The music of Van Orman & Helwin blends textures and texts of antique and modern soundscapes, familiar enough to be warm and welcoming, adequately exotic to be fresh and surprising. Two singers accompanying themselves on guitars, harmonium, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, and other instruments, they share traditional and contemporary songs of a world populated by cowboys, sailors, hobos, and many sorts of lovers.
The Cider Farm offers ciders made with their organic, true cider apples grown near Mineral Point, Wisconsin. The ciders pair beautifully with the made from 'scratch' small plates featuring locally and organically grown ingredients.