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One  Drum

with

Gary Rue

&

Laura MacKenzie

Greenman Music Hall

Saturday May 10th

8pm

tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

One Drum is an eclectic world music ensemble which performs songs, stories & dances rooted in the cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, the Middle East & the Americas. With an extensive collection of aboriginal, ancient, modern & one-of-a-kind percussive, string & wind instruments, One Drum weaves a tapestry that illustrates the common cultural origins of music. Making use of oral traditions of call-and-response, sing-along, creative movement, dance & hands-on-learning, One Drum expresses a universal spirit that knows no boundaries.

Based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Rockford, Illinois, One Drum performs extensively in the Midwestern United States with significant journeys beyond, collectively and as solo presenters. Comprised of a main group, the band often mingles talents with the extended family of One Drum performers.

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Gary Rue has been playing and writing since February of 1964 when he saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan show; he 'borrowed' his Dad's guitar for 6 years. In 1981, upon achieving (arguably) some degree of success in the music business, he began writing seriously for the stage. Over 1000 songs later, Mr. Rue has composed somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 pieces of musical theater, many of them for SteppingStone Theatre For Youth Development of St. Paul. THE STINKY CHEESE MAN, a piece he coauthored with Kent Stephens, has recently completed an international tour with The Dallas Children's Theater.

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Gary Rue PRESS NOTES:

"…trades on a good sense of how to make the subtleties count."
(Twin Cities) City Pages

"…vibrant, catchy, exciting melodies."
San Francisco) Bay Area Express

"…graceful, plaintive melodies. Gary's music is…very melodic, very beautiful."
Minneapolis Star Tribune

" …performs a wide variety of original compositions rooted in rock, pop, country, jazz and ethnic: sort of Roy Orbison meets Mose Allison meets Chet Baker meets Curt Weill."

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"Celtic Music Wizard"

-Minneapolis Star Tribune

....Performing music from Ireland, Scotland, England, France and Northern Spain on a dazzling array of wind-powered instruments, including flutes, whistles, concertina, many bagpipes and voice.

"In my little black book of musicians and writers there's an entire page dedicated to Laura MacKenzie. Few musicians are persistent and talented enough to become accomplished at more than one instrument in a lifetime. It's common to find a great fiddle player that 'sort of' plays mandolin and guitar. Thus, 'multi-instrumentalist' has become a casual term for a musical jack-of all-trades.

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INFO: 608-637-1912

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The SPECIAL CONSENSUS

Friday, May 16th

8pm

Greenman Music Hall

tickets $8 in advance, $12 at the door

THE SPECIAL CONSENSUS is a four person acoustic bluegrass band that began performing in the Midwest in the spring of 1975

THE SPECIAL CONSENSUS repertoire features original compositions by band members and professional songwriters (such as “Ten Mile Tennessee” and “Margarita Breakdown”). The repertoire also includes traditional bluegrass standards (songs by Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, etc.) and songs by artists from other musical genres (such as “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin). As a result of this musical diversity, The Special Consensus has performed at the most traditional bluegrass festivals and has also been the band to bridge the gap between traditional and progressive bands at more diverse festivals and fairs.

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Tickets

INFO: 608-637-1912

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GRAND OPENING!

Sibby's Organic Zone Ice Cream Parlor

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Driftless

Jazz Fest 2008

This year drummers rule at the Driftless Jazz Festival! Our lineup of Persuasive Percussion is sure to thrill you. Ernie Adams, Davu Seru and Rich MacDonald will be featured in several groups across the weekend.

We're also featuring some of the best regional musicians such as Tim Whalen, David Cooper, Geoff Lowe, Karyn Quinn and the Jfar Coretet. The results are guaranteed to be amazing. But don't take our word for it - come see and hear for yourself!    Jazz Fest Website  the festival hotline: (708) 646-3951

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friday May 23

Jazz 101 - Understanding Improvised Music

Jam Session hosted by the Driftless Jazz Collective

                                                                

        7pm, Greenman Music Hall - inside the Viroqua Public Market, Free         

                                                                

                                                        

Jazz 101 is a discussion to try to help anyone who feels they don't understand jazz and improvised music. We'll discuss the basic structure of the music, show some great videos of jazz performances and help to provide a peak behind the curtain. These discussions will help any listener uncover new ways to enjoy all types of music.

The jam session welcomes all musicians to perform and all people to enjoy! The Driftless Jazz Collective is guitarists Dave Ware and Ted Parrish, drummer Jason Smith and multi-instrumentalist Tom Gullion. Bring your axe!

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saturday May 24

Street Beat Blues - Ted Parrish Trio, Jim Schaffer

    1pm, Viroqua Food Coop, free

Becoming-listener (again!) in Ghana with Davu Seru

    3pm, VIVA Art Gallery, inside the Viroqua Public Market free

Tom Gullion Quartet featuring Ernie Adams, Tim Whalen

David Cooper and Kelly de Haven

    7pm, Greenman Music Hall - inside the Viroqua Public Market, $10

Street Beat Blues kicks off the festival outside at the Viroqua Food Coop. There'll be food and blues to start the weekend right! Ted Parrish and his trio from Chicago will kick things into the right groove. Jim Schaffer brings his own flavor of the blues. It will be a great event!

Street Beat Blues is also a green event. One of our sponsors, Prarie Solar, will be providing electricity for the event with its mobile solar unit. This unit collects light from the sun and converts it to electricity. Sustainable, organic meets the blues. What a perfect Gumbo!

Featured artist Davu Seru shares his experiences traveling to Ghana with us at 3pm. VIVA Art Gallery is hosting this great event. Davu recently traveled to Ghana and made some startling discoveries. Come hear them!

David Cooper and his wife Kelly de Haven open the evening concert. David's an amazing trumpet player and his wife is a similarly great singer.

The Tom Gullion Quartet headlines the evening. They recently has great success at the Freedomfest festival in Madison. Come hear energetic, inspired jazz from some of the region's best players. Tim Whalen has built a great reputation as a name to watch and will be playing piano. Karyn Quinn joins them from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse.

Ernie Adams is featured and will bring his artistry that he has displayed over the years with some of the greatest names in jazz, including, Ramsey Lewis, Nancy Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry.

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sunday May 25

Jazz Brunch with Christie Knapp

    10am, Drifless Cafe

JFar Coretet Poetry Slam

    3pm, General Store, free

INTOIT

Project Fourthstream with Davu Seru, Rich MacDonald

    7pm, Greenman Music Hall - inside the Viroqua Public Market, $10

One of the perennial favorites of the festival, vocalist Christie Knapp brings her elegant, always-swinging style to the Driftless Cafe for an awesome jazz brunch. Come join her and guitarist Mike James for a great, mellow start to the day.

The Jfar Coretet is probably the hardest working band in the area. This band has been rehearsing, growing and expanding their sound for the last couple of years. It's always great fun to follow where they're leading us! This time around will be no exception. They're combining some amazing poetry with their improvised ensemble. This is where the Beat generation meant to arrive.

Members of the INTOIT ensemble will open the evening concert. This ensemble attracts some of the best drama and comic talent in the area and always amazes us with new, fresh ways of performing.

Project Fourthstream, the duo of pianist/composer William Neil and woodwind specialist Tom Gullion will take to the stage. This latest work of the group extends the "digital acoustic" soundscapes that William Neil has been producing. He'll be hot off a tour of New York state and Chicago for this performance. Featured guest artist Davu Seru

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monday May 26

Ted Parrish Trio featuring Catherine Hall Parrish

Christie Knapp

Tom Gullion Quartet featuring Geoff Lowe and Rich MacDonald

    1pm, Greenman Music Hall - inside the Viroqua Public Market, $10

The final event of the festival is all about having a great time! Great food, great atmosphere, great music! Organic Valley, one of our corporate sponsors, has donated some great food items. There will also be a host of local vendors providing that perfect lunch.

Ted Parrish features his talented wife, Catherine Hall Parrish. Their work together is always brilliant.

Christie Knapp returns this time with a full jazz quartet and will certainly delight you with some great new material she's presenting at the festival.

Tom Gullion's Quartet is seeking to repeat the exciting music they performed at last year's fest. Bassist Geoff Lowe is coming up from Chicago and drummer Rich MacDonald is joining them from Minnesota. Tim Whalen performs again on piano. It is certain to "rock out" - in a swingin' sort of way.

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TRAVEL & LODGING INFO

For more information about the Driftless Jazz Festival, dial the festival hotline: (708) 646-3951 or e-mail festival@fourthstream.net.

 

KG and the Ranger

Fri, June 13, 2008

Live at the Greenman Music Hall

8pm

fundraiser for

Viroqua's Wild West Days  

 

For a musical journey through the sagebrush...
Saddle up your imagination for a ride to the Old West with award-winning cowboy yodelers KG & The Ranger. Their smooth harmony singing will bring back memories of the Sons Of The Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and other cowboy stars of the silver screen. They yodel in harmony! They keep the audience entranced with interesting bits of history about the cowboy songs they sing. And Ranger Rick twirls his lariat in a fascinating display of trick rope-spinning. Western entertainment for all ages!

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Tickets/ INFO: 608-637-1912

tickets available at Nelson ag-center, The local general store and

all viroqua public market merchants

 

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Returning to Greenman Music Hall

Sibby's Organic Zone and The Viroqua Public Market are proud to present...

Red House Recording artists

The Pines

Friday, June 27th

8pm

Greenman Music Hall

Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door

Website - LISTEN TO THIER MUSIC

BUY TCIKETS AT THE GREENMAN E-STORE- CLICK HERE

 

Greenman Music Presents...

Johnna Morrow &

Steve Sklar

Friday July 25th

7:30pm

Greenman Music Hall

Johnna Morrow and Steve Sklar have been musical partners for many years, previously in the award-winning jazz fusion group, Little Green Men, and currently as leaders of Big Sky and the Overtone Orchestra.

You can enjoy videos of them in action at http://youtube.com/throatsinger

Johnna has been called by MP3.com,"Absolutely the most stunning Female Rock Vocal you will ever hear!" and is also a standout on flutes, acoustic guitar, didgeridoo, and other instruments.

Steve is the leading western Tuvan Throat-Singer, a sound healer, and also plays guitar, didgeridoo, Himalayan singing bowls, the Tuvan igil, and other exotic instruments.

Not familiar with Throat-Singing, a national art in Mongolia and Tuva? Here's an improvised duet that Orange, CA musician John Pascuzzi and I performed in concert LA last year: http://khoomei.com/mp3s/sklarscuzzi.mp3 John's playing the igil (Tuvan version of the Mongolian morin xuur), with Steve Sklar throat-singing.

Tickets/ INFO: 608-637-1912

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BONUS - Tuvan Throat Singing Workshop:

Steve Sklar will be teaching Tuvan Throat Singing on Saturday July 26, 9-4 and Sunday 9-1, following the Friday night concert. Contact Kathleen@FullCircleRetreat.com or 608-675-3828 to register for the workshop. More information about the workshop at: http://www.fullcircleretreat.com/workshop-descriptions.htm

The Greenman Music Hall is Proud to Present...

The Reverend Eddie Danger

Saturday September 13th

8pm

Greenman Music Hall

$10

Described as “Cosmic Folk with a Tribal Twist of Jazz” or simply “Feel Good Music”. 

A One-Man Band playing over 25 instruments.  The lyrics are word heavy stories with an underlying message usually about political or environmental justice, Metaphysical epiphanies or frustrations and blowing off the suburban teen angst, bad love, & trashy rap star negative vibe mentality saturating today’s music.  “I have bad days like anyone else.  I just make a conscious effort in my songwriting to focus on the positive.  Even my sad songs tend to see the light through the clouds”. –Ed Danger

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Friday, October 10th

8pm

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the Greenman Music Hall

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Heartfelt original acoustic songs, plus traditional music from the British Isles, America and beyond.

"Loretta's almost operatic alto and Curtis' rich tenor form a lush, polished and varied vocal blend. The pair's instrumental interplay is equally compelling, with Loretta's harp textures dancing in and around Curtis' deft guitar and mandolin lines."
.....Dirty Linen

Tickets/ INFO: 608-637-1912

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Bucky Halker

and Don Stiemburg

Friday, December 1st

Greenman Music Hall

8pm

He’s tall and lanky with a big guitar and big American songs. Singer, teacher, maybe part preacher. Writer, thinker, agitator. A beer and shot man with a Ph.D. and a suitcase of songs. Bar band front man and student of history. Folksinger, rocker, alt-country twanger.

“The living heir of Woody Guthrie . . . Halker reaches into his strings and conjures up the passionate fire of John Steinbeck.” (Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, Germany)

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Tickets/ INFO: 608-637-1912

tickets available at Nelson ag-center, The local general store and

all viroqua public market merchants

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