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Smoke-Free  -   Alcohol-Free  -   Listener-Oriented

Doors Open: 7:00 p.m.   -     Show-Time: 7:30 p.m.

Admission: $8 donation

($1 discounts for Sounds Value Card, limit 2, and for students)

Always a powerful and energetic performer, Karen Abrahams moves an audience with her vocal prowess and range of songwriting styles.  Recognized for her hot bands & bluegrass vocals as well as blues vocals essentially from the git-go, her repertoire includes also swing, folk, rock, country, & even "70ish psychedelic music." Opening: Danny Britt…KY native transplanted in TX (‘80) into the Austin "progressive folk" scene.   Releases: Red Dawg—Texas Stuff and The Other Side.

Making beautiful music together since 1997, Albert & Gage (Christine and Chris) mount their musical horses and ride off together in all directions…through bluegrass, country, oldies, jazz, & bayou music to Texas swing & French chansons…guitar, piano, accordion…unforgettable vocals …made in heaven.   Opening: Jim Photoglo, highly successful writer for Nashville’s Music Row as well as for film & TV… engaging, captivating, potent performer…one classic after another.

Slim Richey, a.k.a. Slim Smiles Two-toned Shoes Richey and "the most dangerous guitarist in Texas," leads a "dream band" with wife Francie Meaux Jeaux White on string bass and vocalist extraordinaire Lady Lacynica on impeccable vocals…a very smooth, classy, and romantic sound. Opening: The Real Thing, an Arkansas trio of Dan Sieckman, Byron Yancey, & Jay Payette on guitar, bass, and drums…mainstream jazz in the style of Charlie "Bird" Parker & Dizzy Gillespie.

Performing "hand-me-down music" on stringed instruments such as fretted & hammered dulcimer, guitar, banjo, and autoharp as well as "found" instruments like bones, spoons, mouthbow and leaf, Cathy Barton & Dave Para have celebrated the musical traditions and folklife of Missouri & the Ozarks in festivals, clubs, concert halls, schools, and studios across the US & Europe for 25 years.  Opening: Laurie McClain…writes/sings with tenderness, vulnerability, hope…unique, authentic.

Since emerging as a Kerrville New Folk winner in 1987, David Roth has won national attention for his ultra-moving stories, unique songs, and powerful performance…landslide winner of "most wanted to return" at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (’96)…"a devastating combination of heartfelt wisdom and incisive wit." (Christine Lavin) Opening: Vikki McGee & Pat Henry, local lights with a repertoire from jazz standards to blues, pop, originals, and hymns…keyboard and vocals.

In a career spanning four decades, Mike Dowling has gone from sideman, bandleader and session player to solo performer and composer of amazing versatility…capturing hearts of acoustic music fans worldwide with his engaging voice, self-deprecating wit, and elegant arrangements of an arsenal of old blues, swing, ragtime, and original tunes…arch top, flat top, and resonator guitar. Opening: Terry Farmer…striking, winsome talent…fusion of folk, classical guitar, rock & roll.