On March 11th the Unity Music Festival will play its final benefit concert of the year. This concert will be performed by one of the best female vocalists in the county along with the Pete Ellman Big Band. They are one of the country’s best 18-piece big bands. This live performance will showcase the works […]
Brooklyn Band Exnations Produces New Modern Sound in Sophomore EP “Pink Haze”
By Rhea Riley Excited, inspired, hungry and contemporary pop and indie band Exnations continue to ride the high of their Pink Haze summer tour in one of their last stops at Milwaukee’s Miramar Theater. The Brooklyn based trio comprised of drummer Taylor Hughes, bassist John O’Neill and lead singer and guitarist Sal Mastrocola form the […]
Afrobeat Star Femi Kuti to Perform in Madison, First Time in 5 Years
Special Guests Fringe Character and DJ Phil Money Join Kuti this Saturday Article courtesy of Rock Paper Scissors, Inc. Once they bombed them; now they are building museums to honor them. Tapped as Afrobeat founding father Fela Kuti’s chosen successor, Femi Kuti has fought for his own voice and for his family’s freedom. On a […]
Experience True Blues with Corey Harris and Eric Bibb at the Wisconsin Union Theater
As part of the 2015-2016 Blues Series, the Wisconsin Union Theater presents True Blues featuring Eric Bibb and Corey Harris in the Fredric March Play Circle on Friday, January 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. True Blues chronicles the extraordinary living culture of the blues in an evening of music and conversation. In […]
Inuit Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq to Offer this Season’s Most Unique Performance
This season’s most unique performance is about to land at the Wisconsin Union Theater Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in the Fredric March Play Circle, when Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq shares her incomparable performance, set to the 1922 film Nanook of the North, with the Madison community. Tanya Tagaq picked up an […]