Join Berkeley's own political singer-songwriter extraordinaire Carol Denney for an enlightening evening of quick wit and invigorating tunes. Carol promises to perform "at least four new songs," and you can bet there'll also be plenty of Carol classics like "Don't Cry For the Tinman" and the workers' ballad "Who Built This House," both from her recent album, The Cruel Lullaby.

Equally facile on guitar and English concertina, Carol has crafted an inimitable style with her songs of love, joy, and political struggle, delivered in one of the strongest voices to be heard among musicians in the Bay Area. Winner of the East Bay Express' readers' poll for "Best Solo Performer" in 2002, the following year Carol received an award from the City of Berkeley's Commission on the Status of Women for civil liberties activism through music, humor, and art. She's joined tonight by Steven Strauss on acoustic bass, fiddler Kerry Parker, and vocalist and banjo man Jim Nelson.