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Women In The Round Nora Jane Struthers
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hold 50+ people, so we are hoping for our largest group ever! Please contact Gerry Grothues, 608-4386180 or Beth Kille, 608-206-6813 NSAI Regional Chapter Coordinators, Madison, Wisconsin http://www.myspace.com/nsaimadisonchapter for details.
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The Fat Cat Coffee Works in New Glarus and the Americana Gazette are hosting the“Party on the Patio“concert series on Sundays at the Fat Cat from 11:00 a.m until 1:00 p.m every Sunday throughout August. Slated to play are Marc Barnaby -August 1st, Matt Belknap - August 8th, Anderson Brothers- August 15th, Bathtub Mothers- August 22nd, and Amber Skies -August 29th. These are all no admission events and open to the public.
Thursday,August 26, 2010 Dan Baird and Warner Hodges from Nashville will be guests at the Sugar River Songwriters get together at Sugar River Studios, 313 East Church Street in Belleville to help local songwriters. The Baird wrote “Keep your hands to yourself” and fronted the Georgia Satellites, and Hodges is the lead guitar player for Jason and the Scorchers. Today both are members of Dan Baird and Homemade Sin. Sitting is limited so if you would like to attend please email aziehli@advisorymgt.com to make a reservation. Local Songwriter Beth Kille facilitates this event.
Cheese Days in Monroe will be held on September 17th, 18th, and 19th with lots of cheese, beer, live music, and fun. Check the Monroe Cheese Days website for more info. September 24th, 25th and 26th 2010 is October Fest in New Glarus. Lots of Beer, pretzels. and brats along with some great music including the Raindogs on Saturday afternoon, and Amber Skies and Eric Nofsinger on Sunday afternoon. Other activities in Downtown New Glarus include Live Music, Great Food, Big Cheese Fondue Pot, Wagon Rides, Chainsaw Carving and plenty of family fun!
Dan Baird and Homemade Sin will be playing Friday August 27, 2010 at the Dry Bean in Madison. They will also be playing at Knute’s in Orfordville on Saturday the 28th.
10 CD Review 12 A Pet Note 12 The Majestic - Scott Leslie 13 Aaron’s Anecdotes 14 Peter Cooper 15 Mary Chapin Carpenter 16 Phil Lee & Tom Mason 18 Wisconsin Music & Art 22 3 for 1 23 Old Town Hall 24 Brace, Cooper, and Tom T. Hall 24 Andy Anderson 25 Kathy Mattea
The Pec Jam will be held on Saturday August 28th in McKellar Park in Blanchardville. Check the page of this edition of the Americana Gazette for times and details. The details for the next Madison NSAI chapter special event have been announced. George Teren will be here to do an all-day workshop on Saturday,October 2nd! The workshop will take place at Ward-Brodt Music Mall, located at 2200 W. Beltline Hwy, in Madison. George will also headline a writer’s night at the Brink Lounge in Madison the night before! George is an amazing songwriter who has had numerous hit songs with artists like Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, Lori Morgan, Neal McCoy,Tracy Byrd, Blake Shelton, Gary Allan, and Chuck Wicks. He is also a big supporter of NSAI, performing at NSAI events,teaching workshops,and serving as a member of the board of directors. George will discuss his journey as a songwriter, and his approach to songwriting. He'll cover a number of topics, including the ones submitted by our members when we asked for specific subjects from all of you a couple months ago. George will not be doing one-on-one appointments, but he will be giving feedback on randomly selected songs submitted by our writers during the workshop. Lunch will be provided in the cost of the workshop. It is going to be a great event, and we hope to see you there. The venue we are holding the workshop will comfortably
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