my hometown Cafe Carpe\, and then over the past three years at my home-away-from-hometown ClubPassim\, I’ve found a way to tease this kind of offstage music into an onstage situation: The Lamplighter Sessions. It changes every year\, but then\, don’t we all? Trust me\, you should get to one of these shows if you can. Lightning will strike.”\nPETER MULVEY – “master guitar wizard\, erudite song writer and just all around great guy. The depth in any Mulvey song is incredible from the mastery of tune & rhythm\, to the lyrics\, even down to the concept of his albums”. Whitney Luckett \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 \nWILLY PORTER\n“Porter plays intelligent\, groove — heavy folk with hearty abandon”\n— Santa Fe New Mexican \n“With his exquisite\, tranquil guitar work\, Willy Porter could easily astonish an audience without singing one note. His ability to engage the audience with his personality and intellect raises Porter from the level of guitar wonk into the realm of masterful performer.”\n— Earvolution \n“Willy Porter is a relaxed and fearless performer who’ll entertain you as well as move you.”\n— Acoustic Guitar Magazine\n“Porter accentuates well – rendered tales with spit – fire – percussive acoustic guitar strumming and fiery color – chord picking.”\n— Billboard \n“[Willy Porter] can captivate an audience as completely as can an entire rock band.”\n— Washington Times
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/peter-paul-and-willy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141206T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141206T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141105T232925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141105T233124Z
UID:2339-1417896000-1417905000@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:THE NEW PIONEERS
DESCRIPTION:This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals\, banjo\, fiddle\, guitar\, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month\, but about once a year\, in December\, we deign to give them a weekend gig. 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. \nLike them on Facebook.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-new-pioneers-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141205T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141205T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140807T002743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140807T003608Z
UID:2211-1417809600-1417818600@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:BIG BANG STRING THING
DESCRIPTION:BIG BANG STRING THING It’s rare when the word acoustic conjures thoughts of music that can electrify the jump in your feet. Then again\, BBST is a rare group\, and an impressive collective of musical might. Energetic\, contagious\, and flat out fun\, BBST weaves a sizzling thread through multiple genres to deliver a tapestry of award-winning original music that defies one description\,yet\, connects with everyone. Perhaps that has a something to do with the fact that BBST is made up of veteran musicians who have toured\, recorded\, or shared the stage with Leo Kottke\, The String Cheese Incident\, Lyle Lovett\, The Smashing Pumpkins\, Darol Anger\, Mike Marshall\, John Hartford\, U2\, Asleep at the Wheel\, Garbage\, Willy Porter\, Riders in the Sky\, The Radiators\, David Grisman\, Alex DeGrassi\, Doc Watson\, Carrie Newcomer\, and Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band to name a few. Or\, it could simply be that Big Bang String Thing knows how to craft a great sound. \nTHE BAND: \nBob Westfall (mandolin\, guitar\, vocals\, songwriting) has studied and worked with some of the top acoustic players in the country -Darol Anger\, Mike Marshall\, John Hartford\, and Alex DeGrassi. But\, while these influences are certainly evident\, Westfall’s songwriting are uniquely his own. An award-winning mandolinist\, Bob grew up in Texas and Minnesota\, and his style incorporates the best elements of storytelling with a hybrid jazz/pop/worldbeat/bluegrass feel. \nThe husband and wife team ofMary Gaines(bass) and Chris Wagoner (violin) provide the bottom and top of the BBST sound\, and have appeared in performance and on recordings with Westfall for over fifteen years. Gaines and Wagoner have similarly diverse backgrounds — formal classical training at the Univ. of WI\, jazz studies with the great bassist\, Richard Davis\, followed by years of performing and recording with jazz\, blues\, rock\, and folk artists and songwriters. \nMicah Olsan (guitar) has been an active performer in the Midwest music scenes for the last five years. His diverse songwriting mixes elements of folky acoustic fingerstyle\, funk\, rock\, and world music into a distinct sound that will leave your head bobbing and your toes tapping. His guitar work was recognized in the 2010 Shepherd Express reader poll when he was awarded runner up for best guitarist. He has been playing with BBST for the last 5 years.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/big-bang-string-thing-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141129T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141129T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140910T184212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141126T195454Z
UID:2261-1417291200-1417302000@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:OPEN STAGE- (HAYWARD WILLIAMS- NOT! In Australia!)
DESCRIPTION:Well\, this is embarrassing.  Hayward had contacted us about this date a long time ago\, but we just learned that he is on tour in Australia.  Don’t think he can make it for this gig.  Hope we can get the word out… \nHAYWARD WILLIAMS will be celebrating the release of his new CD The Reef\, produced by Jeffrey Foucault.  You want to be there. \nA narrative about the record: \nHayward Williams thought he was about to die in an airport. Returning home from an Australian tour\, the American singer and songwriter was tired and gaunt. As he fought his way through the terminal in San Francisco\, it seemed as though he might miss his connection home to the Midwest\, and then something started to feel very wrong. “My heart was racing\, and I was feeling nauseated and dizzy\, like I was going to pass out\,” Williams recalls. Later\, as he sat in the emergency room with an IV in his arm\, the doctors delivered their diagnosis: “Exhaustion.” What really happened to Williams will come as no surprise to anyone who’s ever had an honest to god\, clinical panic attack. What brought it on may have been nothing unusual. “I was getting married in 20 days\, and that’s a big life change. I began to realize that I was going to have to grow up\, maybe”. \nYet something both mental and physical changed within Williams at that airport. Panic metastasized into fear of panic – the self perpetuating terror that he might\, at any moment\, collapse in terror for no good reason. It crippled his stage show. “I would have to isolate myself before a show\, spend most of my time trying to hold back catastrophic thoughts”. To avoid vomiting on stage\, he started playing all his songs tuned down and at half speed\, so as not to tense his diaphragm. He recalls\, “If this is how I am now\, how can I continue to do my job\, the only thing I’m qualified to do?” He entered therapy and started a course anxiety and depression medications. They eased the panic\, but altered his creative personality\, and left the question: who are you when you’re no longer able to be your native self? \nThe slow\, doubt-stricken\, but steady process of learning how to think\, feel\, write and perform again is the backdrop of THE REEF\, Williams’ first new album since that day in the airport. “I could count back from zero / I could take off from the start / Is it just like falling in love? / Will I know my part?” he sings in the haunting title track. Other songs explore his long history with anxiety. “‘High Street’ is about how I hate being at parties and around a lot of people”\, he says of the album’s ironically raucous opener: “You know me\, I’m at your feet / Put that foot toward the door”. “It’s about how I always try to convince Kathleen [Williams’s wife] that we should leave early”. The next track takes Williams into even more vulnerable territory. “‘If I Go Under’ is a call home more or less\, saying\, ‘This is me\, this is how I’m feeling.’ I felt like I was going to drag her down with me\,” he says. The plaintive refrain asks: “If I go under\, will you go under with me?” Fans of Williams’ soulful voice won’t be surprised to hear him finally inhabiting straight-up soul territory in the new songs and arrangements\, complete with layered horn sections and call-and-response backing vocals from the sibling duo of Matt and Kate Lorenz (Rusty Belle). \nRecorded live to tape in a whirlwind two days of sessions at Sonelab Studios in western Massachusetts\, THE REEF blends a Van Morrison-esque R&B with the loose energy and charm of The Faces\, all underlined by rock-solid grooves. Produced by critically acclaimed songwriter and veteran of the Americana circuit Jeffrey Foucault\, and featuring Billy Conway (Morphine) on drums and Jeremy Moses Curtis (Booker T) on bass\, with Williams\, Foucault and the Lorenz siblings sharing the singing\, THE REEF is built not around leads but around the interaction of voices with rhythm and texture. “We didn’t want a lead guitar”\, Williams says. “We thought we could add one later if we really needed it. But then we realized that Matt and Kate’s voices were the lead instrument\, the thing the held each song together\, and that was more exciting”. Live-tracked in one room\, with each song captured in the course of only a few takes\, THE REEF pulses with an electricity of feeling\, an authenticity of moment vanishingly rare in contemporary recording. At center is the naked vulnerability in every weathered crack of Williams’ voice\, cast out on the reef\, calling out.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/hayward-williams-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141128T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141128T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141104T170207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141105T232837Z
UID:2337-1417204800-1417213800@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:MATTHEW FRANCIS ANDERSEN/ RYAN JOSEPH ANDERSON
DESCRIPTION:A few quick notes about MATTHEW FRANCIS ANDERSEN\n– 1st Place Winner\, American Songwriter Magazine 2012 Lyric Contest\n– Venues: Fitzgerald’s (with Steve Forbert\, Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart)\, Heartland Cafe (with Naomi Ashely)\, Elbo Room\, Uncommon Ground (with Sarah Holtschlag and Naomi Ashley).\n– Former northern Wisconsin musky/walleye guide! \nMatthew is a Chicago native\, but as a former walleye and musky fishing guide home has been as far as northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. That’s where Andersen’s debut EP Blue Line takes you: from the local taverns and street lights\, to the boat landings and rivers deep within the northwoods. Matthew Francis Andersen’s writing shows you where this Midwesterner has been. Logging trucks and taxi cabs\, game wardens and bar patrons live inside these songs. \nRYAN JOSEPH ANDERSON \nNashville (by way of Chicago) troubadour Ryan Joseph Anderson paid his rock n’ roll dues as the bandleader for roots outfit Go Long Mule\, guitar slinger for garage-rockers Rambos\, and as a producer\, sessions man\, and touring musician for a variety of artists. His influences as a songwriter range from country blues to psychedelic folk. His debut LP\, The Weaver’s Broom and exclusive videos can be checked out on his website.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/matthew-francis-andersen/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141122T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141122T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141014T215031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141014T215031Z
UID:2306-1416688200-1416697200@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN & the Living Embers
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-the-living-embers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141121T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141121T233000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140910T182417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140910T183529Z
UID:2256-1416601800-1416612600@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:MICHAEL JOHNSON
DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL JOHNSON \nMichael Johnson has performed and lived more music and recorded more hits than you would imagine. \nHis voice immediately identifies him as the man who sings “Bluer Than Blue\,” “Give Me Wings\,” “That’s That\,” and other landmark songs. His music shows a diversity\, depth and heart that only come from years of dedication to a labor of love. \nWhen asked what he would have you know about himself\, Michael says: \n“Tell them that I love it.” He started playing at age thirteen and just never quit. Singing\, playing\, writing and recording are the only things he’s ever done and he loves it. \n“Tell them I play guitar.” He really plays guitar. He studied in Barcelona and he plays on all his records with a unique and distinctive style. His playing is an important part of his show. \n“I am a soloist at heart.” Michael often performs alone\, and he has elevated the art. He prefers the intimacy and spontaneity of a show that can change with the moment. \n“Tell them I’m a showman. I like to talk to people and I love to make them laugh. And\, of course\, I have to move them with the music. That’s the whole thing. Without that\, there is no reason to be on stage.” \nWhat one remembers of Michael is the texture of his voice\, the meaning of the lyric and the music of the guitar — singer\, song and sound. And the feeling of being at home with a friend. \nPlease call to reserve.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/michael-johnson-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141120T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140910T183504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141105T011553Z
UID:2260-1416511800-1416520800@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:REBECCA LOEBE
DESCRIPTION:REBECCA LOEBE has appeared here as an opener for Ellis Paul\, and is returning for a solo show. She performs post-brontosaurus indie folk/crunk. \nRebecca is a young singer-songwriter who grew up in Atlanta and has done time in DC\, Boston and New York\, now making her home in Austin\, TX. She is known for her distinct voice\, well-crafted songs and ability to bring an audience to her journeys\, introducing them to the characters she meets and observations she makes as she travels. \nRebecca has toured non-stop since 2009\, averaging 150-200 shows per year as a headliner and as support for The Civil Wars\, Ellis Paul\, Mary Chapin Carpenter\, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers\, Matt the Electrician and others. Rebecca’s live performances have created a passionate fan base around the world. In 2014 she performed in 35 states of the US\, Canada\, Europe and Japan and was tapped by Goose Creek Records to record and produce 3 Nights Live and Rebecca Loebe Live\, her first official live concert releases. \nRebecca has won numerous awards for her songwriting\, including the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Award\, and has received recognition for her unique\, powerful voice. In 2011 she was a featured contestant on the first season of NBC’s “The Voice\,” winning a spot on Team Adam and an iTunes Top 10 single worldwide with her captivating re-imagination of Nirvana’s “Come As You Are.” Earlier this year she was ranked #9 on Alternate Root magazine’s annual listing of the 30 Best Female Singers in America. \n“The wit of Dar\, the bite of Ani\, and the beauty of Norah – it was a treat seeing you perform last night!”\n– ADAM KUCIK (WYEP Pittsburgh) \n“An absolutely stunning voice…” Atlanta Journal Constitution
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/rebecca-loebe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141119T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140924T022832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140924T123751Z
UID:2271-1416427200-1416436200@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:ZOE MUTH & THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS
DESCRIPTION:ZOE MUTH \nStaffer Dennis had been playing her in the kitchen all the time\, and then we got the phone call asking if she could play here last fall. If you build it\, they will storm your kitchen.  Now she is back again. \nFirst making her name in the Pacific Northwest\, where she’s been called “Seattle’s Emmylou\,” and heralded as one of the best songwriters to come out of Washington State\, Muth has spent the last three years touring across the U.S. and Europe.  She now lives in Austin. \nWith a voice unadorned and almost conversational\, Muth makes the every day more clear and compelling: “I don’t want to die where the sleeping dogs lie\, and the silence is stronger than stone. If I have to wander\, through the lightning and the thunder\, must I always go alone?” she sings on “Somebody I Know”\, a standout duet featuring legendary Texas songwriter Bruce Robison. It’s an end of the world lament beckoning the listener to follow along: “We’ll haunt the hidden places\, like the embers in the afterglow.” \nWorld of Strangers\, her newest album\,  is slow building and spacious\, often dream-like and fearless in its demand of your time and attention. Muth has taken risks for the sake of the song\, asking the listener to let go of expectations. And while the album sometimes begs you to two-step and waltz\, more often than not\, what it wants is for you to turn up the volume\, turn the lights down low and just listen. \nPraise for 2012’s Old Gold: \n“Muth sings like a lost lamented Carter sister . . .Her decidedly un-Joplin-esque take on ‘Get It While You Can’ is an inspired highlight.”\n-Vintage Guitar Magazine \nPraise for 2012’s Starlight Hotel: \n“With a haunting voice that treads soul and country and can only be described as a cosmic americana\, Zoe Muth delivers songs that sound like vintage country classics.”\n– Twangville \n“We rarely talk about country music as being “soulful” or having “soul”\, but thank god Zoe Muth is here to change this…the gentle truth of her songwriting and the softness of her voice lend a weight to the music that gives Starlight Hotel\, a true feeling of soulfulness… an astonishingly good songwriter.”\n– No Depression \n“Muth has gifted the world with a collection of music that is straight no chaser . . .Just when you start to believe that they just don’t make ’em the way they used to\, Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers come along to restore your faith.”\n– Country Standard Time \n“It’s clear\, unforced passion\, “not for the jet set\, but the old Chevrolet set\,” that informs all of these songs\, along with a high\, pure voice that rises to Iris Dement and Patty Griffin territory…There isn’t a bad song on this album…honky-tonk comes so naturally to the young Muth\, along with a charming drawl…”\n– The Billings Gazette \n‘Starlight Hotel is one of those albums that you need if your first exposures to country music came from the static-y radio in the cab of your dad’s old pickup truck… essential listening.’\n– ninebullets.net
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/zoe-muth-the-lost-high-rollers-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141116T213000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141028T032628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141028T032816Z
UID:2330-1416164400-1416173400@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:CHANCE presents- "University of the Wilderness"  walk with John Muir
DESCRIPTION:“CHANCE” invites you to take a walk in the woods with the words of John Muir. A musical landscape surrounds you\, excites you to follow around the next bend\, and delivers you to a deep appreciation for one of our country’s most influential naturalists. Celebrate the man in this\, the centennial year of his passing.  Remember to call to reserve for this special event. \nThis from their website:\n“Composer/Performers CHERYL LEAH & ED WILLETT aka CHANCE) have been collaborating with actor/musician Thomas Clyde Mitchell since 1994. From ’94 to 2011 the three were an integral part of the summer music festival and touring company\, Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua\, a company that specializes in the wedding of music\, history\, and theater. In their time with the festival they played pivotal roles in the production of 5 albums\, 3 PBS specials\, and over 300 performances. In 2011 they joined forces with bassist Jane Aleckson who immediately became the heart\, funk\, and soul of the group\, and with her in the engine room\, continue to blaze their own trail bringing an incredible breadth of musical insight and experience to their offering to John Muir. \nWith Muir’s own writings providing the unifying thread\, their transformative production embraces the long standing tradition of bringing the inspiration of the natural world to the concert hall. \nIn “University of the Wilderness”\, Muir’s words are celebrated\, reflected upon\, and reinforced by an accompanying score of nature-forged new music. The score is the creation of Leah and Willett and is deftly performed by the “Chance” quartet which is comprised of cello\, voice\, bass and percussion. They describe the show’s musical landscape as a place where contemporary\, classical\, and celtic music beautifully collide. \nActor Thomas Clyde Mitchell\, the production’s purveyor of Muir’s words\, takes us on a journey from Muir’s childhood in Scotland to his young life in Wisconsin and finally to his profound and influential experiences in the great Sierra Nevada Mountains. What is revealed are the undercurrents and influences that helped create one of the world’s great naturalists and forged his legacy that lives on in his Sierra Club\, and in his role in history as the father of our national park system. \nIn creating the program\, we kept as our guide the goal of reflecting the multi-dimensional nature of Muir\, his indomitable spirit\, his daring and adventurous nature\, the beauty and the humor of the man. We determined that we would do this in accordance with our own “off the trail” philosophy that has guided us throughout our careers and tell this story by means of the “road less traveled”. This is not a historical account\, but rather a performance that portrays a philosophical landscape aimed at inspiring all of us to revivify that part in ourselves that shares a kinship with Muir.\nWhen many of us read his works we feel that he is articulating (in a manner more beautiful than we can) the very love we feel for the natural world. He was and is a charismatic figure who inspires us to try as best we can to live up to his example. I know from experience that this show leaves the audience with a desire to rekindle their relationship with his words and to resume (or continue or begin for the first time) following in his footsteps. \n 
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/chance-presents-university-of-the-wilderness-walk-with-john-muir/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141115T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141115T223000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141002T180502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141112T035117Z
UID:2287-1416081600-1416090600@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:ROXANNE NEAT
DESCRIPTION:Roxanne was a regular at the Green Dragon Inn and the early Carpe\, but put her music on the back burner for a teaching career.  She put that on the back burner to retire.  She has a beautiful voice\, and performs traditional and contemporary folk music using it\, piano\, dulcimer and guitar.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/roxanne-neat-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141114T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141114T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20141019T181226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141112T043049Z
UID:2315-1415997000-1416006000@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN with JAMIE SHELDON
DESCRIPTION:Bill is looking forward to reuniting with old friend and bass player JAMIE SHELDON for this one night extravawhatsa? \nJamie is brilliant at many things\, bass playing just being one of them.  Brother to the infamous Paul Sheldon.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-with-jamie-sheldon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141113T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140910T182643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140910T182814Z
UID:2257-1415905200-1415912400@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:THE NEW PIONEERS
DESCRIPTION:This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals\, banjo\, fiddle\, guitar\, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month. 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. \nLike them on Facebook.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/new-pioneers-21/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141108T220000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140918T180619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141029T212524Z
UID:2266-1415473200-1415484000@cafecarpe.com
SUMMARY:OPEN STAGE- note new times
DESCRIPTION:Note that the beginning and ending times of the open stage are changed.  Without the need for sound checks\, etc.\, required with traveling performers\, there is no compelling reason we could think of to not start and end these earlier.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/open-stage-65/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20141107T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20141107T230000
DTSTAMP:20260501T023829
CREATED:20140908T172909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141029T141351Z
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SUMMARY:CLAUDIA RUSSELL & BRUCE KAPLAN with Katie Dahl
DESCRIPTION:CLAUDIA RUSSELL is an outstanding singer and songwriter who has shared stages with Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer\, Loudon Wainwright III\, Steve Forbert\, Tish Hinojosa\, Kris Kristoffersen\, Willie Nelson\, Darryl Purpose\, Peter Rowan\, Rosalie Sorrels and Bill Staines\, among many others. She is accompanied by husband BRUCE KAPLAN on mandolin. guitar and vocals. \nBesides writing evocative songs\, Claudia is known for her vocal talent. She is an expressive and versatile singer\, as at home on a soulful ballad as a Buddy Holly style romp. \nWith its memorable melodies and seductive soundscape\, her new album\, All Our Luck Is Changing\, elicits the classic era of ageless American music. Russell delivers a whimsical melting pot of traditional and contemporary styles\, from earnest folk to sweet jug band blues\, driven by her deft guitar work and a versatile\, expressive voice that tips the hat to artists as diverse as Dolly Parton\, Suzanne Vega and Aretha Franklin. Claudia paints her material with emotional depth\, looking forward and back at life with both childlike awe and the mature wisdom of a musician with four decades of music under her belt. \nWorking with three-time Grammy nominee producer Peter Case\, Claudia and her husband Bruce Kaplan (guitar\, mandolin) cut the majority of the record live with some of LA’s best musicians. Using just a few overdubs\, Case created a balance between the immediacy of a live record and the freedom to embellish that the studio experience inspires. \nThough they might not carry the trappings of the usual music industry formula for overnight success\, self-described ‘late bloomers’ Russell and Kaplan have refined their sound into an eclectic\, full-bodied tapestry of unplugged Americana. Giving themselves the time and space to come into their own as people and musicians has allowed for the creation of their definitive album. The duo have dealt themselves a winning hand. Indeed\, all you have to do is listen and you too will believe!  All Their Luck Is Changing! \nKATIE DAHL Wisconsin singer-songwriter Katie has performed her original songs everywhere from the dusty cliff country of Mali\, West Africa\, to the winding canals of southern France\, to the cedar forests of the American northwoods. The depth and power of Katie’s alto voice\, the literate candor of her original songs\, and the easy humor of her live performances have earned her numerous songwriting awards\, as well as the chance to share stages with such luminaries as Dar Williams\, Peter Mulvey\, Julie Gold\, and Cheryl Wheeler. Katie is also a playwright whose musical Victory Farm premiered to high acclaim in 2012 and has since been made into a live cast album.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/claudia-russell/
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SUMMARY:DAYNA KURTZ
DESCRIPTION:DAYNA may amaze you as she has others. \n“From Ray Charles and Tom Waits to Nina Simone and Prince\, the Brooklyn-born singer and songwriter finds inspiration in almost every type of genre. Kurtz’s own music is hard to categorize\, and her rich and smoky alto can easily switch from a sensual croon to a blues howl.”  \nOver the past decade\, the New Jersey born (turns out she wasn’t Brooklyn born)\, now New Orleans resident vocalist/ writer/ musician/ producer has been bestowed with many awards and praises\, including being named the Female Songwriter of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters. Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt have raved about her in interviews\, and she’s performed on such high-profile radio shows as World Cafe\, Mountain Stage and NPR’s Morning Edition and Tell Me More. \nShe’s toured with the likes of Elvis Costello\, Richard Thompson\, Mavis Staples\, Rufus Wainwright\, B.B. King\, Dr. John\, Richie Havens\, Keren Ann\, Chris Whitley\, and the Blind Boys of Alabama. \nShe’s still building an audience at home\, but Kurtz has already gained widespread acclaim from fans and critics in Europe with her 2002 debut\, Postcards from Downtown — a top seller in Holland. \nDo not get Bill or Paul Cebar started about the wonders of Dayna’s talent unless you have a lot of spare time.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/dayna-kurtz/
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SUMMARY:SPOOK HANDY "Remembering Pete Seeger"
DESCRIPTION:Spook Handy performed alongside Pete Seeger at festivals and concerts over 50 times from 2003 – 2014 learning many of Pete’s songs and the stories behind them. Now\, Spook is touring throughout the U.S and Canada (and soon Europe and Australia) sharing these songs and stories at theaters\, arts centers\, libraries\, universities\, churches and anywhere else people gather to celebrate Pete’s life and legacy. \nSays Spook: \n“Every citizen of this planet needs to know about Pete. Pete was a one-of-a-kind citizen of the world who loved humanity and worked with others to respect\, save and rehabilitate the environment. He is an important historical figure who embodied the ideals that are ascribed to the founding of the United States. He is also well known for his work in the civil rights movement\, the folk revival and so many other arenas. And it is important that we who knew Pete learn\, share\, carry on and pass along his music\, message and legacy to as many people as possible. I am passionate about being one of the many folk artists who will help make this happen. \nPete taught me to always know the first song or two you are going play at a concert. After that\, you should have a good feel for what the audience appreciates and you tailor the rest of your set to that. Whether the thread turns out to follow the chronology of Pete’s life\, trace the wisdom he collected over the years and embedded into his songs or the express values of community\, environment\, peace and justice he lived\, every concert is chock full of songs everyone can sing: old classics\, newer songs written late in his life\, songs others wrote that he popularized and songs I have written or revised under Pete’s tutelage. You’ll also hear some of the stories behind the songs as they were told to me by Pete.” \n 
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/spook-handy-remembering-pete-seeger/
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SUMMARY:HAYNIE & SAMUEL
DESCRIPTION:DON HAYNIE & SHERYL SAMUEL \nDon and Sheryl have learned to combine upbeat\, sometimes drivingly energetic songs with wistful\, thoughtful ballads\, for performances with grit as well as grace. Don’s songs can make you laugh\, cry\, or dance as he ranges in topic from the absurdities of modern life (Chaplain of the Mall) to the poignance of family (My Grandmother’s Piano) to the mysteries of mortality (When I Cross the Great Divide). Their excellent individual voices combine in well thought-out arrangements to sound sometimes like one incredible voice\, and sometimes like more than two. \nTheir instrumentation– Sheryl’s use of percussion interwoven with Don’s six- and twelve-string guitars– gives their music a rhythmic drive rarely found in contemporary acoustic music: sometimes working as a compelling rhythm section supporting the vocal melodies and harmonies\, sometimes lending a delicate accent\, and often touching their music with a world beat flavor\, through the use of percussion instruments from many cultures. Their early years performing in the bars and taverns of New York and New England helped to give their music a strength not often found in singer/songwriter acts– you just can’t sing a lot of self-involved nonsense in clubs like that\, not unless you can give it a great beat\, and some energy and humor. Don and Sheryl have learned to combine upbeat\, sometimes drivingly energetic songs with wistful\, thoughtful ballads\, for performances with grit as well as grace. \nAs innovative and refreshing as this duet’s instrumentation is\, it is there mostly to support the real heart of their music\, the songs themselves\, and Don and Sheryl’s unique\, powerful vocal harmonies. Their songs and arrangements may be the result of studying their craft (and a healthy dose of inspiration) but their vocal blend is one of those acts of nature or magic that can never really be crafted\, or duplicated\, only appreciated. And it’s this unique vocal quality\, along with great songs and arrangements\, that puts them on a level with the best. \n 
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/don-haynie-sheryl-samuel-2/
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