Mad Folk Concerts/Events: 2009-2010
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Mar. 11 (Thu), 2010
House Concert
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Mar. 20 (Sat), 2010
House Concert
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March 23 (Tue), 2010
House Concert
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Mar. 26 (Fri), 2010
8:00 pm
Brink Lounge
701 E. Washington
Suite 105
Madison, WI [MAP]
$16 in advance
$18 day of show
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PEGGY SEEGER, member of the North American musical Seeger family, is a singer of traditional Anglo-American songs and an activist songmaker. Considered to be one of N. America's finest revival singers of traditional songs, Peggy has also written music for films, television and radio. She has collaborated on books of folksongs with Edith Fowke, Alan Lomax and Ewan MacColl. She has made 22 solo LPs and collaborated with other performers (Tom Paley, Mike Seeger, Guy Carawan, Ewan MacColl) on more records than she can remember. In the mid-1970s she began to concentrate on feminist and ecological issues. Peggy plays six instruments: piano, guitar, 5-string banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, autoharp and English concertina. She now lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and tours regularly worldwide.
"For me, the Peggy Seeger concert was a trip to the past -- so many coffee houses, hootenannies, and sing-alongs in the '50s and '60s, so much outrage, so much hope, so many dreams. It was a reminder of our heritage of ballads and story songs -- of our country and its roots in the Old World."
- Lucy V. Parker
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Peggy Seeger
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March 30, 2010
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(Hosted by KIKI'S HOUSE OF RIGHTEOUS MUSIC)
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Steve Poltz
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Apr. 8 (Thur), 2010
7:00 pm
Brink Lounge
701 E. Washington
Suite 105
Madison, WI [MAP]
$15 in advance
$17 day of show
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Jack Williams, a South Carolina-born artist, is celebrated by the contemporary U.S. folk community as a singer/songwriter of national stature and an uncommonly unique guitarist whom Sing Out! Magazine describes as "one of the strongest guitarists in contemporary folk." A featured performer on the Philadelphia and Kerrville main stages, Jack has also appeared on the Newport, (New Bedford) Summerfest and Boston Folk Festival stages. In addition to his successful solo career, Jack's credits include guitar work with legendary singer/songwriters Mickey Newbury, Harry Nilsson, Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow, and Steve Gillette, among others. [MORE...]
"If there is anyone not familiar with Jack's incredible songwriting and prodigious performance skills, my sympathies to you. A Jack Williams show is a slam-dunk win-win-win for all. One of the most enlightened and entertaining performers I've ever encountered."
- Dave Humpreys, Two Way Street Coffeehouse in Downers Grove IL
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Most people know of Ronny Cox's acting
career, but not so many know of his life-long love and dedication to
music. These days, Ronny spends about half of his time acting and the other half as a singer/songwriter performing at
folk festivals, concert venues and small intimate theatres. [MORE...]
"...[Cox] played slithery corporate snakes in "RoboCop" and "Total Recall;" but as a singer-songwriter, he is a study in easygoing amiability and unforced charisma. He charms crowds with self-teasing humor, tart progressive insight, and a lulling Southwestern folk sound..."
- Scott Alarik, The Boston Globe
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Jack Williams
Ronny Cox
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April 20 (Tue), 2010
7:00 pm
Wil-Mar Center
953 Jenifer Street, Madison WI [MAP]
[Directions]
$14 in advance
$16 day of show
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Grammy-nominated Eliza is the daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson and grew up in Los Angeles knowing that her life would revolve around music. “I got into it for all the wrong reasons, more as a survival tool than anything else, but it proved to serve me more than I dared to imagine.” As a teenager, she recorded demos for her father, an accomplished songwriter whose songs have been covered by artists as diverse as Dean Martin, Johnny Cash “Memories Are Made of This”) and the White Stripes (“Look Me Over Closely”), and whose credits include such standards as “Green Fields,” “Marianne” and “The Bare Necessities” (from the Disney film Jungle Book). [MORE...]
“...Stylistically adventurous...political in all the right ways...”
- Austin Chronicle
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Apr. 24 (Sat), 2010
8:00 pm
Brink Lounge
701 E. Washington
Suite 105
Madison, WI [MAP]
$14 in advance
$16 day of show
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Consider this list: Peter, Paul and Mary; David Wilcox; John McCutcheon; Sally Rogers; Lui Collins; Garnet Rogers; June Tabor. These well-known artists (and many more) all sing and record Bob's music. Seasoned veterans and novices alike are drawn to the complex, warm-hearted spirituality and captivatingly clear-cut melodies of Franke's songs. [MORE...]
"It's his integrity. I always think of Bob as if Emerson and Thoreau had picked up acoustic guitars and gotten into songwriting. There's touches of Mark Twain and Buddy Holly in there, too."
- Tom Paxton
 Opener: John Statz http://johnstatz.com/
At the young age of 25, John has already performed in 28 different states, as well as in 6 other countries, and his first album, Dusk Came Slow, won a Madison Area Music Award in 2007 for "Folk/Americana Album of the Year." Stay tuned, an intergalactic tour is right around the corner.
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Bob Franke
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