McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Thursday, February 23 Show Info

Lisa Morales - Walter Traggert - Brandy Zdan

Showtime 730 PM

Friday, February 24 Show Info

White Ghost Shivers

Showtime 730 PM
Imagine a smorgasbord of Cab Calloway, circus sideshow, cabaret, Hee Haw, and Robert Johnson served up at Andy Kaufman’s bar mitzvah. A joyous mixture of the absurd and sublime, the six-piece ensemble are “Not unlike a volatile batch of bathtub gin; the music is potent, dynamic, a little dangerous and, once you’re properly acclimated, easy to swallow. And funny as hell” (Whazup Magazine). Like the great entertainers before them, the band’s true gift is their ability to take their eclectic influences and combine them into something they can call their own.

Saturday, February 25 Show Info

Shake Russell

Showtime 730 PM
Weaving sophisticated harmonies through his songs and drawing from various genres, Shake created a style of folk-rock that is uniquely his own. His repertoire consists of a blend of love songs, ballads, and waltzes, skillfully balanced with lively rockabilly tunes and soulful rhythm and blues pieces. His lyrics are imbued with beautiful imagery, catchy phrases, and inventive similes and metaphors.

Sunday, February 26 Show Info

Shovels and Rope

Showtime 6 PM
Shovels and Rope, made up of husband and wife team Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, was easily one of our most treasured finds of 2011. Sharing guitar and drum duties between each other, ping-ponging seamlessly off each other, with Hearst's Loretta-by-way-of-Holly-Golightly voice a tattered, sugary thing next to Trent's back-porch holler.

Monday, February 27 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 7 PM
Each performer gets three songs or 15 minutes on stage. McGonigel's award winning Open Mic, ongoing since 1990, has been hosted by such well respected musicians as Will LeBlanc, Lisa Morales, Michael Stroup and Wayne Wilkerson. Some pretty famous long tall Texans have made the Duck Open Mic their testing ground for new material. The Duck stage is open for you to present your original compositions or a favorite song made famous by someone else. Comedians, poets, jugglers and mimes also welcome. Don't be shy. Come on out ~ It's your turn to be a Mucky Duck Open Mic Star. No cover charge

Tuesday, February 28 Show Info

Graham Weber

Showtime 730 PM
CD Release for Graham's new cd ":Women"

Wednesday, February 29 Show Info

Irish - Patrice

Showtime 630 PM

Thursday, March 01 Show Info

Sweet Colleens

Showtime 730 PM
SWEET COLLEENS “…a smart, crowd-pleasing mix of Celtic folk-rock and alt. county/Americana, with Cajun and Caribbean seasonings.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune BRIZEUS Decades of study and performance come together when the members of Brizeus bring their festive spirit and traditional sense to the stage.

Friday, March 02 Show Info

Jimmy Lafave

Showtime 730 PM
Austin-based singer/songwriter and guitarist Jimmy LaFave brings a passionate rock & roll energy to his original folk songs, whether he's playing solo or with a band. On his latest effort, Cimarron Manifesto, singer/songwriter Jimmy LaFave pays his respects to the Oklahoma roots of his hero, Woody Guthrie, and his own years in the territory. LaFave, himself a native Texan, was born in Wills Point and lived there until his family moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma during his school years. Quite a fixture on the Austin music scene, upon his return to Texas in 1986, LaFave racked up critical accolades among not only Austin–based publications, but periodicals across the country and two Austin Music Awards, in addition to other laurels. LaFave’s visibility on the musical radar increased with an appearance on Austin City Limits and at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute to Woody Guthrie, where he was hand–picked by Guthrie’s daughter to appear.

Saturday, March 03 Show Info

Private Party

Showtime

Sunday, March 04 Show Info

Hamilton Loomis

Showtime 6 PM
Whereas similar aged acts like Black Keys, Robert Randolph and White Stripes play American rock music with heavy blues influences, Loomis plays the inverse. His is an undeniably blues based artist escalating into what All Music Guide calls “…a mixed bag of modern blues, modern funk, and slick soul.”

Monday, March 05 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Tuesday, March 06 Show Info

Malford Milligan

Showtime 730 PM
Malford Milligan is a world class blues/soul singer, based out of Austin, Texas. With his nationally acclaimed band "Storyville," he recorded 3 CDs; 2 with Atlantic Records, and 1 with November Records. He performed on "Austin City Limits" 3 times; twice with "Storyville," and once with Eric Johnson. Malford Milligan has also appeared on the Conan O'Brian show. Malford Milligan has toured with BB King, James Cotton, Edgar Winter, Double Trouble, Kenny Wayne Shepard, and many more. Malford is now fronting "The Malford Milligan Band."

Wednesday, March 07 Show Info

Irish - Patrice

Showtime 630 PM

Thursday, March 08 Show Info

Graham Wilkinson

Showtime 730 PM
“Graham is like no other musician on the scene with charisma in spades and the songs to match. - Hayes Carll (Lost Highway Records Artist)

Friday, March 09 Show Info

California Guitar Trio

Showtime 7 PM
The California Guitar Trio can play the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, minus the voices but with pretty much everything else intact, on three guitars and nothing else. They play progressive rock, surf music, jazz, blues, country, probably the definitive version of "Bohemian Rhapsody," and some traditional North African and Asian sounds for good measure. Like most Californians, the three members of the California Guitar Trio all come from someplace else: Bert Lams is Belgian, Hideyo Moriya is from Japan (where the band has a strong following), and Paul Richards is from Salt Lake City. The CGT is a melding of diverse talents unlike anything you've heard before, and one you can't afford to miss. They recently celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of a fine new album, "Andromeda."

Friday, March 09 Show Info

California Guitar Trio

Showtime 930 PM
The California Guitar Trio can play the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, minus the voices but with pretty much everything else intact, on three guitars and nothing else. They play progressive rock, surf music, jazz, blues, country, probably the definitive version of "Bohemian Rhapsody," and some traditional North African and Asian sounds for good measure. Like most Californians, the three members of the California Guitar Trio all come from someplace else: Bert Lams is Belgian, Hideyo Moriya is from Japan (where the band has a strong following), and Paul Richards is from Salt Lake City. The CGT is a melding of diverse talents unlike anything you've heard before, and one you can't afford to miss. They recently celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of a fine new album, "Andromeda."

Saturday, March 10 Show Info

Texas Bluegrass Massacre

Showtime 730 PM
'Best Performing Bluegrass Band' - Austin Music Awards

Sunday, March 11 Show Info

KPFT

Showtime 12 PM
Annual Fundraiser for KPFT Radio held under our "Big Top" tent. All tickets are general admission Seating is on a first come basis. Food served inside the Mucky Duck.

Monday, March 12 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Tuesday, March 13 Show Info

Whitehorse

Showtime 730 PM
Six Shooter Record's Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet tie the musical knot with the debut of their new band, Whitehorse, marrying their talent and chemistry on stage as a smoldering duo. Gutsy and resolute in their pursuits of sound and substance, Luke and Melissa's fusion of the personal and professional brings to mind the road-tested romance of Johnny and June.

Wednesday, March 14 Show Info

Yarn - Larkin Poe

Showtime 730 PM
Yarn - Brooklyn-based Americana/Alt-Country band Yarn's sound owes as much to Gram Parsons and Earl Scruggs as to Jerry Garcia and Exile On Main Street-era Rolling Stones. Larkin Poe - For the past 5 years, soul singing, songwriting sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe have been captivating audiences around the world with their insightful lyrics, magnetic presence, and dazzling instrumental virtuosity.

Thursday, March 15 Show Info

Reckless Kelly

Showtime 730 PM
For fifteen years Reckless Kelly has been doing things their way, bucking the mainstream system and playing by their own rules, straddling the fence between country and rock as if they built it themselves. Throughout the years their old school approach to recording has always adhered to one main objective: make each record better than the last. Their latest effort, “Good Luck & True Love” is no exception to this rule. That’s country rock. That’s old school. That’s Reckless Kelly.

Friday, March 16 Show Info

Nic Cowan

Showtime 730 PM
Cowan’s songs are designed to spark a good time. Particularly in tracks like “Gutter Song,” “Wrong Side” and the title track, his bad-boy persona comes through loud and clear. But the approach is seasoned with a humorous wink, and is interspersed with heartfelt, laid-back cuts like “I Won’t Let Go” and “Reno.” While it’s sure to spark audience sing-alongs, it’s not calculated in the slightest. As Cowan sings in “New Shit”: “Let me set this straight from the start / I don’t do this so I get on the charts.” As Cowan tells it, “Hard Headed” was written about a man’s resistance to being controlled by a lover. Despite that, it’s become a gender-spanning audience favorite. “I thought it was going to be an anthem for men everywhere, but it turns out women love this song,” he notes with a smirk. “They come up to me all the time, saying, ‘that’s my jam!’ I think at the end of the day everyone likes to think of themselves as a little bit hard headed and not easily influenced.”

Saturday, March 17 Show Info

St Patricks Day

Showtime
This show will be performed "Under the Big Top" tent outside. All Tickets are "general admission". Seating will be available on a "first come" basis.

Sunday, March 18 Show Info

The Day After

Showtime
Closed for Contemplation ....

Monday, March 19 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Tuesday, March 20 Show Info

Eden McAdam-Somer

Showtime 730 PM
Lauded as "sparkling" and "exhilarating” Notorious musicians Eden MacAdam-Somer and Larry Unger present a thrilling musical experience in genres that span many continents. With Eden on fiddle and vocals and Larry on guitar and banjo, their music lights up the hall with rhythm and sonority. Their performances are always new and exciting, featuring traditional American, Celtic, and Eastern-European tunes and songs, swing, blues, classical music and the group’s original compositions.

Wednesday, March 21 Show Info

Irish - Patrice

Showtime

Thursday, March 22 Show Info

Steve Poltz

Showtime 730 PM
His rich and colorful legacy is the stuff of legend, but it is his distinctive style of songwriting that has caused the world to offer up its stages, clubs, and alleys. Poltz’ sound is entirely unique- from his inhuman fingerstyle techniques to the inimitable melodies that roll from his guitar like cool waterfalls, you know a Poltz song as soon as you hear it.

Friday, March 23 Show Info

Tim OBrien

Showtime 7 PM
Grammy Award winner, co-founder of Hot Rize, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter Tim O'Brien makes a rare Houston appearance.

Friday, March 23 Show Info

Tim OBrien

Showtime 930 PM
Grammy Award winner, co-founder of Hot Rize, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter Tim O'Brien makes a rare Houston.

Saturday, March 24 Show Info

Warren Hood

Showtime 730 PM
Warren's musical influences range from Ray Charles, Stephane Grapelli, Walter Hyatt and Uncle Walt's Band to his dad, Champ Hood. If you listen to Warren's compositions, the soulful then gypsyesque "Black Cat" instrumental on his 2008 self released CD - "Warren Hood" (Good Dinner Music), you will truly experience the talent of this instrumentalist.

Sunday, March 25 Show Info

The Mastersons

Showtime 6 PM
For two youngsters, the list of artists they’ve performed with is staggering: Steve Earle, Son Volt, Diana Ross, Regina Spector, Angus and Julia Stone, Allison Moorer, Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, Shooter Jennings, Hank Williams III, Bobby Bare Jr. and Jack Ingram. That’s just getting started.

Monday, March 26 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Tuesday, March 27 Show Info

Scott Miller

Showtime 730 PM
Scott Miller blends folk and rock like there ain’t no words for. The power of storytelling with the power of a compressed electric guitar comes through this Virginian not heard since the likes of Wayne Newton (fellow Virginian) or The Statler Brothers (also of the Commonwealth.)

Wednesday, March 28 Show Info

Irish - Patrice

Showtime 630 PM

Thursday, March 29 Show Info

My Brother and Me

Showtime 7 PM
Twangy country singers Bruce and Charlie Robison are brothers (in case you couldn’t tell already), and these guys know just how to take you back to the Texas hill country. It’s just two men and their guitars swapping intimate songs about growing up in the South, reminding us why we all decided to live here in spite of the horrible heat.

Thursday, March 29 Show Info

My Brother and Me

Showtime 930 PM
Twangy country singers Bruce and Charlie Robison are brothers (in case you couldn’t tell already), and these guys know just how to take you back to the Texas hill country. It’s just two men and their guitars swapping intimate songs about growing up in the South, reminding us why we all decided to live here in spite of the horrible heat.

Friday, March 30 Show Info

My Brother and Me

Friday, March 30 Show Info

My Brother and Me

Saturday, March 31 Show Info

Junior Brown

Showtime 7 PM
Even though this artist is probably most at home with country music he actually embraces more than one genre. Sometimes his music has a blues feel or even a rock tinge, other times he can sound like he's straight from the Islands with the twang of Hawaiian steel guitar.

Saturday, March 31 Show Info

Junior Brown

Showtime 930 PM
Even though this artist is probably most at home with country music he actually embraces more than one genre. Sometimes his music has a blues feel or even a rock tinge, other times he can sound like he's straight from the Islands with the twang of Hawaiian steel guitar

Sunday, April 01 Show Info

Trout Fishing in America

Showtime 3 PM
CHILDREN'S SHOW

Sunday, April 01 Show Info

Trout Fishing in America

Showtime 7 PM
Trout Fishing in America is the long-standing musical partnership of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. The name, taken from a Richard Brautigan novel, seems almost as incongruous as a picture of this musical duo: Ezra Idlet (guitar) stands six feet nine inches and Keith Grimwood (bass), five feet five and one half inches. After three decades of writing, recording and performing together, Trout Fishing in America can look back at a body of work that is impressive and know they are just hitting their stride.

Monday, April 02 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Tuesday, April 03 Show Info

Bonnie Bishop

Showtime 730 PM
with special guest - LIBBY KOCH “Went back in the house and picked up this guitar; somehow my fingers found their way to my heart.” In one line, Bonnie Bishop sums up a lifetime of experience crammed into only two short years.

Thursday, April 05 Show Info

Sara Hickman

Showtime 730 PM
Sara Hickman is best known for her critically acclaimed work as a singer and songwriter, but she’s also an advocate for youth art education, and a fierce one at that. When Hickman was awarded the title of State Musician of Texas for 2010 – 2011 (a title held by Willie Nelson the previous year and passed onto Lyle Lovett in May), she didn’t just accept the accolade and return to her touring schedule and personal projects. She used the award as a platform to bring Texas’s most influential musicians together, all in the name of keeping art in the lives of children.

Friday, April 06 Show Info

Jack Saunders

Showtime 730 PM
HOUSTON PRESS: Lyrics that ring so true that it seems the songwriter has either been reading the listener’s mind.

Saturday, April 07 Show Info

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Showtime 7 PM
“ Ray Wylie Hubbard wrote Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother, which became the anthem of outlaw country. Hubbard did what rebellious young rednecks do to render themselves legendary, and then he sobered up, grew spiritual and learned to control his craft. But Hubbard also did the unexpected: He became a powerful artist…” - Dave Marsh PLAYBOY

Saturday, April 07 Show Info

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Showtime 930 PM
“ Ray Wylie Hubbard wrote Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother, which became the anthem of outlaw country. Hubbard did what rebellious young rednecks do to render themselves legendary, and then he sobered up, grew spiritual and learned to control his craft. But Hubbard also did the unexpected: He became a powerful artist…” - Dave Marsh PLAYBOY

Sunday, April 08 Show Info

Easter

Showtime
Closed for Holiday

Monday, April 09 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Tuesday, April 10 Show Info

Red Elvises

Showtime 730 PM
Red Elvises’ songs aren’t necessarily poetry, though they do rhyme. And they’re guaranteed smile-makers, whether the subject is rocket men and women in space, or sad cowboys and drinking with Jesus, or bellydancing and beer. And more beer. And more beer. And more beer.

Thursday, April 12 Show Info

Will Kimbrough

Showtime 730 PM
With songs recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Little Feat, Jack Ingram, Todd Snider and others, Kimbrough's multidisciplinary approach has led to many desirable collaborations in the studio and on-stage with well-known artists, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Gomez, Emmylou Harris, the Jayhawks, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Miller, John Prine, Toumani Diabate, Kim Richey, Josh Rouse, Matthew Ryan, Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, Mavis Staples, Garrison Starr, Adrienne Young, and others. Dubbed an "Alien" performer as a way to explain his masterful performance on the guitar, Kimbrough was recognized in 2004 as the "Instrumentalist of the Year" by the Americana Music Association -- an award that had previously been awarded three years in a row to Dobro ace Jerry Douglas.

Friday, April 13 Show Info

Showtime 730 PM
John Evans is more than just Horn Rims and Hair. With music born on the bayous of Houston and injected with influences from the Mississippi Delta to Bakersfield to the boroughs of New York City, John Evans and his Rockabilly Band have taken over his hometown (and the whole Lone Star State!) by dominating the Houston Press Music Awards over the last decade. John can boast six wins for Best Male Vocalist, four for Best Songwriter and a pair for both Best Roots Rock and Musician of the Year. You won't hear him boast, though. He's as humble as they come. And the most personable performer on the road. He'll make each and every audience member feel like a family member. Listen to his music. See him if comes to town.

Saturday, April 14 Show Info

Guy Forsyth

Showtime 7 PM
Guy Forsyth is a modern-day Renaissance man. The insanely talented multi-instrumentalist can put on one hell of a show, alternately dazzling and amusing audiences on a musical journey that ventures from ragtime jazz and Delta blues to socially conscious folk and rollicking modern rock.

Saturday, April 14 Show Info

Guy Forsyth

Showtime 930 PM
Guy Forsyth is a modern-day Renaissance man. The insanely talented multi-instrumentalist can put on one hell of a show, alternately dazzling and amusing audiences on a musical journey that ventures from ragtime jazz and Delta blues to socially conscious folk and rollicking modern rock.

Sunday, April 15 Show Info

Lucy Kaplansky

Showtime 6 PM
She started out singing in Chicago bars. Then, barely out of high school, Lucy Kaplansky took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers—Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Bill Morrissey, Cliff Eberhardt, and others—where she fit right in. With a beautiful flair for harmony, Lucy was everyone’s favorite singing partner, but most often she found herself singing as a duo with Shawn Colvin. People envisioned big things for them; in fact, The New York Times said it was “easy to predict stardom for her.” But then Lucy dropped it all. Convinced that her calling was in another direction, Lucy left the musical fast track to pursue a doctorate in Psychology. Upon completing her degree, Dr. Kaplansky took a job at a New York hospital working with chronically mentally ill adults, and also started a private practice. Yet she continued to sing. Lucy was often pulled back into the studio by her friends, (who now had contracts with record labels) wanting her to sing on their albums. She harmonized on Colvin’s Grammy-winning Steady On, on Nanci Griffith’s Lone Star State of Mind and Little Love Affairs, and on four of John Gorka’s albums. She also landed soundtrack credits, singing with Suzanne Vega on Pretty in Pink and with Griffith on The Firm, and several commercial credits as well—including “The Heartbeat of America” for Chevrolet. Then Shawn Colvin—who was itching to produce a record—hooked up with Lucy, her ex-singing partner. They went into the studio, and it all came together. When Lucy’s solo tapes got into the hands of Bob Feldman, president of Red House Records, he was blown away. Suddenly, Lucy was back in the music business. She signed with Red House and started playing gigs. Red House released The Tide in 1994 to rave reviews, and within six months Lucy signed with a major booking agency—Fleming Tamulevich & Associates—and began touring so much it required leaving her two psychologist positions behind.

Monday, April 16 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Thursday, April 19 Show Info

Ellis Paul

Showtime 730 PM
A singer songwriter is only as good as the times he reflects. In times like these, when so many nuts are running the show, it's comforting to know that Ellis Paul is actually holding our sanity on his own stage! Wise, tender, brilliant and biting, Ellis is one of our best human compasses, marking in melodies and poems where we've been and where we might go if we so choose to. Personally Ellis, I'm goin' where you're goin'! --Nora Guthrie (Woody Guthrie's daughter)

Friday, April 20 Show Info

Eilen Jewell

Showtime 730 PM
“Emotionally raw and riveting.” Boston Globe “Not to be missed.” – No Depression “[Jewell] embellishes the classic Nashville vocal approach with appealing measures of blues, pop, and jazz.” – New Yorker

Saturday, April 21 Show Info

Kristy Lee

Showtime 730 PM
That mighty rumble you hear coming out of Alabama is none other than Kristy Lee. Her voice like thunder, rolling in before a sweet southern rain, instantly washes the world away. Kristy Lee's unique rhythms are absolutely nourishing, clean, pure, and unapologetic. This woman means it when she takes her voice out to play! By the time Kristy Lee reached 18, she landed her first album nationwide, to be sold exclusively with "Target Stores" across the states. Kristy Lee's first album gave her an early jump on, what is now, a career. This Alabama girl can pack a house in any state. Tough luck sticking her in a category, because when it comes to writing songs, she has no limits!

Sunday, April 22 Show Info

Songwriters - Morales - Grissom - Rawls

Showtime 6 PM

Monday, April 23 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Thursday, April 26 Show Info

Phoebe Hunt

Showtime 730 PM
Touring with The Belleville Outfit from 2007-2010, Phoebe played festivals and clubs across the country, from The Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite National Park, and Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., to Austin City Limits in her home town of Austin.

Friday, April 27 Show Info

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Showtime 730 PM
This uncommonly mature 21-year-old singer-songwriter’ s Nonesuch debut balances the warm-hearted with the cold-blooded. Tell Me is a stunningly forthright 11-song set that addresses late-night longing, serial heartbreak, and intoxicatingly dangerous liaisons conducted in dimly lit barrooms or roadside motels. By the end, the only heart intact is Mayfield’ s own. It’ s as if she’ d stripped the sentimentality and ruefulness from a bunch of classic country songs, leaving only stark emotion. The Black Keys’ singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach, who produced and engineered Tell Me at his Easy Eye Sound System studio in Akron, Ohio, matches Mayfield’ s candor with eerily minimal, brilliantly constructed tracks that keep her mesmerizing, unadorned voice front and center.

Saturday, April 28 Show Info

Slaid Cleaves

Showtime 7 PM
Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes Records. Travels around. Tries to be good.

Saturday, April 28 Show Info

Slaid Cleaves

Showtime 930 PM
Slaid Cleaves. Grew up in Maine. Lives in Texas. Writes songs. Makes Records. Travels around. Tries to be good.

Sunday, April 29 Show Info

Ruby Jane

Showtime 6 PM
17-year-old Ruby Jane is the real deal. Born in Dallas, TX, she is a fiddler, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist bandleader of “The Ruby Jane Show” showcasing her distinctive Americana mix of country, jazz, bluegrass, and blues. With deep familial and cultural ties to Mississippi where she lived for her first 12 years, she now resides in Austin, TX.

Monday, April 30 Show Info

Open Mic

Showtime 630 PM

Thursday, May 03 Show Info

Milkdrive

Showtime 730 PM
Fingers flying at breathtaking speed, original tunes that feel familiar at first but go beyond extraordinary, songs with themes universal but unique, heart and brains behind dynamic performances: It’s an uncompromising musical journey the members of MilkDrive are on.

Friday, May 04 Show Info

Clandestine

Showtime 730 PM
Clandestine is hard-driving, toe-tapping Texas Celtic sound. They re-formed in 2006 after a four-year break, with the same brand of blasting tune sets and new songs. Al Cofrin, the newest member, brings cittern and another set of bagpipes to the mix.

Saturday, May 05 Show Info

Roberta Morales

Showtime 730 PM
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Roberta Morales and her band will perform the all spanish show in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

Thursday, May 10 Show Info

Suzanna Choffel

Showtime 730 PM
Influenced by women as diverse as Erykah Badu and Edie Brickell (whose New Bohemians bandmate, Brad Houser, plays bass and sax in Suzanna’s band), with echoes of Feist and even a little Dusty (check “So the Story Goes”), she writes upbeat melodies, but wraps them around fearless examinations of the emotional complexities inherent in relationships. Some of these melodies carry delightful reminders of what’s come before: a little girl-group reference here, a little Stax or Motown flavoring there. Petula Clark and Lulu would be at home next to Suzanna. But there’s an earthiness, too; a sprinkle of what Choffel calls “a dark grit.” Blues-colored, to be exact.

Friday, May 11 Show Info

Lisa Morales

Showtime 730 PM
"Americana at it's finest!" -- Shayne Hollinger

Saturday, May 12 Show Info

Shake Russell

Showtime 730 PM

Thursday, May 17 Show Info

Greg Brown

Showtime 7 PM
One of American folk music's most prolific and profound singer/songwriters of the past three decades, Greg Brown has earned respect from his peers and a far-flung, passionately-devoted fan-base via a burnished, intimate baritone, a seemingly effortless gift for swinging, organic melody and--perhaps most of all--a humble, unvarnished poetic grace that can imbue even the most mundane, everyday human endeavors and emotions with quiet dignity, startling insight and gently twisted humor.

Friday, May 18 Show Info

Max Stalling

Showtime 7 PM
Start with the intelligent lyrical sensibilities of James McMurtry, add some cheerful good humor ala Jimmy Buffet, and set it to a melodic gallop that would do the early Jawhawks proud. He blends great lyrics and spectacular music to achieve a sort of cross between George Strait and Robert Earl Keene, although his voice is much more on par with Strait (no offense Bob).

Friday, May 18 Show Info

Max Stalling

Showtime 930 PM
Start with the intelligent lyrical sensibilities of James McMurtry, add some cheerful good humor ala Jimmy Buffet, and set it to a melodic gallop that would do the early Jawhawks proud. He blends great lyrics and spectacular music to achieve a sort of cross between George Strait and Robert Earl Keene, although his voice is much more on par with Strait (no offense Bob).

Saturday, May 19 Show Info

James McMurtry

Showtime 7 PM
“James writes like he's lived a lifetime.” —John Mellencamp

Saturday, May 19 Show Info

James McMurtry

Showtime 930 PM
"The simple fact is that James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation..." Stephen King | Entertainment Weekly

Tuesday, May 22 Show Info

KC Clifford

Showtime 730 PM
K.C. Clifford is a three-time Woody Guthrie Award-winning folk singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City known for her powerful voice, stage presence and courageous lyrical style. Orchid, her fourth independently produced album, is scheduled for release on March 2.

Thursday, May 24 Show Info

Owen Temple - Adam Carroll

Showtime 730 PM

Friday, May 25 Show Info

Limpopo

Showtime 730 PM
Limpopo’s show is a natural blend of rich, energetic Russian folk music, phenomenal original jazz and blues compositions, with some of the most breathtaking vocal arrangements ever heard. Limpopo’s mesmerizing, dynamic and outrageous dancing and magnificent costumes highlight each note and brighten every step. One can’t help but love the high energy and spirit-raising phenomena that is Limpopo.

Saturday, May 26 Show Info

Texas Johnny Boy

Showtime 730 PM
Texas Johnny Boy, eclectic bluesician, is a blues vocalist and plays diatonic and chromatic harmonica, flute, tenor and alto saxophone and is the only person, in the state of Texas, that fronts a blues band with that instrumentation. Rolls a variety of Chicago, Texas, New Orleans, West Coast Jump, and Louisiana blues, all into one evening of music.

Thursday, May 31 Show Info

Charlie Mars

Showtime 730 PM
Songs hit boiling points at unexpected moments; their melodies remain subtle but always present. Because they are so rhythmically textured, while at the same time spacious, songs reveal new things upon each listen. Mars sets everything to a groove, so listening can mean disappearing inside the music and following the ride.

Friday, June 01 Show Info

Dave Alvin

Showtime 7 PM
“He’s old and battered and records unfashionable blues and hillbilly songs for a small label, but Dave Alvin is as good a lyricist as any these days. That’s evident on his new album, “Eleven Eleven,” where his sharp-eyed stories of the past are steeled by a hard-rocking rhythm section and his electric guitar.” Washington Post

Friday, June 01 Show Info

Dave Alvin

Showtime 930 PM
He’s old and battered and records unfashionable blues and hillbilly songs for a small label, but Dave Alvin is as good a lyricist as any these days. That’s evident on his new album, “Eleven Eleven,” where his sharp-eyed stories of the past are steeled by a hard-rocking rhythm section and his electric guitar.” -Washington Post

Saturday, June 02 Show Info

Jimmy Lafave

Monday, June 04 Show Info

Private Party

Showtime
The Mucky Duck will be closed all day for a private event.

Tuesday, June 12 Show Info

Ruth Moody

Showtime 730 PM
Ruth Moody is a Juno Award winning songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin’ Jennys and former lead singer of the Canadian roots band Scruj MacDuhk (the band that would later become The Duhks), she has performed in sold-out venues around the world, made numerous critically-acclaimed albums, and has appeared more than a dozen times on the national radio show A Prairie Home Companion.

Thursday, June 21 Show Info

Dirty River Boys

Showtime 730 PM
Few bands can proudly claim to have recorded their first album acoustically. For a band to do so with success, they would need raw-vintage talent, a ballsy temperament and just the right amount of dirty faith. Add these together with a lively rock show and you get The Dirty River Boys.

Friday, June 22 Show Info

Greg Trooper

Showtime 730 PM
Rarely has there been a more aptly named singer/songwriter than Greg Trooper. Over three decades, the New Jersey native has soldiered on through the victories and setbacks unique to a career dedicated to music, proving through gestures large and small that he's one of our best. It's evident in the company he keeps, the critics who praise his recordings, the fans who invest in his shows and the artists who learn his songs, wishing they' ;d written them. It is most evident in what Amazon.com calls his "catalog of superbly crafted albums." This impressive discography testifies for an artist who has always served the song and the music above all other things.

Sunday, December 09 Show Info

Seth Glier

Showtime 6 PM
"This is a young man with a distinctive voice, a falsetto that sticks to your ribs, and can he write songs.” - Blogcritics.com

Thursday, December 20 Show Info

Christmas Singalong

Showtime 7 PM
MARTIN BURNISTON'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SINGALONG Martin sets the season with at holiday sing-a-long and dinner.

Friday, December 21 Show Info

Christmas Singalong

Showtime 7 PM
MARTIN BURNISTON'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SINGALONG Martin sets the season with at holiday sing-a-long and dinner.

Saturday, December 22 Show Info

Christmas Singalong

Showtime 7 PM
MARTIN BURNISTON'S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SINGALONG Martin sets the season with at holiday sing-a-long and dinner.