Three fab & funny songwriters in the round.  Not this much talent brought together in one space since the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration.  Good way to celebrate the 4th. www.phillee1.com   www.clayheadrecords/ramont   www.myspace.com/johnsieger

Back in the day, that being in the '70's, that being 190's,  Bill Camplin recorded an album called Cardboard Box with Bob "The Kid" Knetzger, Bob "Hot Dog" Mueller, Jason Klagstad, and Jamie Sheldon. The band is getting together for their first reunion in almost four decades. It's destined to be a whopping good time. Reservations […]

This five piece outfit featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin are doing a once-a-month performance here, usually the 2nd Thursday. 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 described by country music historian Bill Malone […]

Claudia 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 the Folk Unlimited Orchestra which includes Bruce Kaplan on mandolin, guitar and […]

Mare Edstrom and Kenn Fox are currently completing their 5th album of all-blues material. The project, entitled Way Beyond the Blue, is a collection of Gospel Blues from the 1920’s and 30’s. Way Beyond the Blue, recorded direct to analog tape, explores vintage material by Gary Davis, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell and others, combining modern […]

This pop music singer-songwriter is best known for his song “Romeo’s Tune,” from his album Jackrabbit Slim, which hit number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980.  He was hailed by the critics then as the “new Bob Dylan".  Steve has continued to make music, pleasing the cadre of loyal & enthusiastic fans who […]

These two virtuosos make a dynamic duo. Corky Siegel has earned an international reputation as one of the world's great blues harmonica masters. He is a composer, blues pianist, singer / songwriter, and recent winner of the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest/Meet the Composer's national award for chamber music composition and the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award […]

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Many fell in love with these guys when they played here opening for Casey Dreissen. Musically, the band wears many hats. Their new album moves through originals in the vein of Delta-style blues, ‘30s-style jazz, and mountain gospel in addition to their signature style of old-time folk.  Their sound has proven to be an appropriate fit with […]

Playing music that would make the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Foundation start mumbling verses of Virgil,  Los Zombies keep it high and keep it getting higher* . Then when it seems really high they go even more higherer. After a brief stint as a military entertainment band touring Afghanistan and other even more top secreter regions […]

Krista Detor is a performer out of Bloomington, Indiana, whose album Mudshow was released in 2006 to international critical acclaim, garnering an average of 4+ star reviews, and reaching the #1 spot on the Euro-Americana Chart.  Signed in Europe with Corazong Records, Detor’s follow-up album, Cover Their Eyes made similar waves in the European musical […]

Piper Road Spring Band was born into the age of rock & roll with individual backgrounds diverse as classical, cowboy, folk, blues and Dixieland. Influenced by some live performances of Doc Watson and Bill Monroe and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band release of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" in the early 1970's, they put away […]