Andy Cohen and Jack Radcliffe

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Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Ruth Comfort


"The Metaphysical Affect"


January 2026



A diverse collection of mixed mediums, extensively encapsulating my heart and soul concerning the dreams of the human condition. ARTISAN RUTH COMFORT My given name is Ruth Comfort. Named after the amazing artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. I hail from a very long line of artisans and musicians. Even dating back to the great German philosopher...
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Friday, October 21, 2005

Andy Cohen has been playing one kind of old time music or another since he was barely big enough to hold a guitar. Having known, studied and traveled with some of the legendary early blues musicians, his understanding and mastery of country blues is unsurpassed. He is a scholar of the works of Rev. Gary Davis. Andy delivers a catalogue of music, wit and wisdom from a broad spectrum of traditional American culture; he's a walking folk festival.

'Ragtime' Jack Radcliffe has been performing since the late 1950s. He is a master of country blues and stride piano, and sings with belief, punch and clarity. As a composer he has contributed dozens of pieces to the ragtime reportoire, and has also written a number of topical songs in the country blues tradition.

These two veterans of the blues and jazz scenes combine their masterful playing and enormous repertoires with a penchant for silliness. Andy and Jack deliver an incredible performance of ragtime jazz and country blues accompanied by insults, jabs and bad jokes!

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