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Mike Behrends
Also Playing: Icarus Himself
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Mike Behrends
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Sat Feb 13
7:30 pm
Mike Behrends and Icarus Himself at Project Lodge
The recent boom of young singer-songwriters turning folk into a new, trendy form of soft-rock leaves a bad taste in some people's mouths, and people like Madison's Mike Behrends offer a plainspoken, flannel-clad cleansing. Behrends also offers the increasingly rare luxury of lyrics that patiently draw listeners into a song, especially the stories of "Married To The Mines" and "Woodsman And The Seafarer," from his 2009 self-titled EP. Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Telecaster, banjo, and harmonica (and sometimes recruiting a friend to play sparse drum parts), Behrends has an unassuming live presence to match the melodies he sneaks into his unrefined yet clear vocals.
Project Lodge 817 E. Johnson St., Madison, WI
The recent boom of young singer-songwriters turning folk into a new, trendy form of soft-rock leaves a bad taste in some people's mouths, and people like Madison's Mike Behrends offer a plainspoken, flannel-clad cleansing. Behrends also offers the increasingly rare luxury of lyrics that patiently draw listeners into a song, especially the stories of "Married To The Mines" and "Woodsman And The Seafarer," from his 2009 self-titled EP. Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Telecaster, banjo, and harmonica (and sometimes recruiting a friend to play sparse drum parts), Behrends has an unassuming live presence to match the melodies he sneaks into his unrefined yet clear vocals.
Updated 06/30/2010
