Events

Join us on Saturday, July 26th, for the "Prairie Whistle Call" album release! Live music by Sean Pratt with full ensemble and support from James Schroeder and L. Euguene Methe in the Castle's historic Carriage House.

Doors open at 6:30pm, concerts begin at 7pm. This is an all ages event.

Sean Pratt

Sean Pratt is an American folk guitar player/singer-songwriter from Nebraska by way of the Dakotas.

Pratt played in Omaha punk and noise acts for the better part of a decade before developing a fascination with the song craft of the likes of Van Zandt, Prine and Chilton. Occasionally, unearthing a set of original compositions at one of Omaha’s many dark corner bars.

In the still of the pandemic, Pratt found himself focusing deeply on acoustics and how to color a space without amplification. Sinking deep into the recordings of old Appalachia and sentimental ballads of the 70’s.

In December of 2023, following a debut set of new material at the preeminent Grapefruit Records, friend and collaborator Simon Joyner encouraged Pratt to record the songs from that night “quickly, while everything is still new.”

Three weeks later, on New Year’s Day, recording began at Another Recording Company with James Schroeder (Rosali, David Nance and Mowed Sound) at the board. Over the next three days Pratt, Megan Siebe, Colin Duckworth and James Maakestad recorded what would become ‘Prairie Whistle Call’. Tracked live, leaving time to breathe and never forcing it.

‘Prairie Whistle Call’ arrives July 18th on Worried Songs.

James Schroeder

James Schroeder is a guitarist, sound engineer and composer from Lincoln, NE. He has worked with many local and national performing and recording artists, which recently include Rosali, David Nance and Mowed Sound, and his own group Mesa Buoy.

This year he collaborated with artists Ash Eliza Smith and Robert Twomey to compose and perform music for DaVinci: Art and the Machine, a live radio teleplay commissioned by Nebraska Public Media. He also teamed with tbd. dance collective to compose music for 2 separate performances at The Joslyn (Art Museum), collaborating with cellist Megan Siebe and bassist Micah Schmiedeskamp on the second performance, Here Then Now.

He’s lived in Omaha for one duodenary cycle which some people may find significant.

L. Eugene Methe

L. Eugene Methe is an Omaha based songwriter and experimental musician. His last two lyrical based albums Calendar Work and Maybe, Tomorrow were released on Grapefruit Records. Most recently he collaborated with Dennis Callaci on a record of material and is tracking a new set of solo songs. Methe also founded and runs the Gertrude record label, which has released vinyl, cassettes and books by a variety of international artists.