SIMON BALTO

Back at the Carpe after a sold-out Lamplighter Session with Peter Mulvey and Count This Penny in December, SIMON BALTO returns to offer an exclusive listen to the songs from his forthcoming album, Murmurations. National and international critics alike have compared his songcraft to many of the greats: Dylan, Prine, Baez, Guthrie, and others. Wisconsin Public […]

$8 – $10

THE SUITCASE JUNKET

THE SUITCASE JUNKET is a one-man tour de force out of Western Massachusetts. Matt Lorenz -- aka Suitcase Junket -- has been road dogging for three years, solo and with his band Rusty Belle, touring with Chris Smithers, David Wax Museum, and Peter Mulvey. He's got a powerful new CD out called Make Time. Matt plays a collection of […]

$10

COLIN O’BRIEN and FROGWATER

Colin is joining up with some Milwaukee friends to provide you with a lively evening. Banjo, fiddle, guitar, footboard playin’ COLIN O’BRIEN, recently released his CD, “After a Song”, recorded in Nashville with some of music city’s best pickers: Larry Perkins, Matt Combs, Mark Howard and Dennis Crouch. Those boys were so enthralled with Colin […]

$10

NEW PIONEERS

The regular second Thursday date of May 14 did not work, so the group chose this as the May date. 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 […]

$10