American Folk-Rock artists Paul Cebar, Peter Mulvey and Willy Porter will be performing together for the first time on the Weill Center’s Stage! Join us for a special night with these Wisconsin singer-songwriters.

Since the early 1990s, Mulvey has developed a strong national following in the indie folk/rock scene through his relentless touring and critically acclaimed albums. Starting his musical career in Milwaukee while at Marquette University, he honed his performing skills while traveling in Dublin, Ireland. He later spent several years in Boston, where he frequently performed in the city's subway system. He is best known for his warmly wry songwriting and his intense percussive guitar style.

A largely self-taught musician, Porter began treating audiences to his brand of guitar playing and wry storytelling in the late ‘80’s while living in Madison, Wisconsin. His live shows are guitar-driven events–equal parts grit, soul, and muscle–that are electrifying, dynamic, and wholly original in the way that Porter’s voice blends and fuses with his virtuoso fret work.

Cebar has steadfastly pursued a musical concatenation that is one part early R&B, another Pan-African Lilt, Afro-Cuban by way of New Orleans Slither, qualified by Mid-Western Soul and further distinguished by a gargantuan regard for spoken English. He is a songwriter, singer, guitarist and bandleader from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, who likes African, Latin American and Caribbean music.

PRE-SHOW HAPPY HOUR AT THE WEILL CENTER

As part of the Passport Series, this program includes a pre-show Happy Hour from 6:00 until show time. Anyone holding a ticket to the performance is welcome to attend the Happy Hour.