An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
A banjo slung over his shoulder, his right hand swung at the wrist allowing his fingers to effortlessly pick, strum and coax with other means, tinny notes found by the curious fingers of his other hand working the fret, wringing cords, knuckles contorting unnaturally, finger tips nailing the wiry strings. Don Flemons moonlit Shank Hall,... Continue Reading →
Under a dense canopy stacked with overgrowth, "Urban" music grew unabashed through the early part of the millennium, then people really stopped caring about the tangled vines of braggadocio and opulence. A few exquisite varieties of hardy musical perennials fought back in the mainstream and eventually were choked out by the seething onslaught of invasive... Continue Reading →
I'm standing in a small aisle between sets, voices buzz. Violinist Allen Russell just led us through a pleading progression accompanied by Pat Reinholz (Cello), Rick Aaron (flute), John Simons (double bass), Gabriel Hammer (drums), amazingly coherent for being unrehearsed, a quintet previously unacquainted. I hear a delicate voice behind me, comically high pitched and soft through the... Continue Reading →
Milwaukee clearly hasn't come close to setting the upper limit on its seasonal festival flux capacitor gauge. Summerfest and Cathedral Square's Jazz in the Park will welcome Catalano Square's new outdoor music series Arye in the Square to the turn of the Solstice revelry. Tomorrow Matt Davies and the Thriftones light up the evening at... Continue Reading →
MC Mikal lumbered in the BBC upper room, tall, gangly, vibrating above it all. The scene, relatively modest by hip-hop standards, dropped like an ember that starts a wild brush fire. A performative charge present, highly concentrated energy burned the anticipatory material around it, not caring to be seen. In a benefit for Men of... Continue Reading →
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