We regret to announce that the Wednesday September 13 concert with Patty and Craig must be cancelled due to a family emergency. (Updated September 8)
Gorgeous harmonies, impeccable musicianship, playful stage humor, and jewel-like original songs are the hallmark of this duo. Patty Stevenson is a classically trained pianist and finger style guitarist. She often writes portrait songs of people in her life and in history. Craig Siemsen has been described as a leading midwest guitarist with a voice that is a mixture of honey and grit. His songwriting speaks to the human condition with poetry and humor. The combination of these two artists creates a sound that is full-on spark and joy. Described as an acoustically good marriage, Patty and Craig were individually ‘out there’ enjoying their music, when, in the mid-1980s, they met while performing at a folk festival. For many years, Patty and Craig maintained solo careers, even after they married. Eventually, with the prodding of wise friends, they agreed to perform one show as a duo. The rest, as they say, is history. Their recordings have been listed as DJ favorites and have received international airplay. Their 2015 release, Paint Me a Picture, was one of the top played folk CDs.