subvocal (solo) w/ Brian Daly - $6

Art in the cafe...

John Isaac Lyons


"Drawings and Paintings by Isaac Lyons"


November 2025



Isaac Lyons grew up in an artistic family in the woods west of Madison Wisconsin. While surrounded by nature in his youth, Lyons was drawn to the urban aesthetic of trains, street art and Hip Hop culture. As a teenager he spent most of his free time painting graffiti in abandoned buildings, under bridges and on trains. He has also completed many murals around Wisconsin and the midwest. Isaac’s recent works on canvas have moved away from the Postmodern Figurative/Symbolic, as he is now embracing a Neo Abstract Expressionist aesthetic. These paintings, exude raw brush work, and reveal his knack for color and...
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Friday, May 6, 2011

subvocal, led by singer songwriter Mark Adkins, is an ambient psychedelic, folk noir, band. The band, consisting of Stephen Pingry on cello and Mark Adkins, guitar and vocals are based in Madison, Wisconsin. The duo has been performing together as subvocal for ten years. They are a multi Madison Area Music Award, winning-band and have opened for National and International acts. subvocal plays dark, moody, compelling songs both emotive and thoughtful with some political bent.

The songs are heavily layered with delays, reverbs and some sampling. Pat Pattison, music writer, performer and Instructor at Berkeley School of Music, says ...\"Mark is compelling performer. He sets a tone and mood with his playing that sweeps everyone up in it.\"
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Brian Daly is a performer,songwriter, and sound designer. When performing solo on voice and acoustic guitar he brings these traditional sounds to songs which are catchy but unconventional. Rooted more in indie guitar rock than strummy singer/songwriter pop, Daly\'s songs explore themes of split reality, altered states, love gone right/wrong, and the transcendence of boredom. Coupling overt emotionalism with cerebral detachment is a favored compositional motif. Daly\'s experience as the leader of the rock band Sunshine for the Blind and his skills as a studio engineer are put to use in his solo act with the use well integrated sound treatments that enhance the mood of the songs.

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