These two evenings will feature Ms. Kurtz and her trance-inducing, contralto tones.  Her depth is akin to the Nina Simone not only as a vocalist but as an interpreter and writer.  A real equal opportunity purveyor of human musical expression, she defies categorization while giving a big-boned, highly emotive concentration to all she interprets or originates.  "I'm not […]

This event is the opening of the Lorine Niedecker Wisconsin Poetry Festival.  Bill Orth and Catherine Cofell will provide an integrated music and poetry experience, interspersed with a Poetry Open Mic. The public is welcome.

Since the release of their first independent album, Life in the Circus, Don & Sheryl have been taking their music far & wide across America, playing concerts in an amazing range of venues. Their instrumentation-- Sheryl’s use of percussion interwoven with Don’s six- and twelve-string guitars-- gives their music a rhythmic drive rarely found in […]

What began as a casual musical get-together grew into a partnership of like musical minds: Susan Shore and Michael Cockram merged their solo careers when they met in early 2010. Both are versatile multi-instrumentalists, songwriters and singers. Shore and Cockram have an appetite for striking and unusual songs, and they've built an eclectic repertoire that […]