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Steve Madewell and Mike Ward – October 5, 2024
October 5 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
$20.00
Steve Madewell creates and performs captivating songs with music and lyrics that blend and convey a wide range of emotions. From subtle humor to heartfelt loss, each performance is an emotional journey.
Music and nature are two major influences that have shaped him. Steve enjoyed a remarkable career preserving open space and developing regional parks across Ohio yet music has always been an integral part of his life. He has maintained a very active performance schedule since he began singing and playing early in his teens. Steve has played a variety of venues ranging from arena to home concerts and has been the supporting act for many national touring musicians including: Leon Russel, John Prine, Doc Watson, NewGrass Revival, Jonathan Edwards, John Sebastian, Richard Shindell, and many others.
When Steve began writing, recording, and performing original material, he found he had a wealth of inspiration to draw from. He has worked in the construction trades, as a farm hand, a fishing guide, a park ranger, a naturalist, a writer, as a fund raiser, and a public official. He has traveled extensively, lobbied for both federal and state legislation, but during all of these experiences, he has always been a singer.
Steve has recorded three albums: Rivers and Trails, Arrow Creek, and his most recent project, Hometown Blues.
Detroit singer-songwriter Mike Ward is known for his lyrically-centric, vocally-charged folk songs. While growing up in Port Huron, Michigan, he listened to the Irish music of his heritage and sang in several choirs before digesting the influential sounds of Simon & Garfunkel, Dylan, Springsteen and John Prine. These days, he finds inspiration in the works of Jason Isbell, Sarah Jarosz and Scott Cook. His intimate songwriting echoes through empty city streets, back country roads and family portraits. It also resides in the hidden spaces between joy and tragedy, love and loss.
Ward brings a unique perspective to his songwriting after having spent 40 years working in the advertising industry while continuing a lifelong passion for hockey, which resulted in his infamous nickname “PsychoWard.” His debut album, We Wonder, released in 2018, was named “Best Folk Album of 2019” by Phil Maq of 89.3-FM (WHFR).
In 2019, Ward immersed himself into the songwriting community in Detroit as well as Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) and several online groups. This led to an association with David Roof of Rooftop Recording as well as collaborations with some of Michigan’s finest songwriters and musicians who would contribute mightily on his future projects.
Ward released his second album in 2021, “The Darkness and The Light”, as a thoughtful way to highlight past struggles, including regret and loss, and champion the need for hope in a changing world. The album landed at #33 on the Folk Alliance International (FAI) folk charts in March 2021.
A year later, Ward dropped “Particles to Pearls”, which explores the love of family and the passage of time. In addition to multiple Detroit Music Award recognitions, he received an honorable mention in the Great River Folk Fest Songwriting Contest for the song “Letting Go.” That same year also brought Ward’s sociopolitical EP “Troubled Times” as a bold reminder to raise your voice and chase your freedom. The EP’s three contemplative tracks emphasize protecting individual rights, upholding free speech, and supporting immigration.
In Spring 2023, Mike released his fourth album “Love Never Rests”, which features 11 introspective tracks that examine observations about life, love and loss along with relationships of the past, present and future. All stories are told through his emotive viewpoints of wisdom and gratitude. Recently, Mike was named a finalist in the Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest for the song “Currency of Forgiveness” .
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