Bill the Camplin is joined by his sideasskickin' guitarist Jason Klagstad. Check out what you will experience on YouTube under Bill Camplin.

This five piece outfit featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass and mandolin do 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 as […]

Cliff E. is a long-time favorite- a talented performer who will have you LOL. Tim Fast will open and accompany him. Red House recording artist Cliff Eberhardt knew by age seven that he was going to be a singer and songwriter. As a child Cliff taught himself to play guitar, piano, base and drums. In […]

Sam Llanas (formerly of the Bodeans) makes his return to the stage as a solo artist. He will be playing songs from his entire career, including songs from his recently released album 4 a.m. The show will start with a solo set, and then Sammy will be joined by his new back up band.

The Zombies will do a regular (as regular as anything gets for the Carpe or the Zombies) 3rd Thursday of each month gig here. 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 […]

Small Potatoes: This Chicago based folk duo of Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso say it has taken them years of careful indecision to develop a repertoire they describe as "Celtic to Cowboy." Superb musicianship and showmanship, award-winning songwriting, and a strong sense of tradition has made them, as Dirty Linen Magazine once said, "one of […]

Obvious Dog has performed their own blues and jazz throughout Wisconsin since 2001. In 2009 they (Bill Orth and Bruce Dethlefsen) joined forces with poet Cathryn Cofell to fuse poetry and music in a way that rocks and rolls antiquated notions of what makes us sing. Both Bruce and Cathryn are highly-published, award-winning poets and […]

Bill Staines, a seasoned troubador singing mostly his own songs, has become one of the most popular and durable singers on the folk music scene today, performing nearly 200 concerts a year and driving over 65,000 miles annually. He weaves a blend of gentle wit and humor into his performances and one reviewer wrote, "He […]

Garnet Rogers has established himself as "One of the major talents of our time". Hailed by the Boston Globe as a "charismatic performer and singer", Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence - close to six and a half feet tall - with a voice to match. With his "smooth, dark baritone" (Washington […]

Steve Forbert Growing up in Meridian, Steve Forbert first picked up the guitar at age 10 and spent his high school years playing in a variety of local bands. Frustrated with his job as a truck driver, the restless singer/songwriter moved to New York City at 21, where he performed for spare change in Grand […]

Kaia's reemergence as a performing artist in 2008 led to the release of her solo CD, Seams of My Heart in 2010. Since then, Kaia has expanded into the Madison area and beyond performing regularly and selling her CD at shows and online. The recording project enabled Kaia to work with outstanding musicians including Randy […]

They will reschedule for some future date. The Krause Family Band Roots music by father Rick and his daughters Ruthie and Katie Rick: Guitar, vocals, harmonicas, mandolin, song writing, stories, etc... Ruthie: Fiddle and vocals Katie: Vocals and eye candy Craig Radi: Bass and web design Brian Montrey: sweet grooves and rich tones