MAD TOAST LIVE!

Joe Jencks joins Kim and Reggie Harris on stage for powerful combined third set of the night.

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International touring folk artists, Kim and Reggie Harris combine a strong folk and gospel legacy with a solid background in classical, rock, jazz and pop music. Creative curiosity, years of road and stage experience and interactions with performers such as Pete Seeger, Ysaye Barnwell, Jay Leno, Tom Paxton, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Harry Belafonte and others, has led them to produce music that entertains and inspires. With numerous recordings on the Appleseed Recordings and the Folk Era labels they are also featured on a number of compilations, films and educational projects worldwide.

Seattle-based songwriter, Joe Jencks is also an international touring performer, songwriter, entertainer, and educator. From venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, to coffee houses, festivals, spiritual communities, and schools, Joe Jencks has spent the last nine years touring full time. He is noted for his unique merging of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration.

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According to New York City’s Jazz Gazette, "All About Jazz", The Mara Rosenbloom Quartet “plays music that renders believable a future for jazz.”  A Madison native, Rosenbloom and her quartet will be performing hits from the group’s premier release "School of Fish", as well as showcasing new music for their upcoming album "Songs from the Ground".

According to New York City’s Jazz Gazette, "All About Jazz", The Mara Rosenbloom Quartet “plays music that renders believable a future for jazz.”  A Madison native, Rosenbloom and her quartet will be performing hits from the group’s premier release "School of Fish", as well as showcasing new music for their upcoming album "Songs from the Ground".

Madison ex-patriate, Tony Brown's music affects the broad spectrum of diverse social and cultural influences, encompassing a wide range of styles from old-school Blues through R&B, Soul, Ska, Reggae, Jazz, Funk and Latin flavors.  A true Madison music icon!

Madison ex-patriate, Tony Brown's music affects the broad spectrum of diverse social and cultural influences, encompassing a wide range of styles from old-school Blues through R&B, Soul, Ska, Reggae, Jazz, Funk and Latin flavors.  A true Madison music icon!

Out of the dust of the Kosher Sound Deli comes dance-a-licious revolution spearheaded by The Shtetlblasters. Fusing klezmer, electro-funk, improv and all things epic(esque), The Shtetlblasters will...destroy...you!

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Thistle has been writing songs for years about her experiences organizing group bike rides, the destruction and the healing of the earth and her own struggles with meaning...she paints a picture of what our post-fossil- fuel-powered communities may look like.

www.thistlespace.org/

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World-class jazz violinist Christian Howes joins Madrid-based pianist Federico Lechner in a special Mad Toast Live Concert event.  In August, 2009, Christian was ranked (for the third time) as the #2 violinist in the Downbeat Critics Poll “Rising Stars”. Says All About Jazz ,”as a jazz violinist he has no peer”.  The Minneapolis Tribune called Christian ”arguably the most intriguing young violinist in jazz”.