The 51st annual Orton Park Festival will celebrate Madison’s wonderfully weird diversity this Thursday through Sunday (August 25-28). The free event – chock full of food, music and other fun in the sun – is held at the shady eastside park, located on the 1100 block of Spaight Street in Madison. A benefit for the Marquette Neighborhood […]
Listen Live: Daby Touré & Fatoumata Diawara from Central Park Se...
In case you missed our live remote on August 12, 2016 from the Central Park Sessions (or you just want to hear it again or share it with someone else), here are the broadcasted sets from the bands Daby Touré and Fatoumata Diawara! The first set, Daby Touré, was interrupted and cut short, due to […]
WORT broadcasts Central Park Session live Thursday
WORT 89.9 FM Community Radio will help make the musical world a bit smaller this Thursday evening (August 4th) by broadcasting live from Central Park, starting at 5:00 p.m. This week’s free concert on Madison’s near east side, called the Small World Session, showcases performers from New Hampshire (Ameranouche), New Orleans (Sasha Masakowski & the […]
Colvin & Earle play the Capitol Theater Saturday July 30th
Veteran Americana artists Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle bring their combined tour to Madison this Saturday, July 30th, at the Capitol Theater (in the Overture Center). The pair toured together in 2014, leading to their collaboration on a gritty, nostalgic new album: Colvin & Earle (Fantasy Records), released in June 2016. A compact compilation of ten songs, […]