Magpie is known as a very political duo. Even when they do traditional folk music, which is the bulk of their repertoire, it often has a strong political flavor -- anti-war songs, union songs, civil rights songs, etc. In that way they are very much like Kim & Reggie Harris, with whom they often appear.

That having been said, I would ask if the publicity said anything about the fact they do political music? Not even die-hard folkies are familiar with every group, and you certainly should not expect that the general public would be.

Regardless of your answer, I would still give the two women their money back. That's because I'm old fashioned enough to believe "the customer is always right," even when she is clearly wrong. If you want to keep your club in business, the worst thing possible is to have people pissed off at you, especially in a small town. And while the women probably won't go to small claims court, they certainly will bad mouth you, and that's much worse. $40 is a small price to pay to salvage whatever good will you can. If it had to come out of your own pocket, so be it. But I think Magpie (Toni and Greg) are mature enough to have swallowed the loss themselves if they had to. They choose to sing controversial material, and that's part of the price I am sure they are willing to pay.