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SUMMARY:MIKE BLAKELY
DESCRIPTION:MIKE BLAKELY  has released 11 CDs\, performed all over the U.S.\, and made 16 tours to Europe. His songs have been recorded by Gary P. Nunn\, Red Steagall\, Flaco Jimenez and Raul Malo\, john Arthur martinez\, Randy Brown\, Geronimo Trevino III and Johnny Rodriguez\, Johnny Bush\, Pauline Reese\, and others. \nAlso an author\, Mike has published 17 books released by major New York City publishers. His last two books were co-writes: one with Willie Nelson (A Tale Out of Luck)\, the other with Kenny Rogers (What Are The Chances). Mike is a two-time winner of Western Writers of America’s Spur Award – once for best western novel of the year\, and once for best western song of the year. He has also been nominated several times for “Entertainer of the Year” by the Texas Music Awards.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/mike-blakely/
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SUMMARY:THE NEW PIONEERS
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SUMMARY:RAY BONNEVILLE
DESCRIPTION:RAY BONNEVILLE has just released Easy Gone. \nOn this\, his fourth Red House Records album\, Bonneville delivers 10 reasons why patience pays off. In each\, his guitarwork shimmers like stars emerging at dusk. His voice carries the rich\, natural timbre of time\, though underneath that pearl-like smoothness\, one hears its gritty core. His harmonica rhythms add even more texture to his sound. \nProduced by Bonneville and Justin Douglas\, Easy Gone wears the faded denim of a man who knew when he “said I do to a highway\,” as he sings in “Who Do Call the Shots\,” that it wasn’t going to be an easy marriage. But he also knew divorce was not an option\, and affirms his vows in soulful lyrics that balance thoughtful observation\, impassioned emotion and the restless soul of a wanderer. \nBonneville headed to Austin in 2006\, and released Goin’ By Feel\, his second Red House album. Allmusic.com gave it four stars\, the same as Gust of Wind\, Roll It Down and Bad Man’s Blood — which it calls his “magnum opus\,” noting\, “With darkness and light fighting for dominance … he’s stripped away every musical excess to let the songs speak for themselves.” \n“I have roughly 12 lines to make a story\, so every one has to trigger the listener’s imagination\,” he explains. “I want my songs to be believed\, so I work on them until I believe them myself.” \nOn Easy Gone\, songs like “When I Get to New York\,” “Mile Marker 41” and “Love is Wicked” percolate with hints of something sinister and sexy. In the bluesy “Wicked\,” you can almost hear the finger-poppers lurking in the club’s corners — the ones who might get a little wicked themselves later on. Even the album’s lone cover\, of Hank Williams’ classic\, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry\,” carries a groove and momentum that’s Bonneville’s alone. It’s haunting\, like many of his songs. He populates a lot of them with society’s fringes: the desperate and dangerous\, damaged and vulnerable. \n“I like the criminals and the lost people\,” he says. “That’s why I love Flannery O’Connor and those kind of writers. ’Cause I’m lost myself.” \nWhether that’s true or not\, he knows how hard it can be for our internal compasses to lock on the direction in which we might need to go. That’s the subject of “Where Has My Easy Gone\,” written with drummer Geoff Arsenault. In it\, he sings\, In the heart of a seeker a needle swings/homing on some elusive thing/I looked in the endless sky down along the sea/I could not find my easy. \nWith just a few simple words\, Bonneville clearly expresses his thoughts\, while allowing space for multiple interpretations. Which\, of course\, is the essence of great songwriting\, the kind that earned him an International Blues Challenge solo/duet win in 2012. He doesn’t pretend to understand how he finds that essence\, however. \n“The whole songwriting thing\, to me\, is mysterious\, and I want to keep it that way\,” Bonneville says. \nUltimately\, what matters is knowing how to translate the mystery into music\, and that\, he understands perfectly.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/ray-bonneville-2/
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SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN b AND
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SUMMARY:ERIK KOSKINEN
DESCRIPTION:ERIK KOSKINEN \nErik is coming to us through the recommendation of his friends the Pines. Since moving to Minneapolis eight years ago\, Koskinen has amassed a following as a musician\, songwriter\, producer and engineer. With experience stemming from years of traveling north to south and coast to coast\, Koskinen taps those adventures and encounters in his second album\, the follow-up to the acclaimed Keep It to Yourself. \nErik Koskinen’s America Theatre is a translucent eulogy to the genuine. Musically sprouted from the blend of American folk\, country\, rock-n-roll\, and blues\, Koskinen and his top-shelf band realize a sound that is distinctive and fresh while familiar and classic. From the tender opener\, “First Time in Years” to the defiant “Six Pack of Beer” to “Boomtown\,” a track that flays the history of the west’s settlement from bedrock to fracking with a locomotive’s force of barbwire guitars\, marching bass and cracking drums\, Koskinen moves the listener through a landscape of personal and social struggles\, as well as small triumphs\, of our nation and its people. Ending on the quiet heartbreaker and breath taker\, “Slow Burn\,” Koskinen’s album is a lyrical and musical metaphor of American’s theaters of war\, of history\, of relationships\, and of the reflections in the mirror. Knowing but not didactic\, Koskinen channels the ways of Whitman and reverently enters the anthology of uniquely crafted wry songs with the likes of Woody Guthrie and Ry Cooder while speaking as plainly as your neighbor.  Koskinen joins the ranks of chief musicians and sharp wordsmiths.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/erik-koskinen/
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SUMMARY:OPEN STAGE
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SUMMARY:BIG BANG STRING THING
DESCRIPTION:BIG BANG STRING THING It’s rare when the word acoustic conjures thoughts of music that can electrify the jump in your feet. Then again\, BBST is a rare group\, and an impressive collective of musical might. Energetic\, contagious\, and flat out fun\, BBST weaves a sizzling thread through multiple genres to deliver a tapestry of award-winning original music that defies one description\,yet\, connects with everyone. Perhaps that has a something to do with the fact that BBST is made up of veteran musicians who have toured\, recorded\, or shared the stage with Leo Kottke\, The String Cheese Incident\, Lyle Lovett\, The Smashing Pumpkins\, Darol Anger\, Mike Marshall\, John Hartford\, U2\, Asleep at the Wheel\, Garbage\, Willy Porter\, Riders in the Sky\, The Radiators\, David Grisman\, Alex DeGrassi\, Doc Watson\, Carrie Newcomer\, and Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band to name a few. Or\, it could simply be that Big Bang String Thing knows how to craft a great sound. \nTHE BAND: \nBob Westfall (mandolin\, guitar\, vocals\, songwriting) has studied and worked with some of the top acoustic players in the country -Darol Anger\, Mike Marshall\, John Hartford\, and Alex DeGrassi. But\, while these influences are certainly evident\, Westfall’s songwriting are uniquely his own. An award-winning mandolinist\, Bob grew up in Texas and Minnesota\, and his style incorporates the best elements of storytelling with a hybrid jazz/pop/worldbeat/bluegrass feel. \nThe husband and wife team ofMary Gaines(bass) and Chris Wagoner (violin) provide the bottom and top of the BBST sound\, and have appeared in performance and on recordings with Westfall for over fifteen years. Gaines and Wagoner have similarly diverse backgrounds — formal classical training at the Univ. of WI\, jazz studies with the great bassist\, Richard Davis\, followed by years of performing and recording with jazz\, blues\, rock\, and folk artists and songwriters. \nMicah Olsan (guitar) has been an active performer in the Midwest music scenes for the last five years. His diverse songwriting mixes elements of folky acoustic fingerstyle\, funk\, rock\, and world music into a distinct sound that will leave your head bobbing and your toes tapping. His guitar work was recognized in the 2010 Shepherd Express reader poll when he was awarded runner up for best guitarist. He has been playing with BBST for the last 5 years.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/big-bang-string-thing-3/
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SUMMARY:GREG TROOPER / JOHN SIEGER/ LARRY PENN
DESCRIPTION:Three wonderful songwriters will participate in a fabulous songswap. \nNew Jersey born Nashvillean GREG TROOPER discovered a sort of holy musical trinity in the work of Otis Redding\, Bob Dylan\, and Hank Williams\, with their guiding lights of passion\, literary dexterity and plainspoken honesty\, informing his music with Memphis soul\, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang. \nTrooper has made an impact on the music scenes in all the places he’s lived since leaving home after high school: Austin\, Texas\, Lawrence\, Kansas\, Nashville and New York. Music critics praise his poetic feel\, infectious melodies and insightful lyrics. Americana star Buddy Miller produced 1998’s ‘Popular Demons’ album\, while soul legend Dan Penn steered 2005’s extraordinary ‘Make It Through This World’. \nHis songs have been recorded by numerous artists including: Vince Gill\, Steve Earle\, Billy Bragg\, Robert Earl Keen\, Maura O’Connell\, Lucy Kaplansky and Tom Russell. \nAnd there is praise: \n“Greg Trooper writes great songs\, including one of my very favorite songs in the world\, Little Sister. On top of all that\, there’s his voice – an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.” – Steve Earle \n“Greg Trooper has got to be on our list of our finest contemporary songwriters.” –  Billy Bragg \n“Greg Trooper is a songwriter and performer who deserves about 12 times the attention he’s received. He knows how to play rock against country and folk and position the pressures of adulthood against the longing for adolescent freedom.”  –  Dave Marsh \nTrooper’s lyrical manner is poignant and his singing is patient and evocative. –No Depression \nGreg Trooper’s roots-rock can lean toward soul or country or Dylan\, and it’s filled with yearning and promises – Jon Pareles (New York Times) \n“Great stuff from one of the great American songwriters” – Bob Harris\, BBC Radio 2. \nOn “Upside-Down Town” all of Trooper’s skills are on display:  the great storytelling\, the lovely melodies\, an enviable supply of wit and charm but most of all his compassion for the vulnerable and heartbroken. – Ryan Scott\, The Nation \n His friend JOHN SIEGER  is a 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. \nFellow Milwaukeean LARRY 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.    \n 
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/greg-trooper-john-siegerlarrypenn/
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