Girls Rock Camp Benefit Show

7:00 pm --Bonobo's Secret Handshake (funk band) www.myspace.com/bonobosecrethandshake
8:00 – 8:30 pm Brett Newski Acoustic (of The Nod)
www.myspace.com/thenodwi
8:30 – 9:30 pm The Motor Primitives
www.motorprimitives.com
9:30 Beth Kille
www.myspace.com/bethkille

Contributions in support of the Girls Rock Camp $5 at the door.

Music and Talk Show recorded for PODCAST in front of a live audience every Tuesday at The Brink Lounge This week features -  An evening with two great story-tellers &
singer-songwriters  TOM KASTLE      8pm  www.tomkastle.com
A wonderful storyteller and singer of songs about tall ships and the open water, Tom Kastle keeps up a fast-paced schedule of workshops and school assemblies teaching kids about sailing history and lore.
L.J. BOOTH  9pm  /  www.ljbooth.com
Now that it's an official podcast show, we're pleased to have our very good friend, L.J. Booth, back on Mad Toast Live in a rare Madison appearance!   An excellent storyteller, his live CD released last year is really a collection of stories in the best folk songwriting tradition--with a very soulful and jubilant sound.
http://www.madtoastlive.com http://madtoastlive.podbean.com    

Mad Folk Society Presents:  Jack William / Ronnie Cox
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.

"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

Most people know of Ronny Cox, the actor, 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.

"...[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

TICKETS:  $15 in advance / $17 dos available at Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95516
Visit: www.modfolksociey.org for more details

JAVA NOTES SERIES - "Concerts for a Better Commumnity" Presents: Patty Larkin in Concert  www.pattylarkin.com  Proceeds to Benefit Habitat for Humanity

Acoustic Guitar hails her “soundscape experiments.”  Rolling Stone praises her “evocative sonic shading.”  She has been described as “riveting” (Chicago Tribune), “hypnotic” (Entertainment Weekly) and a “drop-dead brilliant”  performer (Performing Songwriter).

Patty Larkin is part of the urban-folk/pop music phenomenon that spun off of the singer/songwriter explosion of the seventies, reinterpreting traditional folk melodies, rock, pop, bossa nova, drawing on anything from Dylan (Bob) to Dylan (Thomas).  A self described “guitar driven songwriter,” Larkin has wound her way through soundscapes of evocative vocals, inventive guitar wizardry and imaginative lyrics.  Her songs run from impressionistic poetry to witty wordplay. 

Tickets $18  available through www.javanotes.org

Everyday Jones is a nationally-touring, independent acoustic duo from Seattle, WA.consisting of Jason Green and Alissa Jandt. 
"Everything about Everyday Jones is versatile, from the way Jandt's vocals float off the surface of Green's guitar lines, to the way in which these two people can sound like a room full of players. Green has mastered his art and accessorizes.  Everyday Jones's shows with live looping & sampling, using no pre-recorded tracks, blends humor, harmony and talent. Everyday Jones gives a show not to be missed.
www.everydayjones.com   Nick Deonigi Opens  www.myspace.com/mnickdeonigi

Dikembe Mutombos   Band members from The Sharp and Harkins Band and of  The Stroves Band  $5
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/dikembe-MUTOMBOS/297616398716?v=info&ref=ts

Spark Ventures Meets Madison!
6:30 Doors open
7:30 Presentation
8:15 Music by Mark Croft www.markcroftmusic.com

A Fundraiser for Spark Ventures 
Free Admission

Spark Ventures is Chicago-based non-profit that forms partnerships to help vulnerable children achieve their potential.  Currently, Spark partners with Hope Ministries in Zambia, Africa, providing leadership training, development, and resources for Hope Orphanage and Hope Community School.   For more information visit www.sparkventures.org       

Mad Folk Society Presents - BOB FRANKE in Concert
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.

"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.

Tickets are $14 Advance / $16 day of show Advance Tickets at Brown Paper Tickets
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/100045  For more information visit:  www.madfolksociety.org

"Currently Classic Rock, Live Obnoxious Fun!"
Dance and enjoy the music of Madison Area favorite Rock band $5  www.midlifecrisisonline.com