For his new album Ghost Towns , Denver songwriter and Wisconsin native John Statz took inspiration from the more discouraging sights witnessed while touring America and traveling through foreign locales including Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary, documenting the universality of urban decay. Statz recorded the album, a hard-chugging roots-rock record in the tradition of Neil Young and Tom Petty, with Madison musicians, including members of Blueheels.
John Statz
Tonight @ Art Bar, 9 p.m.