Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective in collaboration with SWBMAI is proud to sponsor Steep Canyon Rangers, in concert Friday, Mar. 2 at 8pm at the First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Ave, Madison.

Tickets are $20 each, and may be purchased at the SWBMAI website via paypal, or in person at Lane’s Lutherie, 2345 Atwood Ave. in Madison. Seating is limited so please purchase your tickets in advance.

The Steep Canyon Rangers have been performing together since 2001, when they started picking during their college days at Chapel Hill, SouthCarolina. In recent years they have toured as a quintet, and also with actor and bluegrass musician Steve Martin. They have released six cds as the Steep Canyon Rangers with a seventh to be released by Rounder Records this March.

They are currently nominated for a Grammy and are reigning as 2011 IBMA entertainers of the year.

An event for all traditional music fans featuring the “Dean of Country Music” historian Bill Malone and his new “excellent and affectionate biography” of Mike Seeger. Mike touched the lives and careers of many traditional music artists and fans. During his concert at the 2008 Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival Mike Seeger was humble and awe inspiring at the same time.

Now Sugar Maple Fest emcee and pre-eminent traditional music historian Bill Malone has written a biography detailing his fascinating life. Join Bill Malone in conversation and concert with Hank Sapoznik, as they discuss Bill’s new book Music from The True Vine: Mike Seeger’s Life and Musical Journey and play Mike’s music with Tim Meehan on fiddle, Thursday January 26 at 7pm at the UW-Memorial Library, Room 126

Evan Murdock, former FLTMC President, and previously of the Lonesome Rogues and the Kentucky Waterfalls returns to the High Noon Saloon with his newest band: Evan Murdock and the Imperfect Strangers. The band includes members of the Cork n’Bottle String band, Count this Penny and North Country Drifters and Big Mouth Collective and is being advertised as music you might like.

It wont cost you much to find out, $4.00 gets you in the door, at the High Noon Saloon , Tues. Nov 1 from 6:30-9:30.

Stop by Whole Foods Wed, July 20th (5-7pm) for good food, good beer and good music! The folks at Whole Foods will be grilling up some of their fine foods and offering samples of Ale Asylum beer. And you’ll be entertained while you eat/drink by bands, Off the Porch and the Northern Pikers. All proceeds go to support the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival… a delicious way to help support traditional music in Madison!

The James King Band will be performing at the Roxbury Tavern on Dec 12, 2010. Tickets are $12 in advance at the Roxbury and Lane’s Lutherie, or $15 at the door. James King, aka “The Bluegrass Storyteller”, is the real deal and the Roxbury is a great location with fabulous food; two great reasons this show should not be missed.

Here’s a video of James when he visited Madison and played Dudley’s…