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 except when they don't, like this month. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally, regionally, and nationally for many years. The Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist, Jerry Wicentowski, has been […]
Can call at last minute to see if any changes have occurred since this posting Friday afternoon. Occasionally someone calls to let us know they cannot use their tickets. JEFFREY FOUCAULT, brilliant dolorous weather-beaten miner, will be appearing near his hometown with sidekick drummer Billy Conway (Morphine). Corey Hart will open. Jeffrey Foucault grew […]
Chicago-born current Iowan singer/songwriter BEN SCHMIDT uses his warm reedy mid-range voice and a powerful arsenal of fingerstyle and flatpicked guitar chops to texture his soulful compositions. Mr. Schmidt’s self-taught approach to music is rooted in vintage folk and blues, but whether by himself on a lap slide guitar, or in front of a band, he […]
CORKY SIEGEL and HOWARD LEVY? Yes it is, it's true. Two amazingly talented harmonica and piano players with very impressive bios and maybe biceps share the stage. Check this out. Corky and his Chamber Blues Multiple Grammy- Award Winner HOWARD LEVY is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica, a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording […]
