Peter Mulvey & Katie Dahl

Doors: 6:30pm | Show: 7:30pm
Tickets: $20 advance | $25 doors
Peter Mulvey and Katie Dahl bring their world-class songwriting, sharp humor, and deep empathy to the Royal Room for one night only.
Peter Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Street in Dublin and hitchhike through the country, finding whatever gigs he could. Back stateside, he spent a couple years gigging in the Midwest before lighting out for Boston, where he returned to busking (this time in the subway) and coffeehouses. Small shows led to larger shows, which eventually led to regional and then national and international touring. The wheels have not stopped since.
Clear-eyed and tough-minded, songwriter/playwright Katie Dahl is known for her smart songs, wry wit, and wise spirit. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula where her family has lived for 175 years, Katie is also an internationally touring, radio-charting artist who “delivers razor-sharp lyrics with a hearty, soulful voice” (American Songwriter). In live shows that are both courageously honest and devilishly funny, Katie dives deep into questions of land and love, family and body image, grief and joy.
“Katie Dahl’s songs aren’t just melodies and words,” says Dar Williams. “They’re journeys that are firmly grounded in a sense of place–beautiful, real landscapes that help you feel places that you may have never been before. That’s the very best kind of songwriting.”