Unless otherwise noted, all shows start at 7:30pm and take place at
The Loft at the Mill
Buy tickets online!
Tickets will be available at the door the night of the show,
but get your tickets early because we have sold out and turned people away.
Standard* Ticket Prices
Member - $13
Non-member - $17
Student with ID - $10
Children under 12 - $1
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2007-08 Schedule
9/21/07 - Kusi Taki
10/12/07 - Mike and Amy Finders Band
11/9/07 - Marley's Ghost
12/27/07 - Laurie McClain (LAFTA benefit)
1/19/08 - Jeff Black Band
2/9/08 - Jackie Tice
3/8/08 - Diana Jones
3/28/08 - Prairie Dog CD Release Party
4/5/08 - Robin and Linda Williams
September 21, 2007 -
Kusi Taki
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Kusi Taki means "enchanting music" in the Quechua language of Peru.
The music of Kusi Taki originated centuries ago in the high plains of the
Andes mountains in Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. The songs celebrate
different aspects of life...spirituality, melancholy, tenderness, nature,
and love.
In the early 1990's, Oscar Rios Pohirieth and a few friends wanted to find a
way to share their mutual love of Andean music with others in Nebraska. They
hoped that the music might encourage people to learn about the indigenous
cultures of South America. The group, Kusi Taki, evolved from that simple
desire to play this haunting and truthful music on traditional instruments
for those who have never heard it. The original outreach continues to expand
as they use the music as a teaching tool in schools around the region. They
love to watch the joy in the faces of the children (and the adults) as they
experience, for perhaps the first time, the beauty of another culture
through its music.
Current members of the group are Oscar Rios Pohirieth, Sussire
Hernandez-Ryan, David Jacobo, Michael Schwebach, Mark Vanek, John Baylor,
and Marcelo Arévalo. They play traditional instruments including the sikus
(panpipes), quena (flute), charango (similar to mandolin), bombo (drum), and
guitar. Most Andean instruments, particularly the flutes and drums, date
back to Incan times or earlier. Stringed Instruments were initially
introduced by the Spanish, and the Andeans later adapted them to local
conditions and materials.
Kusi Taki is dedicated to encouraging diversity and acceptance of all
cultures. It was founded so that Nebraskans might experience the Andean
cultures of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Venezuela through an acoustic
musical journey. They provide a multicultural, bi-lingual experience with
Latin American music, language & culture.
Special pricing: $10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., music starts at 7:30.
Ethnic food samples while they last.
October 12, 2007 -
Mike & Amy Finders
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With their refreshing brand of frontier prairie Americana music, the Finders
(FINN-ders) perform acoustic bluegrass, folk, and country. They have twice won the
songwriting contest at Merlefest and are working on their fifth CD. Mike and
Amy describe their music as "blue folkgrass" and "frontier blues." Amy’s
full singing voice is a perfect counterpart for Mike’s tenor.
For a decade, Mike and Amy Finders have been traveling the Midwest, playing
the music they love, music that echoes the tall grass prairies and
Mississippi river valleys that raised them, a "refreshing brand of frontier
prairie blues." Their relaxed demeanor on stage masks the practice and
preparation they put into every show. Their performances are balanced from
start to finish with harmonies traded, years traveled, melodies unraveled
and stories revealed. Amy’s wit and remarkable voice immediately draw
people in, at which time audience members find themselves deeply moved by
Mike’s songwriting. His originals are "tuneful, knowing and drenched in
self-deprecating humor." – Iowa City, IA, the Press-Citizen, 2004 "Mike
Finders’ everyman lyrics strike a deep emotional chord." – Madison, WI, the
Isthmus, 2003. Don’t miss this fine duo who hail from Iowa.
November 9, 2007 -
Marley's Ghost
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Known for its irrepressible humor and lively stage presence, Marley’s
Ghost is one of the most popular and well-loved folk roots bands on the
club, festival and community concert scene. Renowned for inspired four-part
harmonies, the group features English folk, Jamaican reggae, gospel,
country, R&B, Cajun and even Scottish bagpipe tunes. Celebrating 20 years as
a group, the band’s instrumental virtuosity and ultra-tight harmonies have
been captivating audiences where ever they go. The band members are:
Dan Wheetman (vocals, bass, rhythm guitar, fiddle,
harmonica, banjo, Dobro, lap steel) came to the group after a long career
touring with the John Denver Band, Liberty and the Honky Tonk Swamis. His
showmanship and unique sense of humor, combined with an uncommonly powerful
and resonant baritone, provide the focal point for the group’s upbeat
performances.
Jon Wilcox (vocals, mandolin, rhythm guitar, guitar,
bouzouki) has solo recordings on the Folk-Legacy, Sierra-Briar and Sage Arts
labels and has toured internationally as a singer-songwriter and interpreter
of traditional American and British Isles music.
Mike Phelan (vocals, lead guitars, fiddle, Dobro, bass, lap
steel), who’s been performing as a singer from age 5 and a player from age
12, has lived all over the U.S., playing, recording and performing in many
styles, including bluegrass, rock, folk and blues in countless bands, as
well as theater, radio and advertising,
Ed Littlefield Jr. (vocals, pedal steel guitar, Highland
bagpipes, keyboards, mandolin, Dobro, lead guitar), a product of the
Northern California folk scene, relocated to Washington State in the early
1970s. He toured extensively with the well-known Seattle Western swing band
Lance Romance before founding Sage Arts, one of the Northwest's premier
recording studios, where he functions as a producer and engineer.
Jerry Fletcher (vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards,
arranger) has been in the music business for over 30 years performing
touring and recording. He has worked with John Denver, Steve Martin, Jimmy
Rodgers and the Dirt band to name a few.
December 27, 2008 -
Laurie McClain
special pricing applies: $10
Laurie McClain has been writing and performing music for over twenty-five
years. For the past ten years she has been touring on the national folk
circuit playing house concerts, festivals & coffeehouses. Although now a
current resident of Nashville, Tennessee, Laurie was a Lincoln resident and
performer for many years and still has a substantial fan base here. Her
music has generated national attention. This concert will be a benefit
for LAFTA.
"Laurie's voice feels like my favorite moisturizer. It sinks in
quickly and starts to heal. Her songs go deep and they stay with you."
- SUZY BOGGUSS
"Whether performing solo or with the excellent band she has put
together, she turns each venue into her own living room, and each listener
into a new friend with her disarming humor and passionate performance.
Laurie's songs explore the themes of identity, growth, friendship and love
in a way that always honors the fundamental mysteries of the human journey.
In this Mecca of songwriters, she is a gem of uniqueness and authenticity."
- MICHAEL KEARNS
"Her music cannot be thrown into one single category. It's
predominately folk, but under the influence of alternative, country and a
touch of blues. Her songs seem to sing themselves with uplifting energy and
positive vibrations."
Maggie Pleskac - DIG MAGAZINE
January 19, 2008 -
Jeff Black Band
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Coming from the Missouri plains via Nashville, Jeff is a LAFTA favorite with
"...the poetic dignity of a Bruce Springsteen and the outer-fringe edge of a
Townes Van Zandt" (Washington Post). Jeff Korbelik named his 2005 LAFTA
concert as one of the top five entertainment events of the year.
Likened to rockers Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen and often compared to
troubadour poets like Harry Chapin and Steve Goodman,
Jeff Black's songs reside just outside the realm of pop music today. The Kansas City-born artist is a stylist in the true sense of the word, captivating
audiences all over the world with his stories and inimitable delivery. Jeff
writes the words and music to his rough and tumble songs that read like a
delicate and personal journal from a well-traveled soul. His songs have been
covered by the likes of the legendary Waylon Jennings, acoustic/bluegrass
virtuoso Sam Bush, Canadian songstress Lisa Brokop, and the country band
Blackhawk their version of Jeff's song “That's just about right” all the way to #1.
As anyone who’s seen his moving, funny, and unpredictable concerts already
knows, he never plays the same show twice. Listeners sense he is there not
to perform for them, but to take them along on a journey. Jeff will perform
this show with a band.
February 9, 2008 -
Jackie Tice (at Auld Pavilion)
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Jackie is an eloquent storyteller whose songs have universal recognition and appeal, many
of them based upon her personal experiences. She blends Celtic, Native American, tribal and
folk. Her expressive acoustic guitar and gliding voice bear pleasure and pain equally. Simply
put, folk rock with Native American spirituality. She was a 2006 winner in the Best American
Indian Music of the Year awards.
March 8, 2008 -
Diana Jones
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Diana’s themes are love, loss, and redemption. Her music draws comparisons to Iris Dement and
Gillian Welch. From the mournful lament of a dance hall girl to the stomping melodic rant of
a young woman’s burial instructions, each of Diana’s original songs from her CD "My Remembrance
of You" draws life from old-timey, country blues and mountain music. She was a winner of the
2006 Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest.
March 28, 2008 -
Prairie Dog CD Release Party
special pricing applies: $10 adults; $1 children under 12
Prairie Dog Music is a local independent music label featuring country
blues, American folk and bluegrass, and other forms of traditional music.
LAFTA is hosting a massive Prairie Dog CD Release Party to spotlight their
new compilation CD, A Year of the Prairie Dog: A Sampler from the
Congregation at the First Church of the Prairie Dog. The album features
the artists who have recorded on the label and is organized around a
confluence of a church service theme and the 12 months of the year.
The CD will feature an Invocation song, a song
for each month of the year, an Altar Call song, and a Benediction, a poem by
Bill Kloefkorn. The artists represented on the CD include Pete Blakeslee,
Terri Jo Dodson, Dave Fowler, Steven O. Hanson, John Hischke, Terry Keefe,
Bill Kloefkorn, John Kloefkorn, Rob Kloefkorn, Dave Marsh, Erin McGovern,
David Morris, Dan Newton, Jim Pipher, Chris Sayre, John Walker, and C. A
Waller. The bands highlighted are The Bluegrass Crusade, Daddy Squeeze and
the Doctor, The Loup River Nightcrawlers, Paddywhack, and The Toasted
Ponies. All the songs are either original or traditional tunes arranged by
the artists. The party will also feature a number of recent Prairie Dog
releases, including new CDs by The Bluegrass Crusade, Terri Jo Dodson,
Steven O. Hanson, Terry Keefe, Rob Kloefkorn, Paddywhack, The Toasted
Ponies, John Walker, and C. A. Waller.
The doors will open at 6:30 pm and while it
lasts, expect to find some gumbo, chili, cornbread, and cobbler provided by
Dr. Walker and friends.
April 5, 2008 -
Robin & Linda Williams
special pricing applies: $17 members; $22
non-members; $15 students w/ ID; $1 children under 12
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You’ve heard them on the radio with Garrison Keillor and seen them on the big screen
(Robert Altman's Prairie Home Companion). They have appeared on The Grand Ole Opry and Austin
City Limits. Now you can see Robin and Linda and Their Fine Group at our season’s closeout show.
With a blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country music, they are sure to delight.
=========Previous Seasons=========
2006-07
September 2006 -
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart
October 2006 -
Tracy Grammer
November 2006 -
Bill Staines
January 2007 -
Greg Brown
February 2007 - The
Stringtown Castenets
March 2007 -
Bluegrass Crusade
April 2007 -
John McCutcheon
2005-06
(flyer)
September 2005 -
Eliza Gilkyson
October 2005 -
Bluegrass Patriots
November 2005 - The Waybacks
January 2006 - Jeff Black
February 2006 -
Neal and Leandra
March 2006 - Paddywhack Reunion
April 2006 -
Cliff Eberhardt
May 2006 - The Shaw Brothers 2004-05
(flyer)
September 2004 -
Vance Gilbert
October 2004 -
Richard Thompson
November 2004 -
Catie Curtis
January 2005 - Greg Brown
February 2005 -
Café Accordion Orchestra
March 2005 -
Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum
April 2005 -
Tom Russell with Andrew Hardin
May 2005 -
Tennessee HeartStrings
Band 2003-04
(flyer)
September 2003 - Doc Watson (Collaboration
with the Lied Center)
October 2003 -
Laura Love Duo
November 2003 - Joel Mabus
January 2004 - Neal and Leandra
February
2004 - GrooveLily
March 2004 - Robin and Linda
Williams and Their Fine Group
April 2004 -
Cheryl Wheeler
May 2004 - Dave Moore 2002-03
September 2002 - Cosy
Sheridan
October 2002 - John
Hammond
November 2002 - Laura
Love Duo
January 2003 - Ray
Bonneville
February 2003 - Bluegrass
Crusade
March 2003 - Cliff
Eberhardt
April 2003 - Garnet
Rogers
May 2003 - Kate
Campbell 2001-02
September 2001 - John Prine and Iris DeMent (Collaboration
with the Lied Center)
October 2001 - Colcannon
November 2001 - Dana
Robinson
January 2002 - Neal and Leandra
February 2002 - Songwriter's Sweatshop
February 2002 - Children's Concert
March 2002 -
Daddy Squeeze and the Doctor
April 2002 - Robin and Linda
Williams
May 2002 - Buffalo Gals
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