Boo Bradley w/ Poor Elvis - $6

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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Saturday, June 2, 2012

\"Madison outfit Boo Bradley grounds its acoustic blues in Scott \"Boo\" Kiker\'s gritty guitar work. Unlike a lot of upstart young roots bands relieving the nation\'s thrift stores of old waistcoats, Boo also has the genuine wear and tear of traveling and street busking in its music-during the warmer months, the group\'s performances are a favorite on State Street and at the Dane County Farmers\' Market. All that mileage isn\'t necessarily a burden, either. Thanks to Kiker\'s feel for the acoustic guitar\'s sonic quirks, Boo Bradley is as warm and fun as blues acts come these days.\" - A.V. Events, Onion

Poor Elvis is Andrew Francis & Pamela Maurer, a Chicago-based duo that play hot-rockin\', ear-splittin\' original and traditional gospel tunes, blues ballads, and folk songs on guitar, washboard, mouth-harp, and ukulele.