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SUMMARY:NICHOLAS KEHOE and JOHNNY KERMOTT
DESCRIPTION:NICHOLAS KEHOE and JOHNNY KERMOTT\, originally from Johnson Creek WI and  Sterling IL respectively\, are a duo currently based in Minneapolis MN. Kehoe and Kermott began performing together after meeting at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater where they both studied music. Their music is rooted in folk-americana stylings featuring their vocal harmonies as they trade between fiddle\, banjo\, guitar and mandolin. The pair frequently collaborate with other musicians in various styles from gypsy-jazz to traditional Irish music. These and other influences have crept into the Americana backbone of their sound and give and added layer of color and character to their music. \nPlease call to reserve.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/nicholas-and-johnny/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150807T203000
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SUMMARY:MARIANNE FLEMMING
DESCRIPTION:Originally from south Florida\, MARIANNE FLEMMING has been a professional musician for more than 20 years winning numerous songwriting  and “Best of” awards for her jazzy\, bluesy sound. Marianne is known as a fine singer\, composer and guitarist. She has opened for many national acts including Donavon\, Taj Mahal and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. Marianne has toured the United States\, Europe and the Caribbean. \nFrom The Bluebird Café in Nashville\, to The Bitter End in New York and Seattle’s Folk Life stage\, Marianne has appeared on many stages across the country. Her  recorded music has been played on radio stations around the world. \nAfter spending 10 years in Madison Wisconsin\, Marianne added family and children to her most proudest of accomplishments. She recently finished grad school to become a special education teacher and now makes southwestern Washington her home. \n“Marianne’s audience rapport was engaging. She sang with wonderful pitch\, and controlled abandon. Flemming’s guitar playing was inventive and smooth\, and her compositions were clever and interesting -musically and lyrically.”\nRobert Goss\, Production Coordinator\, PSU Lincoln Performance Hall \n“The combination of her great lyrics and stellar musicianship makes this woman a cult legend.”\nRachel Bissex\, Singer/Songwriter \nI was blown away by Marianne’s talent.  I can’t remember the last time I was so impressed with a performer – not only do I love her guitar playing\, but she has an amazing singing style\, and as if that isn’t enough\, she writes great songs too!\nDavid Duthie\, Bassist\,  River City Ramblers
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/marianne-flemming/
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SUMMARY:COUNT THIS PENNY/ Jill and the Jax
DESCRIPTION:COUNT THIS PENNY is an “Appalachian pop” singer-songwriter duo born in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. They have appeared on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion\, were recently named one of Wisconsin’s ’10 Bands to Watch\,’ wrapped up 2014 with a national Communion tour\, and were included on NPR’s Austin 100 list during SXSW 2015.  \n“If you like the Everybodyfields\, the Civil Wars\, or some old school Gram and Emmylou\, you will dig Count This Penny.”\n-Muzzle of Bees | Austin\, TX \n“Near-perfect folk music.”\n-Ear to the Ground | Pittsburgh\, PA \n“Folks may have a faint idea of what to expect from a band that describes what it does as “Appalachian pop\,” but they’ll likely be surprised by how instantly inviting Count This Penny sounds. It’s music steeped in old American traditions\, but the concise form the songs adhere to and the pop structures the band employs make the songs modern and streamlined enough to thrive far from the mountains where their inspiration first saw the light of day.”\n-The Onion’s A.V. Club | Madison\, WI \n“Their voices — one a bit gravelly\, the other crystal clear — form gorgeous harmonies and textures when paired.”\n-Isthmus | Madison\, WI \n“It’s not often one falls in love in a barn\, but that’s the case for me and Count This Penny. Lit by lamps and rope lights\, [they] filled the barn to the rafters with the intertwining of their voices. In a lineup of excellent bands they stood out – there was a genuine joy and love of music that radiated from them. This initial impression proved true – I’ve seen [them] in the audience of at least as many shows as they’ve played.”\n -Mixtapes|Heartbreaks || Madison\, WI \n“Warm harmonies\, great vocals\, and a brilliant banjo.”\n-Common Folk Music | WV \n“They’re masters of telling stories through song\, taking on the voices of well-crafted characters—a runaway kid\, a woman married to a no-good preacher man\, the father of a suicide victim\, or a couple reuniting after the man gets out of prison—in ways that resonate empathy. The subjects are often bleak\, but the melodies and harmonies are cathartic.”\n-Metro Pulse | Knoxville\, TN \n“There’s a warmth to the music…and a ramshackle grit.”\n-The Daily Times | Maryville\, TN \n“Their archetypal Appalachian magnetism\, insane harmonies and personal charm will pull you in and warm you through on a chilly November night.”\n-American Players Theatre | Spring Green\, WI \nPraise for Pitchman \n“On “Pitchman” — the last album recorded at the now-shuttered Smart Studios — throwback duo Amanda and Allen Rigell ease through assorted folk weepers and mournful murder ballads. Best of all\, however\, are those songs that touch on matters of the heart\, and the pair turns out hard-won love tunes (the earnest “Storm With You”) and bitter breakup cuts (the acidic title track) in equal measure.”\n77 Square\, #5 Best of Madison 2012 \n“A soul as old as the shadow of the mountains\, dressed as brightly as a summer afternoon…Behind the polished country of Count This Penny beats a heart of darkness\, made of broken love and tormenting memories. Something more\, in short\, than yet another musical couple ready to crowd the folk scene.”\nOndaRock | Italy \nPitchman and Count This Penny are yet another example of near perfect folk music that uses the harmonies of male and female vocals\, outstanding songwriting\, and traditional folk and country instrumentation to craft an album that\, from top to bottom\, is sure to please fans of the genre and beyond.\nEar to the Ground | Pittsburgh \nBeloved locals Jill and the Jax open. \nPlease call to reserve and arrange to buy your tickets in advance.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/count-this-penny-jill-and-the-jax/
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SUMMARY:THE NEW PIONEERS
DESCRIPTION:This five piece bluegrass ball of fire featuring vocals\, banjo\, fiddle\, guitar\, bass and mandolin appears here regularly on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Its various members have been involved with traditional music locally\, regionally\, and nationally for many years. \nThe Pioneer’s lead singer and guitarist\, Jerry Wicentowski\, has been described by country music historian Bill Malone as “One of the finest singers in bluegrass music”. Jerry has also performed and recorded with such bluegrass greats as Tim O’Brien\, Andy Statman\, Byron Berline\, Tony Trischka and others. Mike Schmidt of Spring Green\, Wisconsin\, is the group’s banjo player. This former French horn player has been a Nashville session musician and member of the popular Wisconsin-based bluegrass bands\, Alive ‘n’ Pickin’ and the Piper Road Spring Band. He also performs occasionally with his wife Lori. Bruce King of Art Stevenson and High Water – also formerly of Alive ‘n’ Pickin’ – is on mandolin. Bruce and Mike are veterans of the Great Northern Bluegrass Festival in Mole Lake\, WI – performing there every year from 1977 to 1982. Fiddle player Paul Kienitz is a member in good standing of regional bluegrass favorites\, The Nob Hill Boys. Bass player John Jirak also has played banjo with various folks in the northeastern WI and Madison areas\, most notably with the Green Bay based Fox River Flyer. As a bass player\, he’s performed shows with the Chicago Bluegrass Band\, Miltown Ramblers\, Krause Family\, Old Cool\, Spare Time Bluegrass Band\, Bob Steeno and The Old Truck\, and Down From the Hills\, and currently Madison’s newest\, Kettle Moraine. \nLike them on Facebook.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-new-pioneers-25/
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SUMMARY:MATTHEW FRANCIS ANDERSEN/ JOSH HARTY
DESCRIPTION:MATTHEW FRANCIS ANDERSEN is a Chicago native. His experience as a fishing guide in the northwoods allows him to seamlessly bridge the traffic and taverns of the city with the pines and prairies of the open Midwest. Matthew is currently touring in support of his cd Blue Line. He is the winner of American Songwriter Magazine’s 2012 lyric contest. \nJOSH HARTY is a singer/ songwriter originally from Fargo\, ND\, though now he calls Madison home. He grew up singing and later playing guitar with his dad from the age of 6\, touring the Midwest performing at senior centers\, churches and small-town festivals. These days he still spends most of the year on the road\, touring throughout the US and Europe (spending less time in Wisconsin than he’d like). Currently working on his fourth solo album and planning more tours for 2016\, Harty shows no signs of slowing down. His live shows prove that good story telling combined with journeyman musicianship is as American as music gets.  \n“A work of extreme intensity\, with beautiful voice\, warm and strong.”-Lonestar Times of Italy \n“There is a dignity to this music making that leaves us feeling enriched for the experience.” – John Davy\,  No Depression \n.”Josh\, Josh – where have you been? We’ve been waiting for you”- Americana UK \n“There’s a tangible raw honesty evident in Josh Harty’s classy county-influenced songwriting.” -R2 Magazine\, UK \n“An honest voice and fingers that seem to catch fire.”-The Atlanta Music Guide\, Atlanta GA \n“….one of the brightest new things in the country blues genre.”  “… a singer/songwriter prodigy. ”\nThe Guardian\, Nenagh\, County Tipperary Ireland
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/matthew-francis-anderson/
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SUMMARY:BILL STAINES
DESCRIPTION:Anyone not familiar with the music of Bill Staines is in for a special treat. \nSinging mostly his own songs\, he 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 has a sense of timing to match the best standup comic.” \nBill’s music is a slice of Americana\, reflecting with the same ease his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon\, the on-the-road truckers\, or the everyday workers that make up this land. \nMany of Bill’s songs have appeared in grade school music books\, church hymnals\, and scouting campfire songbooks; he is one of only a few songwriters to have eight songs published in the classic song collection\, Rise up Singing. Composer David Amram recently described Bill as “a modern day Stephen Foster…his songs will be around 100 years from now.” \nOver the decades\, you have heard Bill singing on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion\, HBO’s award winning series Deadwood\, and Public Radio’s Mountain Stage. Additionally\, his music has been used in a number of films including Off and Running\, with Cyndi Lauper\, and The Return of the Secaucus Seven\, John Sayles’ debut as a writer- director. \nIn 1975\, Bill won National Yodeling Championship in Kerrville Texas. Another important recognition was given to him in 2007. Presented by the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association\, The Jerry Christen Award recognized Bill’s contribution to New England folk music. \nCurrently\, Bill has recorded 26 albums; The Happy Wanderer and One More River were winners of the prestigious Parents’ Choice Award\, taking a gold medal and silver medal respectively. His songs have been recorded by many artists including Peter\, Paul\, and Mary\, Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy\, The Highwaymen\, Mason Williams\, Grandpa Jones\, Jerry Jeff Walker\, Nanci Griffith\, Glen Yarborough and others. \n“Folk music is rich in the human spirit and experience. I’ve always wanted to bring something of value to people through my songs.” With these thoughts\, Bill continues to drive the highways and back roads of the country year after year\, bringing his music to listeners\, young and old. \n“Bill Staines has been my hero since 1977. He carries on where Woody left off-carrying on the tradition of stories and characters you wish you knew.” – Nanci Griffith\n“Staines is one of the best songwriters in folk music today\, penning lyrics that evoke a sense of place and a generous spirit to go along with his pretty melodies. – Associated Press\n“Staines is one of folk music’s best songwriters and entertainers.” – Milwaukee Journal\n“There is no better writer of instantly memorable singalong choruses in this genre of music!” – The Boston Globe\n“His gentle lilting voice\, spacious melodies and common-chord lyrics give his songs a homespun grace that often belies his mastery of the folk form. He is such a pure pleasure too\, people forget to notice how damn good at the job of singer-songwritering he really is.” – New England Folk Almanac\n“Folk singer Bill Staines’ compositions recall the paintings of Grandma Moses – simple\, literal and evocative of a bucolic tranquility that modern times have almost erased.” – Hartford Courant
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-staines-4/
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SUMMARY:THE SUITCASE JUNKET
DESCRIPTION:Back so soon after wowing us all in May\, but we don’t mind. Don’t miss the amazing MATT LORENZ as the SUITCASE JUNKET. \nTHE SUITCASE JUNKET is a one-man tour de force out of Western Massachusetts. Matt has been road dogging for three years\, solo and with his band Rusty Belle\, touring with Chris Smithers\, David Wax Museum\, and Peter Mulvey. He’s got a powerful new CD out called Make Time. \nMatt plays a collection of leather satchels\, baby shoes\, oil cans\, cast-iron kettles\, sticks\, bones\, and a ragged guitar he had pulled out of someone’s trash. At first the novelty is mesmerizing\, then the music is. Suitcase finds extreme sounds — the wicked grind of a guitar\, the vintage buzz of an old mic\, the wild insect drone in the throes throat singing — and uses them to forward his restless skinny road-dog blues-playing big-hair cause. The boy has stories to tell. \nPeter Mulvey and many others sing Matt’s praises on a collection of various media\, including in-person speech\, echo chambers\, telephone\, shouting from the mountain tops and social media. \nMatt is a Vermont born musician\, visual artist and tinkerer\, and a professional showoff. “I aim to write good songs and sing them honestly” says Lorenz. He does that and more. The Suitcase Junket’s artistic vision is one of salvaged and repurposed objects\, images and emotions. His innovative junk-percussion constructions\, original album art featuring inanimate objects with wings\, and the high craft of his songwriting all combine to create a unique and engaging entity with a force and style all its own. Lorenz’s self-taught throat-singing adds a fascinating edge to the overall sound. “I’m interested in the hidden voices that reside within things: the songs stuck inside instruments\, the story behind the object\, the mysterious weight of a word\, the harmonic sequence that’s in every note waiting to be broken as light through a prism.” \nLorenz tours The Suitcase Junket nationally playing on festival stages and city street corners\, in concert halls and dive bars\, in living rooms and listening rooms. The sound isn’t easy to pin into a genre\, but The Suitcase Junket is often likened to Tom Waits\, The Black Keys and Andrew Bird. Lorenz’s songwriting is unexpected\, powerful and poignant\, drawing from the deep well of the American musical traditions of folk\, rock\, blues and storytelling\, all sharpened with a keen pop sensibility. With masterful command over instruments of his own creation\, he silences a room with the first notes of his throat singing and holds the crowd until the final chords of his guitar. When he plays you get the sense that he is truly playing and that he’d be doing it just as joyfully with or without an audience. \nThe Suitcase Junket has self-released two albums: Sever and Lift (2009) and Knock It Down. (2011) The third album\, Make Time\, came out on January 6\, 2015. “The band” is built around a resurrected dumpster-diamond guitar\, an old oversized suitcase\, a hi-hat\, a gas-can baby-shoe foot-drum\, a cookpot-soupcan-tambourine foot-drum\, a circular-saw-blade bell and a box of bones and silverware that operate much like a hi-hat. He pounds out rhythms with his feet and his twang-and-buzz guitar growls through a couple of old tube amps. On top of all this is the ethereal edge of his overtone throat-singing. This act is unique and not to be missed.”Make Time truly travels to various destinations of musical fortitude and emotion[…]It’s one hell of a ride that holds its resonance well after the record has stopped spinning.” – No Depression. \n“If croons could kill\, this one-man band would be a bounty hunter. Armed with a unique\, self-sufficient approach to raw instrumentation\, The Suitcase Junket is an artisan of song\, bending\, forging and sharpening each piece into an emotional tool.” -Performer Magazine. \n“His songs have a sense of beauty about them and are delivered with such forceful sound you can’t believe you aren’t listening to a full band.” – Greenfield Recorder \nPlease call to reserve.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-suitcase-junket-tentative/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150821T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150821T230000
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SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN BAND IN FRACTION
DESCRIPTION:(Fraction because guitarist Jason Klagstad will be missing.)
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-band-fraction/
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SUMMARY:DAVE RAMONT
DESCRIPTION:David Alan Ramont was born in Illinois one muggy\, August Tuesday with a song stuck in his head. The doctors couldn’t get it out. (He was also left-handed but they couldn’t fix that either.) He grew into a little kid and began listening to lots of vinyl- Simon & Garfunkel\, Stones\, Guess Who\, Dylan\, Gary Puckett. Soundtracks from “The Good\, The Bad\, And The Ugly” & “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Other hobbies included ruminating and kicking stuff down the street. Then he growed up more\, or at least he got taller… \nHe picked up guitar early on (11?)\, perhaps to get that damn song out of his head\, and whacked away in various bands through high school. Not long after that he started teaching guitar and bass at a little music school outside of Chicago\, where he taught hundreds of people “Stairway To Heaven” and what an Aeolian minor scale was for. He began writing songs and playing gigs around the Chicago area –solo\, full band\, and everything in between. Through the years he also played in the pit for theatre productions\, did recording session work\, hid out in cover bands\, and did plenty of ditch digging\, paint scraping and weed pulling. \nAfter releasing his first CD “Toaster Reflection” he moved to Austin\, TX for a time and soaked up the thriving indy music scene –playing open mics\, songwriter showcases\, and driving a bakery truck. His songs began receiving some airplay. The Austin Chronicle said “The world could always use another quality singer-songwriter with meaty lyrics\, gritty vocals and a tight back-up band.” \nDave returned North with a tad more twang (and a helluva hangover) and recorded the rootsy\, darker “Scofflaws”. The Illinois Entertainer said “…unlike many simplistic roots-revivalists\, Ramont isn’t afraid to mix things up…gorgeously unexpected accordions and cellos pop up on this wonderfully produced CD.” He continued playing gigs and teaching. And digging ditches. \nIn 2000 he released “Scrawny” and began receiving more widespread airplay in the US (mostly on public and college radio) and Europe. Richard Milne of WXRT in Chicago called it “a delicious collection of distinctly American music.” Mark Guarino of Chicago’s Daily Herald said it was “…the finest collection of songwriting I’ve heard in a long time.” Once again the guitar\, bass & drums core was surrounded by accordion\, cello\, piano\, Dobro\, mandolin\, dulcimer\, crowbar\, lap steel\, horns\, etc. He toured more extensively- Midwest\, East\, South\, Southeast- and became\, well\, sleepier… \nHe borrowed a banjo and co-founded the swamp-billy band Dick Smith with some musical pals. They recorded 4 CDs and developed a hardcore little following\, playing around the Chicago regions and the Midwest. Acoustic Guitar Magazine picked their record “Smoke Damage” (2002) as one of the top 3 indy releases of the year. Dave then stepped away from music for a few years. But a feller never stops thinking about new songs\, nope –even if he wants to… \nAt the end of 2009 -flying in the face of recession- Ramont released a sprawling double CD called “Taw”\, polished his 1967 Gibson J-50 and started playing out again. His (old) song “I Wanna Marry A Waitress” was chosen to appear on “Blooming-Tunes 2010″\, a songwriter compilation released out of Bloomington\, IN. He had 2 songs featured on the 2011 record “Made In Aurora”\, a compilation of Chicago area songwriters/bands (1st pressing sold out).
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/dave-ramont-2/
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