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SUMMARY:LIAM O'BRIEN
DESCRIPTION:LIAM O’BRIEN\, of Liam O’Brien’s Faithless Followers\, will be appearing here solo. \nLiam O’Brien is a Wisconsinite dabbling in an eclectic blend of styles for various venues from street corner to concert hall. Throughout a variety of approaches\, his lyrical integrity is ever-present\, penning original musings on the inner-workings of the human psyche. His songs can turn from wry and sardonic to heartfelt and compassionate within a matter of verses. This penchant for dynamic lyricism is equally matched in the music as it flows from near whisper to ruckus sometimes in the course of a single song. \nWhen not touring with steel guitar in hand\, he works with Mike Noyce (of Bon Iver) as one half of an audio engineering team\, performs with garbage folk collective Holy Sheboygan! and plays saxophone in experimental noise-rock group Tonbi Claw. \nLiam’s latest album was created at the Wormfarm Institute\, an artist residency and vegetable farm just outside Reedsburg\, WI. During the month of January\, “EYE” was performed and recorded entirely by Liam while farm-sitting in near isolation keeping good company with chickens\, cats and a dog named Trouser. \n“Whistling\, ships\, beautiful simple background voices\, mandolin\, viola…and there goes my heart\, sailing off on the seas with Liam’s voice…” ~ The Folk Hive \n“[Liam’s] sound is original and interesting” ~ Stephanie Elkins\, Simply Folk (WPR)
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/liam-obrien/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151003T200000
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SUMMARY:KAIA FOWLER w/ Steve Tesmer
DESCRIPTION:Kaia Fowler’s music is a cross-blend of folk\, blues\, rock and Americana. Through supple\, strong vocals and guitar work that ranges from delicate finger style to rhythmic strumming\, Kaia shares songs that explore life’s longings\, struggles and celebrations. Rooted in nature\, Kaia’s songs resonate with strength and vulnerability\, seeking to bring light even when approaching some of the darkest moments in life. \nThis will be a CD release party for her new EP All The Way. This album is in loving memory of Kaia’s husband Scott R. Jaeger who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 44 in July\, 2013.  The proceeds of sales are to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Samples of the upcoming album are available at soundcloud.com/kaiafowler. \nPerforming at folk clubs\, house concerts and venues that include the Froth House in Madison\, Kaia shares originals and select covers that include songs by John Prine\, Patty Griffin\, Tracy Chapman and Susan Tedeschi. Kaia’s songwriting has been compared to Joni Mitchell’s for its lyrical metaphors\, rich melodies and creative harmonies. \nKaia released her first album\, Seams of My Heart in 2010. With Kaia on guitar and vocals\, the album also features Randy Sabien on violin and mandolin\, Paul Bast on dobro\, Sam Steffke on piano\, and Jeremy Reutebuch on percussion. \nFrom the Americana Gazette album review: “Each song is very well written\, with a true authenticity of life. You can picture yourself or someone you know in each story line.” He continues\, “Fowler is a tremendous lyricist. Her lyrics paint pictures and her musical notes add the color…” (Aug.-Sept. 2010 issue) \nFollowing the release of Seams of My Heart\, Kaia was invited to play her song “Who Are You?” as a guest at Michelle Shocked’s concert at the High Noon Saloon in Madison\, Wisconsin. Singles from the debut album received airplay on Women of Substance online radio. \nKaia will be joined by Steve Tesmer on dobro. \nPlease call to reserve\, and come on out to hear some great music and support a worthy cause.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/kaia-fowler-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151004T193000
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SUMMARY:RAY BONNEVILLE
DESCRIPTION:Every now and then\, you run across someone with a library’s worth of stories to tell. But unlike the raconteurs who regale friends with well-embellished versions of their exploits\, these storytellers have lived so much\, they reveal chapters of their hard-won wisdom slowly\, carefully\, like layers peeled from an onion. \nRAY BONNEVILLE didn’t even open his storybook until his early 40s\, some 20 years after he started performing. But with a style that sometimes draws comparisons to JJ Cale and Daniel Lanois\, this blues-influenced\, New Orleans-inspired “song and groove man\,” as he’s been so aptly described\, luckily found his rightful calling. \nOn his fourth Red House Records album\, Easy Gone\, 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’s highway life began\, more or less\, at 12\, when his parents moved their nine French-speaking children from Quebec to Boston. He learned to play a little piano\, then guitar\, but language and cultural challenges made school uninviting. But before getting expelled\, he played weekend in New England with a young band that travelled in a 57 Cadillac ambulance. \nAt 17\, he joined the Marines\, mainly to escape his devoutly religious\, oppressively authoritarian father. That was just before Vietnam began showing up on the nightly news. He wound up there for more than a year. Post-discharge\, he discovered Howlin’ Wolf\, Paul Butterfield\, James Cotton and other bluesmen\, and taught himself to play harmonica in-between fares while driving a cab in Boston. \nBonneville spent the ‘70s in Boulder\, Colo.\, where he formed the Ray Bonneville Blues Band\, an electric five-piece\, and got over his fear of flying by earning a commercial pilot’s license. “I was hooked bad right from the start\,” he says. “When I was flying\, I felt completely at home\, like the plane’s wings were part of my body.” \nHe headed to the Pacific Northwest — first Alaska\, then Seattle — flying wherever he could and playing rowdy rooms where listeners wanted to get their groove on\, which helped him evolve a delivery that covered all bases. “My thumb became my bass player and my index finger became my lead guitar and rhythm player\,” he explains. “My feet became my drums and with my harmonica and my vocal\, made for a four-piece blues band.” \nIn Seattle\, he got hooked on something else: his old friend\, cocaine. Escaping to Paris\, where he knew the language and could avoid temptation\, he busked and played for boozy late-night revelers\, but for the first time\, Bonneville also encountered audiences who sat in silence\, truly listening. \n“It scared me\,” he admits. “I realized that you’d better have something to say if you’re going to play in front of this kind of crowd.” \nReturning stateside in ’83\, he moved to New Orleans. Training pilots by day and playing at night\, he was stirred by the city’s hypnotic undercurrent of mystery and magic\, which hangs in the humid air like a voodoo spell. In his six years there\, it seeped into his sound — and still ripples through it today.\nHis post-Katrina ode\, “I am the Big Easy\,” was folk radio’s No. 1 song of 2008 and earned the International Folk Alliance’s 2009 Song of the Year Award\, but Bonneville wasn’t yet ready to write in New Orleans. That would take more living. \nThe romantic notion of becoming a bush pilot took him to northern Quebec’s wilderness\, where he shuttled sportsmen via seaplane and played Montreal clubs in the off-season. That is\, until\, flying in fog\, he almost hit a power line\, and with no fuel left\, barely found water to land on. After a nerve-calming whiskey\, he decided his bush-pilot days were done. At 41\, he moved to Montreal and began to write. He also began touring and recording; his 1999 album\, Gust of Wind\, won a Juno Award. \nIn 2003\, Bonneville moved again\, this time to Arkansas\, where the fly-fishing was good. He began recording for Red House Records\, and adding his talents to albums by Mary Gauthier\, Gurf Morlix\, Eliza Gilkyson\, Ray Wylie Hubbard and other prominent artists. Bonneville also has shared songwriting credits with Tim O’Brien\, Phil Roy and Morlix\, among others. Slaid Cleaves placed Bonneville’s “Run Jolee Run” on his lauded 2009 album\, Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away. \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-3/
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SUMMARY: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/new-pioneers-25/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151009T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151009T230000
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SUMMARY:MADISON MALONE
DESCRIPTION:Born in the wonderful Wisconsin city that matches her name\, MADISON MALONE was immersed into an obsession with music immediately in her childhood. She traces back her love of music since the days of dancing and singing to The Beatles in her backyard of rolling hills in Portage\, WI. Madison started learning the piano at the age of 5\, writing music at the age of 12\, teaching herself guitar at 17 & is an alum of UW-Madison’s co-ed A cappella group\, Redefined. She is also a teacher at Madison’s Girls Rock Camp!\n\nMadison Malone calls her music soul-pop because she believes that by putting her soul into everything\, honesty can be emulated in her story-telling & songwriting. The 21-year old believes that music is one of those few mediums of which almost all humans can relate. Whether it be rhythm\, the sound waves\, lyrics\, the movements of the musician\, or just the brilliance & comfort it produces while being performed\, music can connect the world on some sort of common ground. Madison has a driven passion to use & create music in her community and the world in order to inspire those that she crosses paths with. She wishes to show others that music can be this incredible\, spellbinding outlet where we can escape and turn all of our aspirations into reality.\n\nAs Madison approached the fall of 2015\, she weighed all of her options in what she wanted to do for her musical future. She reached the resolution to take time off from what would be her senior year at UW-Madison. She is using this time to fully immerse herself in the nation’s music scene with tours to Chicago\, Denver\, Nashville\, Los Angeles & Kansas City in hopes that she will continue to spread feel-good vibes while meeting more incredible musicians along the way.\n\nCheck her out on Facebook.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/madison-malone-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151010T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151010T230000
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SUMMARY:SMALL POTATOES
DESCRIPTION:The 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 the most polished\, inventive\, and entertaining shows on the circuit.” \n“make ‘em laugh\, make ‘em cry\, make ‘em think” \nFrom the start\, they’ve 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 years.” Rich Warren\, The Midnight Special – WFMT Radio\, Chicago\, IL \n“They don’t sound like anybody else. I like that. They lay out a blanket and every song is a picnic.”  Warren Nelson\, Big Top Chautauqua/WI Public Radio\, Bayfield\, WI \n“I’ve never been so fascinated by a singing duo. They’re original\, funny\, energetic\, profound\, always respectful of the music but always daring to try new things. When they get their hands on music\, rhythmicaly and harmonicaly\, it just takes of. The audience here loves them. It’s a stand-up-andshout kind of love.” Phee Sherline San Diego Folk Heritage Society\, San Diego\, CA \nPlease call to reserve.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/small-potatoes-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151016T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151016T230000
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SUMMARY:MICHAEL FRACASSO/ Giulia Millanta
DESCRIPTION:Upon arriving in Austin\, TX in 1990 from New York City\, MICHAEL FRACASSO was promptly voted Best New Artist in Music City Texas ‘Insiders’ poll and was able to record his first CD\, Love & Trust which features a duet with Lucinda Williams. \nHe has made two albums with producer/ guitarist Charlie Sexton (World in a Drop of Water and Back to Oklahoma) and also collaborated with Charlie to write and record the music for the movie Monster Hunter. \nHis 2004 album\, Pocketful of Rain featured a duet with Grammy winner Patty Griffin for whom Michael opened her Spring 2006 tour. \nHe has toured extensively throughout the US\, Europe and Japan. His 2007 release\, Red Dog Blues went to #1 on the Americana Chart in Europe. \nFor his seventh CD\, Saint Monday (April 26\, 2011) Fracasso returned to a harder-hitting sound of a full rock band and “…remains one of Austin’s most distinctive voices.” – Jim Caligiuri – Austin Chronicle. \nHe was short listed for the Austin Public Library Award for literary achievement in 2011 and was on the “Best of 2011” list for several publications including Third Coast Music\, San Antonio Express News and Austin Chronicle. \n“Michael Fracasso has the heart-melting potential of Gene Pitney or Don Everly… his voice remains a marvelous instrument throughout.”\n— Don McLeese\, Rolling Stone \n“…transcend(s) the realms of hardcore honky-tonk and folksy excess. Fracasso… gloriously integrated a countrified Texas twang with Beatlesque popisms and rocking enthusiasm.”\n— Mitch Myers\, New City \nOpener GIULIA MILLANTA is a songwriter from Florence\, Italy\, now based in Austin\, TX. She is a traveller. She is a writer. She is a performer who uses her own unique style in combination with various genres to craft music that connects cultures. \nShe plays guitar\, ukulele and she sings in four languages – Italian\, English\, French and Spanish! \nHer curiosity and search for a personal form of expression distinguished her first work\, “Giulia and the Dizzyness” (CavernJatt Records 2008). \nShe performed at the Acoustic Guitar Meeting in Sarzana\, where she won the Carisch Award “New Sounds of Acoustic Music”\, in May of 2010. \nTwo years after her first release\, Giulia delivered “Dropping Down” (Ugly Cat Music/ Audioglobe 2011) a multivalent musical performance\, showing her skills in every aspect of production. 
The album is in fact entirely written (except for the cover\, Paranoid\, by Black Sabbath)\, arranged\, and produced by the singer/songwriter. \nIn 2012 \, after touring Italy\, The Netherlands\, Germany\, Switzerland and US\, Giulia moved to Austin\, Texas\, the “live music capital of the world”\, a melting pot where different cultures\, genres and musical styles meet and blend. Here\, filled with new energy and influences Giulia decided to “give birth” to a new album:  “Dust and Desire” (Ugly Cat Music/Audiglobe 2012) \nHer fourth studio effort\, “The Funambulist” (Ugly Cat Music 2014)\, is a musical investigation of the art of balancing…people\, languages\, realities and life in general.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/michael-fricasso-giulia-millanta/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151017T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151017T230000
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SUMMARY:SAM LLANAS (cancelled)
DESCRIPTION:SAM LLANAS (formerly of the BoDeans) is an iconic American singer\, acoustic guitarist\, and songwriter. Best known for his unique and distinctively soulful voice\, It was Llanas’ voice that supplied the trademark vocal on Robbie Robertson’s “Somewhere Down the Crazy River.” He will be appearing solo. \nIn 1997 Llanas founded the band Absinthe. As Absinthe Sam released one album\, 1998’s critically acclaimed A Good Day To Die. In 2011 Sam Llanas left the BoDeans and released 4 A.M. (The Way Home) on Inner Knot Records. In 2013 he released the live retrospective 4/5 Live – Vol I. \nIn 2012 the music from 1998‘s A Good Day To Die was incorporated into a collaboration with playwright Doug Vincent and producer Gary Tanin in the production “A Day for Grace.” By 2013 the play had evolved to include multi-city tours and multi-week runs in New York City. \nOn November 18th\, 2014 Llanas released The Whole Night Thru\,  an all new studio record produced by longtime collaborator Gary Tanin. It features 9 new Llanas originals. The Whole Night Thru is Llanas’ first studio outing after parting ways with the band he co-fronted for over a quarter century. Shedding new light on a multi-decade career Sam returns to his roots adding a refined rock sound complimented by a full band\, all veterans of both studio and live performance. Behind his lone-wolf image and toughness\, Llanas continues to hone his skills. A master craftsman that feels most at home in the city he’s always called home\, Llanas has set the stage for fans to embrace his new identity.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/sam-llanas-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151021T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151021T220000
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SUMMARY:CLAUDIA RUSSELL & BRUCE KAPLAN w KATIE DAHL & RICH HIGDON
DESCRIPTION:CLAUDIA RUSSELL 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 husband BRUCE KAPLAN on mandolin\, guitar and vocals. \nBesides writing evocative songs\, Claudia is known for her vocal talent. She is an expressive and versatile singer\, as at home on a soulful ballad as a Buddy Holly style romp. \nWith its memorable melodies and seductive soundscape\, her latest album\, All Our Luck Is Changing\, elicits the classic era of ageless American music. Russell delivers a whimsical melting pot of traditional and contemporary styles\, from earnest folk to sweet jug band blues\, driven by her deft guitar work and a versatile\, expressive voice that tips the hat to artists as diverse as Dolly Parton\, Suzanne Vega and Aretha Franklin. Claudia paints her material with emotional depth\, looking forward and back at life with both childlike awe and the mature wisdom of a musician with four decades of music under her belt. \nWorking with three-time Grammy nominee producer Peter Case\, Claudia and her husband Bruce Kaplan (guitar\, mandolin) cut the majority of the record live with some of LA’s best musicians. Using just a few overdubs\, Case created a balance between the immediacy of a live record and the freedom to embellish that the studio experience inspires. \nThough they might not carry the trappings of the usual music industry formula for overnight success\, self-described ‘late bloomers’ Russell and Kaplan have refined their sound into an eclectic\, full-bodied tapestry of unplugged Americana. Giving themselves the time and space to come into their own as people and musicians has allowed for the creation of their definitive album. The duo have dealt themselves a winning hand. Indeed\, all you have to do is listen and you too will believe!  All Their Luck Is Changing! \nKATIE DAHL Wisconsin singer-songwriter Katie has performed her original songs everywhere from the dusty cliff country of Mali\, West Africa\, to the winding canals of southern France\, to the cedar forests of the American northwoods. The depth and power of Katie’s alto voice\, the literate candor of her original songs\, and the easy humor of her live performances have earned her numerous songwriting awards\, as well as the chance to share stages with such luminaries as Dar Williams\, Peter Mulvey\, Julie Gold\, and Cheryl Wheeler. Katie is also a playwright whose musical Victory Farm premiered to high acclaim in 2012 and has since been made into a live cast album. \nMike Fischer of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes that Katie Dahl “combine[s] old-fashioned populism\, an abiding love of the land\, and wickedly smart love songs\, all delivered in a rich and expressive alto.” \n“Crowns\,” the opening track from “Ordinary Band\,” hit number one on the folk radio charts for July 2015. The album “Ordinary Band” was #4 overall. The full rundown is here.  Katie performs with sideman RICH HIGDON on bass and washboard.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/claudia-russell-bruce-kaplan-w-katie-dahl-rich-higdon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20151023T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20151023T230000
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SUMMARY:TALL HEIGHTS
DESCRIPTION:It’s been half a decade since TALL HEIGHTS kicked off their career in Boston’s Faneuil Hall\, busking for more than 100 days to help fund their very first EP. Paul Wright would play cello\, Tim Harrington would strum the acoustic guitar\, and both bandmates would sing\, their voices cutting through the noise of shoppers and tourists. \nSince those days\, the duo’s harmony-heavy indie folk has taken Tall Heights from the marketplaces of Massachusetts to stages across the country. They’ve toured America\, released critically-acclaimed album\, Man of Stone\, and earned a spot on the same folk family tree as Simon & Garfunkel and Bon Iver. On 2015’s Holding On\, Holding Out\, though\, the duo widen their reach significantly\, beefing up their sound with electronics\, synthesizers\, drums loops\, Casio keyboards\, and plenty of shimmer and shine. It’s a record of exploration and expansion\, with Tall Heights building something towering on top of their folksy foundation. \nNPR calls Tall Heights “Intimate and arresting.” Their brand new EP\, “Holding On\, Holding Out\,” releases today. Check it out on Spotify. \n“This record feels like a new birth for us\,” says Harrington\, a Boston native who grew up singing in the same local choirs as Wright. “We’re sounding different. It’s not because we were bored; it’s because we were street performers who learned how to create beautiful moments as a duo\, but then we became a nationally-touring act. We saw the country\, we broadened our horizons. Suddenly\, we weren’t the artists we were before. But a lot of what we learned on the street still rings true to our approach today\, so this record is a growth\, rather than a left-hand turn.” \nRecorded at Color Study studio in Goshen\, Vermont\, Holding On\, Holding Out was partially inspired by the music that poured out of Tall Heights’ car speakers during the long drives from show to show. The guys found themselves listening to a wide array of sounds as they hurtled across the country\, but they zeroed in on Icelandic music\, taking influence from the sonic sweep of Sigur R&ocute;s and the electronic percussion of Ásgeir. The music of Iceland’s underground was deep\, dark and cinematic\, able not only to deliver a melody\, but to cast a mood\, too. Harrington and Wright were also influenced by their hometown Boston music scene\, specifically their friends and peers in Darlingside and the Ballroom Thieves. Months later\, while recording their own EP\, Tall Heights used all of it as inspiration\, and allowed their intimate indie-folk to grow into something bigger and bolder. It was a natural growth — the sound of two musicians amplifying their music to its fullest potential\, exploring some new territory along the way. \n“We’re singing together more than ever before\,” Wright adds. “Throughout all of Holding On\, Holding Out\, there are only a few places where only one person is singing without the other. There’s a lot of perfect unison\, too: just two people singing the same note at the same time\, fusing their voices into a sound that’s bigger than the sum of its parts. I think that’s the biggest difference between this project and the last project. We’re not just harmonizing; we’re singing together all the time.” \nHolding On\, Holding Out also draws a line between humans’ relationships with each other and their environment. It’s a call to be more present and conscious\, especially with things we all hold dear — family\, love\, our planet — are at stake. At its core\, though\, Holding On\, Holding Out is a blast of exploration and electricity from a group that previously did some of its best work unplugged. It’s progressive and propulsive\, shining a light not only on where Tall Heights have been before\, but where they’re going. \n“Intimate and arresting” – NPR \n“Tall Heights employ a collection of acoustic guitar\, cello\, and electronic drums\,​ ​reminiscent of contemporary indie folk giants like Justin Vernon and Fleet​ ​Foxes.”​​ – XPN \n“In addition to finger-picked guitar\, swelling cello and tight\,​ ​prismatic vocal harmonies\, ‘Spirit Cold’ boasts a bold\, airy drum part​ ​that propels the song through the peaks and troughs of the​ ​arrangement.”​ – Wall Street Journal​ \n“It’s a contemporary sound that is not without its ageless qualities.” – Chicago Sun Times \n“Certifiably unclassifiable” – Boston Herald \n“There have been many bands in recent years that have employed beautiful close harmonies\, but when you add the strings and the great songwriting\, Tall Heights is a notch above the pack.” – WBEZ \n“Call it simply gorgeous.” – WFUV \nPlease call to reserve.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/tall-heights/
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SUMMARY:THE BUZZARDS
DESCRIPTION:After a five-year absence from Cafe Carpe\, they’re coming home to roost! For The Buzzards—a trio made up of Madison’s Mike and Patty McDougal and Fort Atkinson’s Perry Baird—it all began at Cafe Carpe in August 1995. As solo acts\, Mike and Perry split sets on a couple of Carpe shows\, but on one fateful night 20 years ago\, Patty joined her husband and Perry for a short\, final set\, and an enduring musical collaboration took flight. \nMike brings his skills as a singer and instrumentalist developed over years performing on the Chicago folk-music scene. Six- and twelve-string guitars are his forte\, though he also contributes cello and ukulele to Buzzards shows. \nPatty takes turns on harmony and lead vocals and adds harmonica\, accordion\, and occasional percussion. \nPerry\, long a stalwart of the Madison Folk Music Society and Carpe open stages\, concentrates on vocals and guitar. Expect three-part vocal harmonies and delicate—occasionally raucous—instrumental work on an eclectic variety of selections by contemporary artists such as Tom Waits\, Bill Staines\, Harry Nilsson\, Bob Dylan\, John Hartford\, Steve Goodman\, Patrick Alger\, the Rolling Stones and others\, plus some traditional songs from America and Great Britain sprinkled throughout. There’s even a Russell Crowe song in the repertoire (Buzzards play Crowe!). \nThough in recent years the trio has hovered around Madison area venues\, The Buzzards are excited to return to the nest where they hatched!
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-buzzards/
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SUMMARY:JP CYR AND HIS RADIO WRANGLERS
DESCRIPTION:JP CYR & HIS RADIO WRANGLERS hail from Wisconsin and are heavily influenced by the Western Swing\, Honky Tonk\, and Hillbilly sounds of the 1930’s\, 40’s and 50’s. They strive to encapsulate the sounds of the Western dance hall era and their Honky Tonk singin’ and Western Swingin’ will keep your toe tappin’ all night long! Fronted by J.P. Cyr on Vocals and upright bass\, The Radio Wranglers are: Blaine McQuinn on fiddle and vocals\, Adam Nero on steel guitar\, Danny Tyksinski on lead guitar\, and Ed Novak on rhythm guitar\, and Ruthie Krause on fiddle and vocals. \n 
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/jp-cyr-and-his-radio-wranglers-2/
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SUMMARY:BILL CAMPLIN and the SPECTERCLES/ Zach Pietrini
DESCRIPTION:It’s that spooky time of year again when BILL CAMPLIN and the Spectercles take over the Carpe stage. \nZACH PIETRINI dares to step into this\, opening for the band. \nStarting in 2006\, Zach’s music career has spanned 9 years\, 4 albums\, 3 states\, multiple band members\, countless stages\, hopes\, and heartache.\nHis first effort\, The Broken Season Turning\, released in 2007 emerged as a concept album tracing the path of a broken family and their attempts at redemption.\nIn early 2009 The Bright and Shining Lights of Anywhere Else was released finding much of its musical inspiration from Ryan Adams and The Snake The Cross The Crown. Many of these songs were written during a time of depression for Pietrini and were his way of working through the pain.\n2010. Zach elected to move on from Chicago and came to Milwaukee where he found renewed energy and inspiration. Seizing every opportunity\, he quickly was recognized as a force in SE Wisconsin\, winning several songwriter awards\, battle of the bands\, and a nomination for Best Band in Milwaukee in 2014.\nZach charges on with the newest release\, Aug 2015\, Highways and Heartache. Their sound consistently evolves\, but doesn’t stray from its brutally honest\, impassioned americana roots. Critics describe his songs as “haunting\,” “honest” and “instantly familiar.” Zach continues to write\, tour\, and record salt-of-the-earth-flavored americana\, and was recently featured on NoiseTrade’s New and Notable. He is\, as ever\, driven by their desire to connect with people through the simple beauty of story and song. \nLike Zach Pietrini on Facebook\, follow on Twitter\, sign up for monthly emails (and get a free song!).
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/bill-camplin-and-the-spectercles-zach-pietrini/
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