Upcoming Events
Mad Folk presents:
John Gorka
with special opener Joe Gorka
Apr. 18, 2025 (Fri)
7 pm (doors at 6pm)
North Street Cabaret
610 North Street, Madison, WI 53704
Non-perishable donations of food will be collected for local food banks.
Flyer (Please print/post/share!)
Tickets:
$27 advance
$30 day of show
"Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his songs."
- The Boston Globe
In 1991, Rolling Stone called John Gorka "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement." Already active on the folk scene, his first album "I Know" produced by Red House Records in 1987 was critically acclaimed. This led to a record contract with Windham Hill and later High Street Records for five albums. He returned to Red House Records in 1998, producing another eight albums. He joined forces with Lucy Kaplansky and Eliza Gilkyson in 2010 to form the folk group Red Horse. As of 2024, he has produced 15 albums, two DVDs, and one compilation album, in addition to the album with Red Horse mentioned earlier. He is active on the folk scene, performing on tour in the US and internationally, and at various venues including the Kerrville Folk Festival where he first got his start in 1984.
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Many well known artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. John has graced the stage of Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, etown and has appeared on CNN. His song “Where No Monuments Stand” is featured in the documentary "Every War Has Two Losers," about activist and Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford (1914-1993).
For more see artist website.
Mad Folk presents:
Bruised Orange
FREE SHOW celebrating Mad Folk's 50th Birthday!
(Rescheduled form January)
May. 2, 2025 (Fri)
7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
North Street Cabaret
610 North Street, Madison, WI 53704
Non-perishable donations of food will be collected for local food banks.
Flyer (Please print/post/share!)
Tickets:
$15 advance
or at door
HAVE YOUR MUSIC AND EAT YOUR CAKE TOO!
On May 2, 2025, MadFolk will be celebrating their 50th anniversary/birthday by giving a gift to the Mad Folk community. They will be hosting a concert, and for all current MadFolk members, Madfolk will pay for your ticket! That’s right, that means you get in for FREE! For those who are not a member, you may purchase a ticket and your gift will be a FREE membership to MadFolk for a year! We will have cake and the music we have chosen for this event is local musicians Bruised Orange, an act that pays tribute to John Prine.
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John Prine’s music has inspired generations of musicians for more than 50 years, including the bandmates in Bruised Orange: Liz Stattelman-Scanlan, Tina Thompson, Colin Bazsali and Jeff Burkhart. Liz and Tina played together for many years in the Oak Street Ramblers; Colin and Jeff played together in the Barley Brothers, Cajun Strangers, and the Dirty Shirts, who Liz joined in 2019 to perform two classic Gram Parsons records at several live shows. Now, the four long-time friends perform together for the first time in celebration of the musical legacy of one of the best songwriters of our time, John Prine.
The band started last year as a collaboration between Jeff and Chuck Bayuk, who worked with Liz on a set of John Prine earlier this year. Sadly, Chuck passed away in October, and we never got to play these songs with him. The show will honor Chuck by including the songs he selected but wasn’t able to perform. “Chuck opened my eyes to a whole bunch of John’s songs that I’d never considered playing, like Blue Umbrella and Long Monday,” said Jeff. “Chuck was an amazing singer and interpreter of John’s songs, so our goal is to play them with the heart and soul that Chuck brought to them.”
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