The Getaway Drivers w/ Andra Suchy

Art in the cafe...

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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Friday, September 21, 2007

The Getaway Drivers offer up an acoustic set of folk and rock Americana featuring Madison singer-songwriters Bob Manor and Sheila Shigley, backed by veteran drummer Gail Campbell and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Barbara Chusid. Manor's serrated voice will cut through heartfelt lyrics while Shigley displays the vocal prowess she is known for in the popular Celtic group, Navan. Half the band, all the energy.

Andra Suchy: "Acoustic/Electric rock, mellow great vocals by Andra, nice clean lyrics, words influenced from where she came from growing up and her musical travels with her family"- CMR Mag

Nominated for Minnesota Music Academy Female Vocalist Of The Year in 2004,2005, and 2006. Won Rift Mag 36 Hour Songwriting Contest.

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