Bremen Cafe 901 E. Clarke St., Milwaukee 414.431.1932 Now Offering Full Bar!!! www.bremencafe.com (check our website for frequent updates!) Please note: all shows except Open Mics start at 9pm. Open mics still start at 8pm on Mondays and Thursdays. Mid-Week Mountain Music Every Wednesday at 9pm Local musicians performing your favorite old time, bluegrass, and folk songs as well as original material. Fri. May 14 Fox and Branch http://www.foxandbranch.com David Fox and Will Branch are a folk duo from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play a crowd-pleasing mix of old blues, Cajun dance music, fiddle tunes, New Orleans-flavored songs and early pop and jazz standards. They also perform a wide range of folk-based children’s songs. 9pm $5 Sat. May 15 Mil-town Ramblers http://www.miltownramblers.com The Mil-Town Ramblers is one of Milwaukee’s newest, up-incoming bluegrass bands. Playing original music in a hard-driving, high-lonesome style, the band is destined to become one of the area’s most popular bluegrass acts. 9pm $5 Tues. May 18 Green Party Fundraiser Fri. May 21 Rick Walters and Friends w/ Sara Pace http://www.sarapace.com 9pm $5 “Pace is pure Americana. She has a perfect voice for country, quite a bit like Loretta Lynn but less twangy and much more refined, a la Emmylou Harris. She’s got the right voice for folk too, plaintive and musing, like Joan Baez.” – Samuel L. Wereb, http://www.rockzillaworld.com Texas and Americana Music Reviews Sat. May 22 Joe Rathbone w/ Ben Burns http://www.joerathbone.com 9pm $5 “Equal parts contemplation, confession and celebration, the easy-going pop delivery of Joe Rathbone achieves a personal connection without being overly sentimental.” – Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA “Think John Wesley Harding meets Joe Jackson.” – Boston Globe Sun. May 23 Barb Ryman w/ Michelle Korb http://www.barbryman.com 9pm $5 Barb lays her insightful, witty lyrics into a rich mosaic of contemporary folk, gentle rock, and country blues, delivering it all with a clear, compelling voice. Her fingerstyle guitar is sweet, complimenting the compassionate underpinnings of her songs. Tues. May 25 The Repertoire 9pm $5 Fri. May 28 Texas Dave w/ Rhode Island Red 9pm $5 Sat. May 29 Llysa Spencer http://www.spencerinsomnia.com 9pm $5 Cool Show!!!!! Sun. May 30 PETRACOVICH w/ Diesel Crimper http://www.petracovich.com 9pm $5 Advance / $6 Door “At the heart of the music, Peters reveals a folk aesthetic that heart is then encased in a fascinating body of electronics and effects that push and pull at the boundaries of the musical foundation, hinting at the underlying malleability that has allowed folk.” Ron Davies – Splendid.com, June 2003 Open Mic- Every Monday and Thursday 8pm No cover Two of the best in town. Come to listen or to play. Everyone welcome.