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Wednesday Night - Owen (Mike Kinsella) - Don’t miss this one!

      Chances are, you’ve heard Mike Kinsella in one form or another. With years under his belt as an integral member of such bands as Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, The One Up Downstairs, American Football, Owls, Maritime, and Aloha, Mike Kinsella has definitely earned his spot in the indie history books. As a solo act, Kinsella confirms he is a supremely creative guitarist, a singer with a knack for beautifully understated melodies, and a lyricist who can tug at the heartstrings (without breaking them) with a simple line. The growing buzz around Owen has brought world-wide demand for his brand of new school singer-songwriter. So THIS is your chance to catch Owen in an intimate setting before he heads off to Europe for his overseas tour.

Charlie Louvin

May 31st, 2007 - $20

Charlie Louvin Live in the 60’s

Oteil and the Peace Makers

Friday May 11th, 2007 - $TBA

Oteil and the Peace Makers Live

Owen, John Ralston

Wednesday May 9th, 2007 - $12
w/ John Ralston
& Colorful Quiet

Mike Kinsella is a musical genius
–punknews.org

Kinsella’s talent and dedication to his own vision are commendable and undeniable. Those who have rightfully admired Mike within group settings should be impressed with his continued growth as a songwriter via this solo project.
–Jersey Beat

There is an earnestness that makes it hard not to identify with his music.
–The Badger Herald

Mike Kinsella is one of the most influential people in the independent music circle.
–Innocent Words

Kinsella confirms he is a supremely creative guitarist, a singer with a knack for beautifully understated melodies, and a lyricist who can tug at the heartstrings (without breaking them) with a simple line
–Splendid

Owen “One of These Days

John Ralston

As lead singer of the Legends of Rodeo, John Ralston, whose mother taught him how to play guitar when he was a child, found himself with no money and no contract soon after the 2003 release of his band’s first album, A Thousand Friday Nights, due to label problems. Fortuitously, one evening in his hometown of Lake Worth, FL, he met recording engineer Michael Seaman, who lived in Knoxville, TN. The two hit it off immediately, and soon after, Seaman invited Ralston up to his home. Bringing along former bandmate and drummer Jeff Snow, Ralston went to Tennessee, and in the span of a week had recorded what would be become his debut album, Needle Bed, for which he played almost every instrument. Shortly after, he went to Chicago with the intention of overdubbing the record with Wilco’s Jay Bennett, but instead ending up recording another album, There’s Always an Ambulance Around the Bend, which was issued just months after the June 2006 release of Needle Bed. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

Owen “One of These Days

Patty Larkin

Sunday May 6th, 2007 - $18

Where Beck meets Richard Thompson. • Where Beth Orton intersects with Guy Clark. • Where Me’Shell NdegéOcello melds with Bob Dylan. • Where lost innocence mingles with hope. • Where grief and strength merge into one. • Where fear is crossed with love. • Here is the place where Patty Larkin resides.

A guitar focused singer/songwriter, Patty Larkin has immersed herself in a musical world that knows no borders. Her most recent solo release, Red=Luck, showcases a world where the ancient strains of modal folk meet brooding ambient noise. It is a world where Middle-Eastern flavored melodies collide with R&B, where joyous pop and somber reflection, playful eroticism and naked soul searching entwine. Here Larkin has created a world beyond her guitar that springs from the imagination, each song part of a tightly written song cycle cinema verite of challenging times. Red=Luck is the supremely assured work of an artist who has caught a near perfect wave: an artist whose influence becomes clearer with each passing season. While Larkin’s fine guitar work has been recognized by live audiences since her emergence on the acoustic music scene, it is her skills as a producer, soundscape artist and songwriter that have garnered accolades from fans and critics alike (Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair).