TOM KASTLE is a singer, songwriter, actor, and sailor who has performed throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. He is a co-director of the Chicago Maritime Festival, a faculty member of the Old Town School of Folk Music, and the Narrator for the Candid Concert Opera Company. Tom hosted a short documentary about […]
Karen Johnson started performing at the Café Carpe in 1998. She says she counts herself so very fortunate to have the opportunity to perform at such a wonderful place! After retiring early from teaching 4th grade, she treasures spending time with her golf-crazed husband, visiting with her two grown boys, taking care of her two […]
Karen Wheelock was raised in Delavan, attended Beloit College and now resides in the Madison area. Madison’s New Artist of the Year Wheelock burst into the local folk and americana scene in 2013, armed with a guitar and a ukulele. A Wisconsin farm girl from the small town of Delavan, Wheelock’s gentle heart and forthright […]
JAMES LEE STANLEY may or may not have a birthday around this time. Gifts not necessary, but attendance welcome. “It is simple, really. With James Lee you get great songs, great guitar playing, great voice and a gifted comedian as well. You are in for a very entertaining evening.” Village Voice “This man is a […]
“Channeling Rosetta Tharpe and Mavis Staples, she slayed the crowd…” - American Songwriter “Potenza is to the blues what Adele is to pop” - Rolling Stone Nashville powerhouse singer SARAH POTENZA was everywhere during the Americana Music Festival, and fans and critics extolled her virtues. American Songwriter, AXS.com, Lockeland Springsteen and others praised the songstress as […]
