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SUMMARY:BEATS WORKIN'
DESCRIPTION:“Though not unique it is no less true that ‘BEATS WORKIN’ is the outgrowth of a series of jam sessions attended by 5 guys who love traditional bluegrass music\, while believing that the genre is not set in stone\, and that through the joy of making music\, tasteful and creative contributions are waiting to be discovered (We think Bill would be proud!). As we each looked at the other 4 and concluded those guys are near-irreplaceable\, the transition to a band seemed quite natural.” \nBand bio follows ticket link: \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \nTHE BAND: \n\nVIKTOR BRUSUBARDIS– bass\, vocals\nViktor began performing on the bass in the spring of 2021\, joining members ofChicken Wire Empire\, The Milbillies\, and co-founding the Milwaukee bluegrass band “SugarBush”. He has shared the stage with artists Dead Horses\, Chicken Wire Empire\, Billy Bronsted (Billy Bronsted and the Bluegrass Buddies)\, Mike Mangione (Mike Mangione and the Kin)\, and others. Viktor enjoys exploring different genres including Jazz\, Classical\, Bluegrass\, Folk\, Americana\, and Old Time Music. While Viktor is not playing the bass he performs as a classical cellist in Milwaukee’s Festival City Symphony and teaches cello in the Milwaukee YouthSymphony Orchestra’s Progressions program. During his summers he participates in festivalssuch as the Musiques et Vignes en Confluence festival in the Loire Valley of France\, the Gott istgut festival in Struppen Germany\, Latvian Song and Dance Festivals in Canada and the United\nStates\, and other local festivals. Currently\, Viktor regularly performs with groups Beats Workin’\,\nSugar Bush\, Milwaukee Hotclub\, and Cream City Hotclub.\n\nKEN FINKEL Banjo and vocals\nKen  got involved in Bluegrass while at the University of Rochester (NY)\, Largely self-taught\, he made his way to Cincinnati where he met Dede Wyland and Jim Price through mutual friends. During a gig in Chicago\, they came down along with Peter Knupfer and Dan Crownover. Turned out they formed Grass\, Food\, and Lodging. In their five years together\, they built a strong regional following and gained national recognition\, appearing on the Prairie Home Companion\, and many prestigious festivals around the country. Following GF&L\, Ken had his own booking agency\,\nrepresenting Bluegrass\, Roots\, Blues\, and Irish musicians and doing event booking and stage management- Summerfest\, Bastillle Days\, etc. A long career in the software industry followed. The passion for Bluegrass was reignited when GF&L had reunions in 2013 and 2015.\n\nPETER ROLLER- Dobro\nPeter is a longtime performer and composer of fingerstyle and slide guitar music. In the ‘80s he was main accompanist for 1st generation bluesman Yank Rachell\, acting as Producer and playing guitar on his Grammy-nominated Blues Mandolin Man album. In the ‘90’s Roller’s original lap slide instrumental Rancho Mirage was included on the popular compilation Masters of Acoustic Guitar\, while he also performed and recorded with dance band Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans\, gospel quartet The Masonic Wonders\, and Violent Femmes bassist Brian Richie. After retiring as Professor Emeritus of Music from Alverno College\, Roller returned to his early love for Bluegrass and old-time Country Dobro\, writing adventuresome pieces and performing with eclectic band The Resonators along with Beats Workin.’\n\n\nJOHN STINEMAN- Mandolin\, vocals\nGrowing up in Wabash\, IN \, John was introduced to Bluegrass music by the many people who migrated from Appalachia for employment. Upon witnessing an exceptional flat picker in the local music store he decided he could “do that “\, bought a guitar and commenced. After refining his musicianship and moving to Florida he founded The Kitchen\nTable Boys\, his first success in music .He eventually became a member of Big Timber Bluegrass\, a long time Orlando based band that had been founded by Chubby Anthony\, who had fiddled with the Stanley Brothers\, and later featured frequent guest appearances by Chubby Wise\, legendary fiddler with Bill Monroe in the late 1940’s. Upon moving to Asheville \, NC in 2001  he co-founded One Leg Up\, a five piece swing ensemble that toured the Southeast until 2019.\nDuring the pandemic John relocated to Northern Illinois and has returned to playing Bluegrass music\, concentrating on mandolin\, as a member of Beats Workin.’\n\nJERRY WICENTOWSKI– Guitar\, lead vocals\nAs a teenager growing up in New York City\, Jerry was inspired to sing Bluegrass music by the performances of first-generation artists. His high clear voice carries on the tradition of the pioneers of Bluegrass\, but his singing is far from a pale imitation or carbon copy of those early greats. Jerry’s performances have uniqueness\, depth of feeling\, and most important\, respect and reverence for the music. He revisited the material of one of his early inspirations in his most recent CD tribute to Mac Wiseman entitled\, ‘Thanks\, Mac!’. Mac himself praised Jerry’s work saying\, “Jerry\, I’m very flattered by your interpretation of my material and I think it’s a wonderful piece of work! I heartily endorse it\, and I’m very pleased that you’re carrying on my legacy.” In October 2019\, just prior the pandemic\, Jerry featured material from his recording on the stage of the historic Station Inn in Nashville.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/beats-workin-2/
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SUMMARY:KATIE DAHL/ GRACE MORRISON
DESCRIPTION:Bios follow ticket link: \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \nKATIE DAHL \n\n\n“Katie Dahl’s songs aren’t just melodies and words\, they’re journeys that are firmly grounded in a sense of place—beautiful\, real landscapes that help you feel places that you may have never been before. That’s the very best kind of songwriting.”\n—Dar Williams \n“Razor-sharp lyrics with a hearty\, soulful voice.”— American Songwriter \n\n\n\n\nClear-eyed and tough-minded\, songwriter/playwright Katie Dahl is known for her smart songs\, wry wit\, and wise spirit. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula where her family has lived for 175 years\, Katie is also an internationally touring\, radio-charting artist who “delivers razor-sharp lyrics with a hearty\, soulful voice” (American Songwriter). In live shows that are both courageously honest and devilishly funny\, Katie dives deep into questions of land and love\, family and body image\, grief and joy. “In unsettled times\,” says Peter Mulvey\, “Katie Dahl brings us a grounded spirit.” \nKatie’s five albums of original songs showcase her creamy alto\, abiding love of the land\, and trademark humor\, as well as her unflinching vulnerability. Her recent work finds her exploring deeper territory than ever before\, from anxiety to body image to the challenges of growing up queer in an evangelical church. Richly steeped in the American songwriting tradition\, Katie navigates the muddy waters between the personal\, public\, and political with tenderness and dexterity. \nIn 2024\, Katie was named a Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist\, as well as “Most Wanted to Return” at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel writes\, “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\n\nGRACE MORRISON“Singer-songwriter Grace Morrison reflects her Cape Cod roots. Equal parts rugged\, powerful\, and breathtakingly beautiful Grace has carved out a sound all her own: Saltwater Country.  Her brand of Americana-infused with 90’s pop  hooks will leave you basking in the sun while her lyrics pull you into deeper waters.” \n“Her voice smacks of Jewel\, and her style\, cadence\, song structure is every inch from the school of Joan Osborne\, Lisa Loeb\, Natalie Merchant. It’s uncanny.” — Lauren Daly Boston Globe \nSome of you may have seen Grace here last year with Radoslav Lorkovic.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/katie-dahl-grace-morrison/
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SUMMARY:LONESOME BILL CAMPLIN
DESCRIPTION:“….consummate guitar\, voice\, and lyrics\, and with a mix of folk and rock-influenced tunes. And an awesome sense of humor.”
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/lonesome-bill-camplin-38/
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SUMMARY:CAROLINE COTTER
DESCRIPTION:CAROLINE COTTER‘s sunlit songs honor the countless ways of being human. With her honeyed voice and disarmingly honest lyrics\, Cotter sings about connection\, nostalgia\, gratitude\, loss and wanderlust. Lyrics like\, “Find me somewhere out on the road / Take me into your heart and into your home\,” make perfect sense from a touring artist who has played over 1000 shows in 45 states and 16 countries. She has performed at churches\, art galleries\, barns\, yoga studios\, punk bars\, Parisian living rooms and even a schooner off the coast of Maine. Everywhere she goes\, her oracular songs elicit emotion and spark insight—medicine for our collective longing. \nGrowing up in Rhode Island\, Cotter played piano and listened to records by luminaries like The Beatles\, The Beach Boys\, The Carpenters and Bob Dylan. She spent her early twenties in Spain\, Thailand and India; studying yoga and meditation; sleeping on train station floors; washing clothes in the sink; and witnessing the innumerable ways people live. Walking the Camino de Santiago\, a pilgrim’s trail across northern Spain\, she felt “wildly alive. Waking with the sun in the east and walking west each day\, I felt free yet full-of-purpose” —a feeling she would later recognize and reclaim as a touring musician. \nAs a songwriter\, Cotter waits for the wellspring of emotion to arise and then wrings her experience out into rhyming couplets. The process typically starts with nostalgia or longing—wondering about the way things were or the way things could be. She’s endlessly questioning existence\, spinning and carding her worries\, hopes\, and joys into the fabric of her songs. Cotter has released three records\, Dreaming as I Do (2015)\, Home on the River (2018) and Gently as I Go (2023). Under the Radar magazine says her music\, “brings forth an abiding sense of warmth and welcome\, offering an uplifting reminder to make the most of every moment.” \nCotter’s songs move effortlessly from the grand to the granular. Take “Coming Your Way\,” a traveler’s anthem about the people who keep her afloat by opening their hearts and homes. Or “The Year of the Wrecking Ball\,” in which the narrator revisits her childhood home and wrestles with the dissolution of her family and sense of continuity. Then there’s “Gone Away\,” a hymn for the lost and downtrodden—or anyone needing to be called back to their life’s purpose. With the precision of an analog photographer\, Cotter adjusts the aperture of her attention to move between the particular and universal qualities of our lives. \nCotter has performed at the Freshgrass Festival (North Adams\, MA)\, Rocky Mountain Folk Fest (Lyons\, CO)\, Ossipee Music Festival (Ossipee\, NH)\, Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (Hillsdale\, NY)\, Rockwood Music Hall (New York\, NY)\, Isis Music Hall (Asheville\, NC)\, The Alberta Rose Theatre (Portland\, OR)\, Swallow Hill (Denver\, CO) and more. She won the Maine Songwriters Association Contest and was a finalist at the Freshgrass and Rocky Mountain Folk Fest Songwriting Competitions. When not living nomadically\, Cotter resides on the coast of Maine.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/caroline-cotter/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250411T203000
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SUMMARY:THE ORGANGRINDERS
DESCRIPTION:A 4 piece good time blues band that knows how to party with the monkey. playing all acoustic this show. \nWhether playing a small club or a festival stage\, The ORGANGRINDERS bring the fun and serve it up by the heaping spoonful. Their combined experience playing with blues greats such as John Brim\, Johnny Rawls\, Johnnie Johnson\, Phil Guy\, Michael Coleman\, and Clyde Stubblefield\, among many others\, has taught them well. The Organgrinders deliver honest blues with a vintage sound and a modern feel. Drawing from influences such as swing\, funk\, soul\, acoustic\, and hill country blues\, they create a dynamic and engaging musical experience. They truly love what they do—and you will too.\n\nDon’t miss this special performance as the band strips it down for an intimate acoustic blues set. Featuring Brian “Looper” Lucas on harmonica\, Sven Gonstead on acoustic and steel-body guitar\, Eric Sheffield on washtub bass\, and Tim Russel keeping the rhythm on a cardboard box\, this unique show promises raw energy\, deep grooves\, and the soulful sound of pure\, unfiltered blues.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/the-organgrinders/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250412T203000
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SUMMARY:KYRAN DANIEL
DESCRIPTION:I knew at that time he would be an incredible force in music…he was always received with thunderous applause and standing ovations…’ – Tommy Emmanuel AM \n‘likely the most influential acoustic guitar composer of his generation … publicly unsung\, his pieces have shaped the progression of the art form since his emergence onto the world stage\, only growing stronger through his dormancy … we’re excited to see what this master of the guitar presents in his renaissance’ \nGuitarist\, Composer\, Producer and Musical Director\, KYRAN DANIEL began his career performing alongside Grammy Nominee Tommy Emmanuel on stages spanning the globe. His debut album ‘Per Se’ became a highly influential work in the acoustic guitar world\, opening the door to his attendance of the prestigious Berklee College of Music studying under the greatest songwriting & production professors in contemporary music. \nFollowing his time at Berklee\, Kyran focussed on the roles of songwriter & producer for a cohort of Australian artists including G Flip\, Gretta Ray\, and Kingswood. His diverse musical palette and superlative musicianship saw him fast become one of Australia’s finest studio talents\, and a go-to for artists & labels domestically & abroad\, his work garnering millions of worldwide streams\, and credits including Gretta Ray’s ARIA Nominated Album ‘Begin To Look Around’ (EMI)\, and G Flip’s #1 ARIA Charting Album ‘Drummer’ (4x ARIA Nominated). Meanwhile his work on stage as Session Guitarist & Musical Director for the likes of Kingswood was presented on international tours and radio & television broadcasts across the globe. \n2022 saw Kyran return to his most authentic musical form as a solo artist\, with a triumphant return to European and American stages alongside mentor Tommy Emmanuel\, followed by a relentless tour schedule of solo concerts across Australia\, Europe\, and the USA\, re-introducing him as one of the greatest solo guitar players on the planet. Kyran is currently completing his renaissance solo album entitled ‘Like The Night Itself’\, drawing upon rich global influences\, alchemised into emotive compositions\, cinematic soundscapes\, and virtuosic performances from the heart.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/kyran-daniel/
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SUMMARY:KRAY VAN KIRK
DESCRIPTION:This show was rescheduled from August 31\, 2024.  BUY  tickets following bio. \nA finger-style guitarist with a precise baritone\, KRAY VAN KIRK has a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska. After five years of touring\, he thought the sciences might be a bit more secure than playing music. But he wrote better songs than statistical models\, and he set out again. “We are driven by myth and the seasons of the heart\,” he says. “Everyone\, absolutely everyone\, of any gender\, identity\, orientation\, ethnicity or anything else\, should know that they are not alone but are on the Hero’s Journey.” \nWhen he reached Scotland and the Fringe Festival\, the Daily Fringe Review wrote\, “The evening’s act was Kray Van Kirk\, whose 12-string guitar and soaring vocals were spellbinding; the Alaskan singer-songwriter\, in his Edinburgh debut\, was not the reason I arrived early\, but was certainly why I stayed late.” \nOf this charming\, quixotic and eclectic performer\, the Borderline Folk Club in New York wrote that Van Kirk was “what every singer-songwriter should aspire to.” \n“Every time I play cuts off The Midnight Commander\, listeners ask ‘Who’s that?’ It’s Kray Van Kirk and there’s none like him.” – Auntmama ‘Sunday Folks’ DJ\, KBCS Seattle\, WA
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/kray-van-kirk-2/
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SUMMARY:SATCHEL PAIGE w/ Ruthie McQuinn
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URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/satchel-paige-w-help-from-ruthie-mcquinn/
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SUMMARY:CHERYL WHEELER w/ special guest KENNY WHITE- sold out
DESCRIPTION:Ticket link follows bios. \nCHERYL WHEELER It has always seemed as if there were two Cheryl Wheelers\, with fans of the New England songwriter relishing watching the two tussle for control of the mic. There is poet-Cheryl\, writer of some of the prettiest\, most alluring and intelligent ballads on the modern folk scene. And there is her evil twin\, comic-Cheryl\, a militant trend defier and savagely funny social critic. The result is a delightful contrast between poet and comic. \nAs the late Scott Alarik wrote\, “Wheeler emerges as a gifted and open-hearted songwriter approaching the sure summit of her craft. Her abiding faith in her audience’s ability to find their own life reflected in the sweet spaces of her songs reveals an artist comfortably wearing the austere genius that defines folk music’s best traditions.” \nKENNY WHITE opens the show and then accompanies Cheryl for her set. \nHailed by reviewers from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle for his “thrilling” and “unique” piano playing\, Kenny is a talented singer-songwriter and a successful NYC-based record producer. He has written\, performed\, and produced music for hundreds of TV and radio commercials as well as film soundtracks\, and has toured with stars like Judy Collins\, Stephen Stills and Tom Jones\, among others. \nSnapshots of human condition\, from heartwarming to humorous; astonishingly gifted pianist who finds a hook at the end of a long phrase. “Kenny has earned a place among my favorite singer/songwriters. A true wordsmith and musician who reveals a fine sense of humor as well.” – David Crosby \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/cheryl-wheeler-w-special-guest-kenny-white-2/
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SUMMARY:VANCE GILBERT- tentative
DESCRIPTION:details to come
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/vance-gilbert-5/
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SUMMARY:JOSHUA DAVIS & Interlochen Students
DESCRIPTION:Josh came with some of his students last year and it was a delight. \n\n      \n        \n      \n    \nSpeaking or singing\, the voice of JOSHUA DAVIS is a disarming instrument: weathered and warm\, as capable of conjuring confessional intimacy on a global stage as it is of making a small room\, well off the beaten path\, resonate with startling urgency and power. Couple it with an earnest poetic sensibility\, a boundless work ethic\, and an uncanny gift for connecting with audiences spanning generations\, and it’s no wonder that Davis is now poised at the brink of the sort of widespread recognition that typically passes right over such a humble troubadour.\nOver the past twenty years\, Michigan-based Davis has honed an impressive range of skills – songwriter\, bandleader\, guitarist\, and vocalist among them – in the most honest possible fashion: night after night\, song after song\, show after show Davis simply delivered every performance as though his life depended on it. Investing himself in the American musical diaspora\, he has explored the common thread connecting folk\, blues\, jazz\, ragtime\, and country forms – discovering his personal perspective as a composer in the process.\n\n“My sound is rooted in the folk tradition\,” Davis explains\, “but it’s not folk music. Terms like Americana\, roots rock\, and heartland rock come up\, but there’s so much more to it than that. I’m not a purist: I play with that American folk lineage\, I play with those metaphors.” His versatility and ravenous musical curiosity has resulted in a divergent and fervent output. Since his appearance as a finalist on Season 8 of NBC’s “The Voice”\, Davis has been churning out an album a year and has plans to continue to do so. His sensibilities shine brightest on his latest trio of solo releases\, each a thoughtful dispatch on life\, love\, change\, and growth.\n\n“The music that moves me is imperfect\, honest and raw. Those qualities are what turned me on to Delta blues\, to punk rock\, to old soul\, and traditional music from all over the globe. It’s all about feel. It’s ragged but right.”\n\n\nOpening for Joshua will be a group of songwriting students from Interlochen Arts Academy\, a boarding arts high school located in Northern Michigan (Joshua is on the Interlochen faculty). Students worldwide audition to attend the esteemed boarding arts high school\, the first of its kind.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/joshua-davis-students/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T200000
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SUMMARY:MICHAEL GULEZIAN
DESCRIPTION:MICHAEL GULEZIAN is one of the most highly acclaimed solo acoustic instrumental guitarists of our time. He is a phenomenal technical guitarist with the rare ability to transcend his own virtuosity\, creating music that touches and moves people at the deepest level. In terms of his significance in the evolution of the genre\, Michael is — among other things — the musical link between John Fahey and Michael Hedges. \n“uncommonly thoughtful and provocative … sweeping story-like melodies\, multi-dimensional epics\, and heartland hymns.”\n– Jazz Times \n“compositional genius. … a magisterial ode to a quiet\, breathing awe … a religious experience … the sense of a person playing a guitar disappears into the music … there is something happening in this collection that transcends music and reaches into the ethereal world. … astounding … cosmic.” Minor 7th.com \nAlthough there are many guitarists who are exceptionally gifted at playing guitar\, Michael Gulezian (gu-LAY-ze-in)\, by contrast\, has distinguished himself with his music – boundary-free\, horizon-expanding\, genre-bending\, transcendent\, soulful\, kickass\, mind-opening\, emotionally imbued\, exquisitely gorgeous instrumental solo acoustic guitar music. Music that quite literally defies description. \nFor more than three decades\, Michael has unpretentiously walked onstage and delivered one riveting performance after another. Each one of Michael’s albums has raised the aesthetic of contemporary solo acoustic guitar to a new level. He’s been called the musical link between John Fahey and Michael Hedges. Artists as diverse as Michael Hedges\, Willy Porter\, and Henry Kaiser have claimed him as a primary musical influence. Young lions such as Erik Mongrain\, Andy McKee\, and Trevor Gordon Hall are quick to acknowledge him as an inspiration. For those who follow solo acoustic instrumental guitar\, Michael Gulezian is firmly established in the genre as one of the most significant artists of our time. \nMichael now celebrates his first release in more than a decade: thunder heaven light. He describes it as the best album he has ever recorded: “It’s the most emotionally charged\, joyful\, and spiritually inspired music to ever fly through my heart and soul – some of the music is heart-wrenching\, and some of it is pure joy. But more than anything else\, every note of every song\, is love\, love\, love.” Ten original tracks of instrumental acoustic guitar\, recorded over a multi-year period\, at studios in Colorado and Los Angeles. thunder heaven light was recognized in the “Best of Echoes – Top 25 Albums of 2019\,” and prompted Fred Kraus of Minor 7th to write “Michael Gulezian might be the most accomplished pure guitarist on the planet.”
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/michael-gulezian-3/
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SUMMARY:ROUND ROBIN w/ TRICIA ALEXANDER
DESCRIPTION:Round robin led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer\, poet\, healer\, “with a voice\, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally\, not from the stage\, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers\, songwriters\, musicians and music appreciators\, poets\, and storytellers held somewhat regularly on the last Wednesday (formerly Thursday) of each month. \nTraditional Round Robin protocol applies – everyone is part of the circle and has an opportunity to: play\, pass or request a song from someone in particular or from anyone in the circle. \nEveryone is welcome to attend. $5 cover for musicians and audience. Come early and have a bite to eat- therein lies our sustenance.
URL:https://cafecarpe.com/event/round-robin-w-tricia-alexander-2/
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