These two together on stage makes for a classic case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.  Together, the respective strengths they each bring individually merge into a much greater whole, a performance of great energy and spirit and one that audiences seem to be able to connect with on a multitude of levels at once:  Emotionally, Spiritually, and Intellectually.

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Carrie Elkin is one of those rare artists with a tidal wave singing voice and a stage whisper writing voice that brings you to the edge of your seat emotionally.  Like Patty Griffin or Brandi Carlile she straddles the Americana, Folk, and Indie Rock worlds where meaningful songs meet the fierce-yet-fragile voices of powerful women.  Like these other seminal artists, Elkin has the gift of projecting very personal intimate moments into transcendent universal experiences that move us all.  Maverick Magazine said it best after a recent festival performance:  "I have never seen a performer so in love with the act of singing.  That's the gospel truth and from what Ive subsequently learned, I'm not the only one to believe or state that.  Onstage Elkin was simply a force of nature."

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Danny Schmidt was named to the Chicago Tribune's list of the "50 Most Significant Songwriters in the last 50 Years".  Austin, Texas based singer/songwriter Schmidt has amassed a cult following for his stunningly poetic, poignant lyricism.  With comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Townes Van Zandt, Schmidt is considered a preeminent writer.  Sing Out Magazine proclaimed:  "Schmidt is a force of nature; a blue moon, a hundred-year flood, an avalanche of a singer/songwriter.  His songs are a flood of poetry, mythology, folk wisdom, and surprise.  He is perhaps the best new songwriter we've heard in the last 15 years."

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Don't miss these two great artist in a rare split-bill performance, sharing back and forth and lending their voices to each other's tunes in harmony.