This is our 12th year of doing this series. The Indy Acoustic Cafe Series is the longest running music series of this type in Indiana. It is your support that has made this all possible and it is very much appreciated. Your continued support will ensure that we can continue to bring the best acts in the country and offer you the opportunity to enjoy their work at a reasonable price. Everyone that has attended one of our shows has made the past 12 seasons possible and with your continued support we will be around for a long time to come. So bring a friend and enjoy the next show.
Thank you,
Mark
Next Shows
John Gorka - October 2, 2009
Brooks Willians - October 16, 2009
SONia - November 7, 2009
Ellis Paul (Tentative) January 16, 2010
Cheryl Wheeler - March 7, 2010
Rory Block (Tentative) April 16, 2010
Cliff Eberhardt (Tentative) November 6, 2010
John Gorka - October 2, 2009
John Gorka is honored to be a part of the folk tradition — energetic acoustic music that is not a trend, not a fad, but an expression of everyday life. After Yesterday is the embodiment of that expression — another classic release where his rich baritone voice and unique songcraft weave together in a way that can only be described as "Gorka." Learn more about John at his web site at JohnGorka.com.
The show will be at the Wheeler Community Art Center, 1035 Sanders Street. Click here for map.
Brooks Williams - October 16, 2009
The details are still being worked on, but look forward to Brooks Williams visiting Indianapolis October 16. Bluesy guitarist Brooks Williams is a certified road-warrior, wowing audiences for twenty-one years in both North American, Ireland, the UK and Turkey with his powerful acoustic and resonator slide guitars. Learn more about Brooks at his web site at www.BrooskWilliams.com.
SONiA - November 7, 2009
Whether in the bomb shelters "Miklats" in Israel or summer camps in Palestine, Human Rights Events, Colleges, Festivals or Venues around the world SONiA is always striving to disappear fear and spread her message of Peace. In fall 2007 SONiA released a new CD with her band 'disappear fear' to the world (al mundo). "t a n g o" features 13 songs in Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and English. The music matches the words in poetry about Love, Peace and Equality; themes familiar to SONiA's writing since the creation of 'disappear fear'. Learn more about SONiA at her web site at www.SONiAdf.com.
Ellis Paul (Tentative) January 16, 2010
Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990's. Learn more about Ellis at his web site www.EllisPaul.com.
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Cheryl Wheeler - March 7, 2010
Cheryl Wheeler's concerts include comic routines and serious discussions in addition to the songs themselves. Cheryl's concerts are more like what you would find at a comedy club than expect to find at a folk music concert. She will tell a story that has you rolling in the aisles, and then sing a song that leaves you wiping tears from your eyes.
Cheryl also frequently tours with the Christine Lavin-inspired tour "On a Winter's Night", and has occasionally toured as part of Lavin's consortium Four Bitchin' Babes. Learn more about Cheryl at her web site www.CherylWheeler.com.
Rory Block (Tentative) April 16, 2010
Heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.” Learn more about Rory at her web site www.RoryBlock.com.
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Cliff Eberhardt (Tentative) November 6, 2010
Long one of the most respected songwriters on the club scene, his peers often mine his catalog for themselves. A collection of his songs has recently been published in The Cliff Eberhardt Songbook (Cherry Lane Publishing). Cliff's first album, The Long Road (1990), a work featuring a duet with Richie Havens. The critical response to this debut was outstanding (the Philadelphia Inquirer called the album a "repeatedly astounding collection"). He followed with two more records before releasing, 12 Songs of Good and Evil (1997) on Red House Records, which stemmed from a chance meeting with Red House founder Bob Feldman at John Gorka's wedding. Since then, Cliff has released 4 albums on the label including his current one- The High Above & the Down Below, recorded in Minneapolis with noted jazz players Gordy Johnson, J. T. Bates and Rich Dworsky. Cliff is furiously working on a new one scheduled for 2009. Learn more about Cliff at his web site at www.CliffEberhardt.net.