Monday March 24: Pat Wictor at 7:30 p.m. Concert, $10 admission
Tuesday March 25: Open Mic 6 til 10 p.m. (more oriented to singers) free
Wednesday March 26: Open Mic 6 til 10 p.m. (more oriented to instrumentalists) free
Thursday March 27 [Pickoids event]
Friday March 28; Carla Ulbrich at 7:30 p.m. Concert, $10 admission
This is, as far as anyone associated with the place can recall, the first time there has been Something Happening there every night of the work-week.
Pat Wictor and Carla Ulbrich are both folk musicians, but they come from very different corners of the area covered by that genre.
An American by birth, Pat Wictor was raised outside of the United States until his teenage years, living in Venezuela, Holland, Norway, and England. This time abroad gave him an unusually deep awareness of being a resident of a country while also a world citizen. Through these early experiences, he gained an appreciation for taking diffferent paths to arrave at the same destination. His performances--part fireside chat, part meditation on matters earthly and transcendent--feature his originals. In addition to his own tunes, he is quick to offer up a newly-discovered lyric from another performer, or a fresh arrangement of a traditional song, delighting in introducing his audience to innovative material. With flowing red hair and zen-like calm, Pat embraces his audience with the sincerity of his music and the clarity of his voice, inviting them in.
If you listen to Dr. Demento, you've already heard of Carla Ulbrich: she's the one who wishes she had the copyright on a certain Four-letter word. She's also developing a whole new angle on her career as the Singing Patient, exploring the lighter side of being sick: she is stopping in Little Rock on her way to emcee a hospital fundraiser in Alexandria, LA. Her basic material, though, remains her distinctive Southern-rooted humorous folk music, with tales of sweet iced tea, difficult last names, and the mystic side of Waffle House.
