The Whiskey Farm

with Sean Michael Dargan

Doors 7:00PM / Show 8:00PM

$10 ADV / $12 DOS

he Whiskey Farm is an Americana and folk rock band from Madison, Wisconsin. The band released their first record, Middle of America, in 2011 and in 2012 won the Madison Area Music Award (MAMA) for Best Americana/Folk song for the lead track, “If I Were You.” The Onion A.V. Club described The Whiskey Farm as “straddling the line between bluegrass and folk, blending technical wows with accessible songwriting for very pop- minded Americana.” The Americana Gazette wrote that they have “great tunes, killer hooks, and fantastic harmonies,” and The Isthmus called them “a big boost for the little music scene thriving here in the middle of America.”

The band features multi-instrumentalists and layered harmonies in lyric-driven songs. In 2013, The Whiskey Farm won the MAMA for Best Ensemble Vocals and released their second full-length album, From the Still. Their third record, Book of Matches (2015) was described by Local Sounds as “another fine recording that exemplifies the Midwestern ethos.” Their 2017 protest album, Songs of Resistance, led to ongoing partnerships with multiple charitable organizations, including the ACLU of Wisconsin, Refugees International, and NAMI Dane County. Their most recent record, Over These Green Hills (2022) is a finalist for the Madison Area Album of the Year.

Sean Michael Dargan is almost too tall, standing six feet, four inches in his favorite black-and-white saddle shoes. On a good day he writes and plays pop rock in the vein of Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, and the Gin Blossoms. Guitar and voice are his main instruments, but if you’re not nice he’ll go get out his bagpipes.