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Ok, it's a painfully corny headline. You try to come up with a new, creative way to say "lots of music coming up" week after week.

Tuesday, January 24.

Folk Music Mixer on Folk Festival with Lilli Kuzma, 90.9 FM or wdcb.org. 7 PM.

Mad Bread at the Leland Tap, 4662 N. Western Ave, Chicago. 9 PM.

Wednesday, January 25.

Mick Scott at Potbelly's, 2264 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago. Noon - 2 PM.

Jay Einhorn at C. J. Arthur's, 1168 Wilmette Ave, Evanston. 8 PM.

Thursday, January 26.

Lee Murdock at Memorial Hall, Sycamore, IL. 11 AM.

Willie Porter at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago. 7:30 PM. $22.

Seth Glier at Uncommon Ground, 1401 W. Devon Ave, Chicago. 8 PM.

Friday, January 27.

Merv Collins at Nirvana Grillerie, 701 N. Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills. 7 PM.

February Sky Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 S. James St, Geneva. 8 PM.

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Lee Murdock at Thomas Ford Memorial Library, 800 Chestnut St, Western Springs. 7:30 PM.

Dennis Stroughmatt et "L'esprit Creole" at Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss St, Downers Grove, IL. 8:15 PM. $7.

Filisko and Noden at Gallery Cafe, 2020 N. Oakley, Chicago. 7 pM.

Acoustic Music Jam in Grayslake. Contact Jeff Justman, (847)989-9634, or jazzmanjeffjustman@yahoo.com for particulars.

Mike Felton is the ringmaster at American Troubador night at Miska's, 2156 W. Belmont, Chicago. 8 PM.

Saturday, January 28.

Weavermania appears at Hogeye Folk Arts, 607 Lake St, Evanston. 7:30 PM. $15.

Sanctified Grumblers open for Buddy Guy at Buddy Guy's Legends, 700 S. Wabash, Chicago. 6 PM.

Heather Styka, Shelley Miller, and the Congress of Starlings, at Lizard's Liquid Lounge, 3058 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago. 8 PM.

Cary Cooper at a house concert in Barrington. Contact everte@comcast.net for details. 7:30 PM.

Robbie Fulks at  Unity Temple, 875 Lake St, Oak Park. 7:30 PM. $17 - $33.

Christine Lavin at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago. 7 PM. $25.

Eddie Clearwater at Evanston SPACE, 1047 Chicago Ave, Evanston. 8 PM. $15 - $18.

Bruce Foster at Grounds for Appeal, 3242 S. Oak Park Ave, Berwyn. 3 PM.

Sunday, January 29.

Dennis Stroughmatt and L'esprit Creole, plus Jim Schramm, at the Lake County Folk Club, in Aleks' Restaurant, 545 Rockland Rd, Lake Bluff. 7 PM. $12.

Merv Collins at Beans and Leaves, 320 Old McHenry Rd, Long Grove. 2 - 4 PM.

Steve Justman at the Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Rd, Oak Brook. 2 PM.

Michael J. Miles at the First Presbyterian Church, 824 N. Milwaukee Ave, Deerfield. 8 PM.

Head for the Hills, and Hen House Prowlers at Martyrs', 3855 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago. 8 PM. $12.

Cary Cooper performs at a house concert in Berwyn. I don't have any more information.

Charlotte's Web archived videos will be broadcast on Comcast, Channel 17. 6 PM.

The Andina and Rich Comedy Hour, online at reddragontv.tv 7 PM. 

, Chicago Folk Music Examiner

Gary first became interested in folk music in the early 60's, when his older brother came home from college with Gibson/Camp and Limeliter albums. Tuber produced the popular Second Sunday concert series, and continues to be an avid folk junkie.

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