Music
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Chicago’s ARC Music Festival tells the story of house music
To help tell the story of House and Techno In Chicago Nick Karounos, John Curley, and Stuart Hackley founded the ARC Music festival in 2021, which has been held on Labor Day weekend each year since.
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Exquisite early keyboard music from Mishka Rushdie Momen
Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen’s new release is “Reformation,” an album featuring early keyboard music by composers influenced by the English Reformation.
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Nearly 900 Wisconsin folk tunes part of the National Recording Registry in Library of Congress
The Wisconsin Folk Song Collection comprises the work of scholars, musicians and Wisconsinites pre- and post-World War II who helped record and archive this part of our state’s history, such as Helene Stratman-Thomas and Sydney Robertson Cowell.
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The Midwest, a place where the music grows
To learn about the Midwest’s rich music heritage, WPR’s “BETA” turned to award-winning music journalist Erin Osmon, who grew up in rural Indiana.
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GRIDLIFE Summer Apex 2024 recap
Over the weekend of July 26th the inaugural GRIDLIFE Summer Apex music and motorsports festival took place at Road America in Elkhart Lake. Over 16,000 car aficionados and music lovers alike attended the festival.
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Longtime Milwaukee music promoter reflects on industry changes, discovering big acts
Along with co-author Amy Waldman, Jest captured his decades of behind-the-scenes stories in a new memoir, “We Had Fun and Nobody Died: Adventures of a Milwaukee Music Promoter.”
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James Kaplan recalls a touchstone jazz album in ‘3 Shades of Blue’
James Kaplan tells the story of the three geniuses who were the main force behind Miles Davis’ 1959 recording of “Kind of Blue.”
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Introducing the symphonina, a new genre designed for streaming audiences
A new genre of short, melodic symphonic music has been developed to appeal to younger and streaming audiences.
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Milwaukee Children’s Choir merging with Wisconsin Conservatory of Music
All the families associated with the Children’s Choir were invited to join the conservatory, which will soon open enrollment for its own children’s choir.
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GRIDLIFE brings a new motorsports and music festival to Wisconsin
The inaugural Summer Apex festival will take place July 26-28 at Road America in Elkhart Lake.