BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cafe Carpe - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cafecarpe.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cafe Carpe REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20120311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20121104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20130310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20131103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20140309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20141102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131101T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131101T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130917T200707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131030T035035Z UID:1891-1383337800-1383345000@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:JEREMY PINC & the Underinsured/ Thriftones open DESCRIPTION:The Underinsured- not their real name- I just made it up- are local guys– Jeremy Pinc\, Matt Kelly\, Mark Chaney\, and Ben Knowles. \n“The Thriftones tumble through mysterious carnival music-box time signatures\, chiming\, then break into swoons well-timed\, with pace and delivery of a hilarious stand-up comedian prodding a crowd to laughter on command. Rattling\, twanging guitar riffs serrate blues piano melodies\, reckoning humble\, hard times\, down-tempo bluegrass rock by-gone\, but not forgotten.” Catch them in this video from Fox6. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/thejokesthriftonesopen/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131102T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131102T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130828T205048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131021T210844Z UID:1858-1383422400-1383431400@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CATHY BARTON & DAVE PARA DESCRIPTION:Cathy Barton and Dave Para give dynamic performances acclaimed for their variety and expertise in both vocal and instrumental styles. Their repertoire and informal audience rapport are marked by a special affection for traditional music. \n“Cathy Barton and Dave Para\, as much as any folk musicians I know\, carry on the sense of importance of folk music\, the value of digging for old musical gold\, of traveling far and wide to collect old songs and tunes\, and of being friends with\, rather than exploiters of the old-timers who have provided such wonderful musical foundations for us all.” –Ed Trickett \nThis versatile duo performs and conducts workshops with hammered and fretted dulcimers\, banjo\, guitars and autoharp\, as well as “found” instruments like bones\, spoons\, mouthbow and leaf. Their music ranges from driving string band music to contemplative ballads and airs. They have a knack for finding unusual\, rarely heard songs from traditional and contemporary sources in their home region\, but also from elsewhere in the US and Europe. They have conducted many topical workshops on songs from the Carter family\, the Civil War\, river lore\, gospel\, children’s songs\, Christmas music and Ozark ballads. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/dave-para-cathy-barton/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131107T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131107T220000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130828T223424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130927T000640Z UID:1866-1383854400-1383861600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CLIFF EBERHARDT/ Tim Fast DESCRIPTION:Redhouse recording artist CLIFF E. 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 his teens Eberhardt was fortunate enough to live close to the Main Point (one of the best folk clubs on the East Coast)\, he cut his teeth listening to the likes of James Taylor\, Joni Mitchell\, Bruce Springsteen\, Howlin’ Wolf\, Muddy Waters\, Bonnie Raitt\, and Mississippi John Hurt – receiving an early and impressive tutorial in acoustic music. At the same time\, he was also listening to great pop songwriters like Cole Porter\, the Gershwins\, and Rodgers and Hart\, which explain his penchant for great melodies and clever lyrical twists. \n“Up and down the line\, as a writer\, guitarist\, performer\, and vocalist\, Eberhardt is the equal of any singer-songwriter in contemporary pop. With unequaled directness and with a stark\, raw presentation\, he carves out miniature masterpieces\, giving voice to life’s complexities and ambiguities.”\n—Berkshire Eagle \n“Melding pop\, rock\,and folk styles into a rich melange\, Eberhardt fits gracefully and solidly in the singer/songwriter niche.”\n—Seattle Weekly \n“Eberhardt approaches the guitar with stylistic eloquence\, with the hooks\, licks and grooves that could easily rank him among those who are singularly known as guitar virtuosos.”\n—Taconic Newspapers \nOn his sixth album\, Eberhardt\, who calls the Pioneer Valley home\, couches his ballads in rootsy\, folksy arrangements that emphasize his bluesy guitar playing and his soulful\, Ray Charles-like vocals. Eberhardt’s melodies\, however\, are as sophisticated as ever — he is the missing link between Paul McCartney and Cole Porter.\n– Seth Rogovey \nA driving force of the Greenwich Village New Folk movement and well known among his peers\, Cliff’s songs have been covered by the likes of Richie Havens\, Buffy St. Marie\, Erasure\, Lucy Kaplansky and the folk superstar band “Cry\, Cry\, Cry” (Dar Williams\, Richard Shindell\, Lucy Kaplansky). \nTim Fast says “Many of my songs are about life’s experiences because the best songs come from what you know best.” Tim is a touring musician who counts celebrated songwriters like Cliff Eberhardt and James Keelaghan among his fans. Keelaghan said that besides being an “excellent songwriter\,” Tim has “the sweetest voice I’ve heard in a long time.” Cliff was so impressed with Tim that he asked him to tour with him as his opening act\, and to accompany him during his performance. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/cliff-eberhardt-3/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131108T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131108T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130828T021351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T184023Z UID:1848-1383940800-1383949800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:CLAUDIA SCHMIDT & DEAN MAGRAW DESCRIPTION:Claudia and Dean may be sporting a new CD of their collaboration. Take this great opportunity to hear the two of them together live. \nAlmost four decades as a touring professional have found Michigan native Claudia Schmidt traversing North America as well as Europe in venues ranging from intimate clubs to 4\,000 seat theatres\, and festival stages in front of 25\,000 rapt listeners. She has recorded fourteen albums of mostly original songs\, exploring folk\, blues\, and jazz idioms featuring her acclaimed 12-string guitar and mountain dulcimer playing. \n“To say that Schmidt is simply a performer with a talent to entertain would be a miscarriage of understatement. Schmidt takes her audiences into her world as easily as the child who discovers the endless universes that exist in a cardboard box. \nFrom lying on sandy beaches under an endless barrage of northern lights\, to the expected anguish and frustration of spinning tires on cars stuck deep in snow\, from the age-old struggle of change between adolescence and adulthood to the observation of sheer idiocy\, she leaves it to the imagination of her audience to conjure their own images of her storytelling and song. No interpretation of a Claudia Schmidt song or story is wrong-she invites audiences to tie their associations to her style. \nSchmidt weaves her way through her concert in much the same manner as a jester. Interwoven anecdotes\, revealing her past and present\, bring people to expect a relationship between themselves and memories driven deep with the passage of time. The concert is an endless display of self-realization through humor and longing\, leaving audience members yearning to become an integral part of her world.”\nDoor County Advocate \nComposer/Guitarist Dean Magraw’s musical passion transcends all boundaries\, yet the vital essence of his distinctive style remains\, while performing and recording solo\, with numerous regional ensembles\, and on projects with international notables as diverse as Japanese shamisen prodigy Nitta Masahiro\, classical violinist Nigel Kennedy\, South Indian virtuoso Nirmala Rajasheker\, epic songstress Ruth MacKenzie\, Irish supergroup Altan\, radio personality Garrison Keillor\, jazz bassist Anthony Cox\, and many others. (obviously including Claudia Schmidt.) \n“Dean Magraw… so liquid\, lyrical and effortless it’s like listening to a dancer.” -Steve Tibbetts \n“Dean Magraw unveils soulful melodic grooves intricately designed to heal the broken dancer\, confuse the boldest mathematician\, and eradicate ennui in our lifetime.” -Nick Lethert URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/dean-mcgraw-claudia-schmidt/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131109T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131109T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130828T221711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131029T190419Z UID:1863-1384027200-1384036200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:JESS KLEIN/ Savannah Smith DESCRIPTION:JESS KLEIN\nFor over a decade\, Jess Klein’s gutsy “tell it like it is” folk pop has been embraced by tastemakers from Tokyo to London\, from Australia to her new home state of Texas.\nGraced with one of the most enviable voices in Americana music – that’s her singing harmony on John Fullbright’s Grammy-nominated album From the Ground Up\, Jess is equally at ease with a sultry whisper or a rock’n’roll wail. MOJO Magazine writes “Jess Klein has one of those voices you want to crawl up close to the speakers to listen to.” The NY Times describes her songwriting as having “stranger\, more personal things to say than one could get away with most of the time in Nashville.” And No Depression‘s Lee Zimmerman calls Klein’s latest release Behind A Veil “An excellent album – a career-maker in fact.” In fact\, Klein has released eight critically acclaimed albums of her own and toured the globe\, sharing the stage with such greats as Arlo Guthrie\, Steve Earle\, Jimmy Dale Gilmore\, Shawn Colvin\, Radney Foster and Alejandro Escovedo. \n“A series of YouTube videos\, each one more precious than the last\, paint Minneapolis’ Savannah Smith as a ukulele-slinging Jack Johnson disciple—particularly in an adorable take on “Bitter Heart” by Zee Avi (who’s on Johnson’s Brushfire Records)\, aided by some smirking\, unofficial sign language from her roommate. But the seriousness Smith shows when performing her own songs\, like the punchy “Ventriloquism\,” nicely balances her jazz-informed cooing and displays a talent for lyrical density that raises her simple melodies.”\n— AV Club -Madison URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/jess-klein-bill-camplin/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131110T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130917T192635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131105T204501Z UID:1882-1384110000-1384117200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:DARDEN SMITH/ FREEDY JOHNSTON DESCRIPTION:DARDEN SMITH weaves together folk and Americana influences with rock\, pop and the musical roots of his home state of Texas to create a sound uniquely his own. With 14 critically acclaimed albums under his belt\, Smith was called “a singer-songwriter blessed with an uncommon degree of intelligence\, depth and compassion” by Allmusic.com. Compared to songwriters such as Nick Drake\, John Hiatt\, Leonard Cohen and Elvis Costello\, Smith is one of contemporary music’s most winning and gifted artistic treasures whose consistent creative excellence keeps blossoming. \nLove Calling\, Smith’s latest album and his first with Compass Records\, was recorded in Nashville where he co-wrote much of the material with some of the city’s stellar songwriters and working with top studio musicians. Capturing the sweep of its artist’s prolific career\, the album’s lyrics reflect the depth and resonance of a veteran songwriter\, while its melodies and production style recall the purity of Smith’s early work. \nOne of the finest and most singular voices in the singer-songwriter genre\, FREEDY JOHNSTON sold his Kansas farm in the late ‘80s to finance his musical career. It paid off. Rolling Stone and Spin hailed his second release\, Can You Fly\, as a masterpiece. Robert Christgau called it “a perfect album.” Its success led to a major label deal with Elektra\, for whom Johnston released This Perfect World in 1994. Not only did that album showcase Johnston’s increasing sophistication and range as a songwriter\, but it also included his breakthrough hit\, “Bad Reputation.” \nIn the ensuing years\, Johnston released three additional albums on Elektra\, including 1999′s critically acclaimed Blue Days\, Black Nights\, produced by T-Bone Burnett. \nFreedy’s songs are often praised for their literary quality\, but they also hit you on a gut level. As a young man\, Johnston was drawn to both the raw energy of punk and the austere beauty of Paul McCartney’s vocal melodies. It’s no surprise that Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True is among the first albums that inspired him. One can hear Costello’s gift for meticulous songcraft and wry storytelling on Can You Fly. \nJohnston took a break from songwriting in the ‘00s\, releasing the demo collection The Way We Were and the covers album My Favorite Waste of Time. In 2009\, he released his first new album in eight years\, Rain On The City. Pitchfork\, the Los Angeles Times and others praised the album\, calling it one of the most assured efforts of Johnston’s career. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/darden-smith-freedy-johnston/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131114T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131114T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130917T193125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130917T193125Z UID:1885-1384455600-1384462800@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:NEW PIONEERS DESCRIPTION: URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/new-pioneers-18/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131115T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131115T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130904T141152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130905T013830Z UID:1868-1384545600-1384554600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:TOM KASTLE/ ANDREW CALHOUN DESCRIPTION:TOM KASTLE is a singer\, songwriter\, sailor and teller of tales who has performed throughout the US\, Canada\, Europe\, and New Zealand. He has one foot in the modern singer/songwriter world and the other planted in the traditional maritime realm where he is a shanty and ballad singer and a tall ship captain. He is a co-director of the Chicago Maritime Festival\, a faculty member of the Old Town School of Folk Music\, and the Narrator (with occasional singing roles) for the Candid Concert Opera Company. When ashore\, he lives in a 19th century log cottage in Madison\, Wisconsin. \n“I heard Tom Kastle sing his song\, ‘Whose House? Our House!’ at a Local 1000 union meeting. Timely. Inspiring. A great gathering song sung with power and presence. ” –Holly Near \n“With his solo recording and original songs\, Tom Kastle shows further dimensions to his talent and range of material. His resonant voice\, heartfelt lyrics\, and solid instrumentation proves he is a more “grounded” talent\, as capable as writing about the open road as he is about the open waters” –Lilli Kuzma: Folk Festival WDCB-FM Radio \nANDREW CALHOUN “…is a powerful songsmith\, a quiet and sly performer\, and fine traditional singer as well… fascinating and unpredictable.” -Phil Shapiro\, Bound for Glory \n“Calhoun is a master at story songs\, finely crafted works that swiftly and economically capture a moment or express an emotion. Like the best novelists\, he is able to assume different personas and see the world through other people’s eyes.” – June Sawyers\, Chicago Tribune \n“He’s blessed with a resonant baritone\, crystalline fingerpicking\, and a writer’s ear.” – The Oregonian \nAndrew Calhoun’s music is innovative and rooted in tradition. In forty years as a performer he has evolved an increasingly varied repertoire including original songs\, Irish and American folk songs\, Scottish ballads\, African-American spirituals\, hymns\, historical background\, comic songs and poems and songs by writers such as Dave Carter\, Mary Oliver and Robert Frost. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/tom-kastle-andrew-calhoun/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131116T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130917T193010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131114T223745Z UID:1884-1384621200-1384635600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:PRIVATE WEDDING RECEPTION- closed to public until 9:00 pm DESCRIPTION:We will be closed from 5-9 for a private wedding reception. Open to the public after 9:00. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/private-wedding-reception/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131122T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131122T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20131006T002149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131114T223523Z UID:1916-1385150400-1385159400@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:LARRY PENN/ JOHN SIEGER/ MARK DVORAK DESCRIPTION:A whoppin’ night of great music with three great guys: \nThese shows with the “three grumpy amigos” have been a delight each time\, with the audience clamoring for another grumpy get-together. Don’t miss out on the hottest thing in showbiz. \nLarry Penn sings and tells stories of hard work\, working people\, trains\, trucks\, life on the road\, love\, nonsense\, and flamingos. Noted for their elegance in simplicity\, his songs are not only popular with audiences\, but are acclaimed by other artists\, many of whom have recorded their own renditions of Larry’s songs. His performances are delightful.  \nMark Dvorak    plays folk and blues on banjo and guitar – carrying on the tradition of stalwarts like the above-lauded Mr. Penn.   “Mark is a charismatic performer with a spark of gentle passion that lights every concert hall and every greenway where he lifts his voice in celebration of the old songs. He has been called “a folk singer’s folk singer who follows unerringly in the footsteps of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie\,” and his song writing has been called “wondrous” and “profound.” \nLike Larry\,  John Sieger is another Milwaukee gem\, known as a prolific and talented songwriter with a semi-country bent whose songs have impressed Dwight Yoakam\, Jerry Harrison\, The BoDeans\, Robbie Fulks and Flaco Jimenez enough to record them. He has been in numerous Milwaukee bands\, including the R&B Cadets\, Semi-Twang\, the SubContinentals. Roots rock\, country\, R&B- John runs the gamut. URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/larry-penn-john-sieger-mark-dvorak-4/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131123T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131123T230000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130828T015109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131117T195400Z UID:1838-1385238600-1385247600@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:PATTY LARKIN- SOLD OUT DESCRIPTION:Call to find out in case this does not get updated right away. \nPATTY LARKIN makes her debut appearance at the Carpe! Show up in force to make her want to return. \nPatty redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics. Acoustic Guitar hails her “soundscape experiments” while Rolling Stone praises her “evocative and sonic shading.” She has been described as “riveting” (Chicago Tribune)\, “hypnotic” (Entertainment Weekly) and a “drop-dead brilliant” performer (Performing Songwriter). \nSTILL GREEN \n“Still Green\,” Patty Larkin’s 13th album\, plays out in Technicolor sound images\, a kaleidoscope of sun and sea that travels from the fluorescent-lit hallways of grief to the warm pull of love\, family and nature. This collection of new songs chronicles Patty’s search for relief\, respite and solace during a time when she lost both of her parents\, and witnessed a sister suffer a serious health issue. \nThe album begins with “The Best of Intentions\,” a song Larkin started before all of these life-altering events\, and completed after them. The song is a bellwether for the record\, that raises questions of belief and redemption\, and leaves them unanswered for the listener. The man in the hallway is cleaning up grief/While travelers chase after time like a thief/With oversized bags\, they wait for relief in the dawn/But The Best of Intentions all get up and leave before long. “It’s not a quick answer for me\,” Larkin says. “I was raised Catholic but once you start to ask yourself what you believe in\, things get interesting real fast. What I want to walk away with and what I want to leave the listener with is a sense of hope.” \nNEW YORK TIMES: “Richly contemplative tracks about solitude and togetherness\, open vistas and spiritual quests. Her voice can be breathy and confiding\, tinged with the blues or infused with Joni Mitchell’s pearly depth… Larkin is deeply attuned to the resonances of her many instruments….meditative chords ripple across acoustic and electric guitars in “Cover Me” and “Traveling Alone\,” and float over a dance beat in “Phone Message.” Countless little slide and steel-guitar licks ricochet around conga drums and filtered choruses of her voice in “Beautiful.”” \nPERFORMING SONGWRITER: “Imagine a drop dead brilliant guitar player\, a richly textural singer\, a commanding\, poetic songwriter\, a hilarious and personable entertainer. Now imagine these all in one person. There you have Larkin.” URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/patty-larkin/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131129T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131129T223000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20131006T002311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131114T224238Z UID:1918-1385755200-1385764200@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:SMALL POTATOES DESCRIPTION:Small Potatoes has called themselves eclecto-maniacs and described their music as “Celtic to Cowboy”. They say it has taken them “years of careful indecision” to come up with a mix of music that ranges from country\, blues\, and swing to Irish\, with songwriting that touches on all of those styles and more. Their four recordings\, “Alive!”\, “Waltz of the Wallflowers”\, “Time Flies” and “Raw” demonstrate that “indecision” can be wonderfully entertaining. They both sing\, they both play guitars and an array of other instruments. They even yodel. \n“Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso combine cleverly witty with powerfully poignant songs\, along with well chosen covers to present an unusually entertaining and involving repertoire engagingly delivered. Prezioso’s song “1000 Candles\, 1000 Cranes” is one of the most outstanding songs of the past 50\nyears.” Rich Warren\, The Midnight Special – WFMT Radio\, Chicago\, IL\n\nWhen you see Small Potatoes perform\, you hear two great voices\, some fine guitar playing\, and a touch of tin whistle\, flute\, mandolin\, bodhran\, and other percussion toys. Together they present a truly rare blend of vocal and instrumental abilities\, award-winning songwriting\, and arranging talents. They have the unique ability to adapt to the style of music they happen to be playing\, and they also pay attention to the little things\, the warmth\, the humor and a rapport with the audience that makes for a memorable performance. \n“Make ‘em Laugh\, Make ‘em Cry\, Make ‘em Think” URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/small-potatoes-3/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131130T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131130T230000 DTSTAMP:20260618T134606 CREATED:20130828T023816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131105T210617Z UID:1856-1385843400-1385852400@cafecarpe.com SUMMARY:HAYWARD WILLIAMS/ Hugh Masterson DESCRIPTION:HAYWARD WILLIAMS We know how to grow ’em in Wisconsin. \n“Looking at the bespectacled youth peering out from the album bio\, you would never expect the smoky authoritative voice that swells from Cotton Bell. But maybe Williams’ appearance belies his age\, this being the Milwaukee singer-songwriter’s third full length album. Williams’ is the voice of maturity and restraint\, and by voice I mean not only his deep\, resonant singing\, but his approach\, attitude\, songwriting – the whole deal. Full of gentle\, tender songs beautifully recorded\, Cotton Bell presents nothing groundbreaking or startling. But the deeper you listen\, the further you appreciate those sounds and songs. Dan McMahon’s guitar and pedal steel and dobro are consistently grace full and as a co-producer\, he’s clearly a crucial ingredient to the impact of Cotton Bell. Strings and harmonies flesh out the songs beautifully throughout – Third track in ‘Mockingbird’ is a great example\,just gorgeous to listen to\, a breathtaking guitar solo\, strings and harmonies swelling and subsiding\, and Williams’ vocal melody glowing throughout.” Rhythms Magazine Australia URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/hayward-williams-3/ LOCATION:Cafe Carpe\, Fort Atkinson END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR