Tone Madison
Wisconsin music, through a disarming lens
If you’ve seen even a handful of concert photos or publicity photos of bands, you know that music photography has a lot of cliches: Climactic moments under hot lights, teeming crowds with their hands in the air, indie-rock bands posing next to trees and bushes. A recently published book from photographer Spencer Wells takes a […]
Podcast short: We stan Mary Timony
Ex Hex, the latest project from versatile underground rock veteran Mary Timony, is playing the High Noon Saloon on April 11. Ahead of that, we sat down with Tone Madison contributor Grant Phipps to talk about some of Timony’s earlier work, with projects including Autoclave and Helium. While Ex Hex’s muscular power-pop is as good […]
The humor and humanity of Carol Brandt’s films
As we get ready for the 2019 Wisconsin Film Festival to kick off on April 4, we’ve got our eye on a lot of the Wisconsin-based filmmakers who will be showing their work. Among the most noteworthy is Milwaukee’s Carol Brandt, who, although she’s only in her mid-20s, has already directed four feature films. Her […]
Betsy Ezell’s collaborative approach to jazz vocals
Madison-based composer and vocalist Betsy Ezell explores a lot of different vocal styles and approaches to songwriting on her debut album, 2018’s Voices. There’s also a strong spirit of collaboration at work here between Ezell and the other musicians—Becca May Grant on piano, Richard Hildner on guitar, Laurie Lang on bass, and Jim Huwe on […]
A spring show mish-mash
On this week’s podcast short, Shaun Soman and Scott Gordon trade notes on upcoming Madison shows from Black Belt Eagle Scout, Paul Dietrich, Girlpool, and other touring and locally based acts. Keep up with more of our events coverage at tonemadison.com/calendar. Give the podcast a listen here, or subscribe to the Tone Madison podcast on Apple Podcasts. If […]
Podcast: People-to-people contact with bassist Nick Moran
If you go out to see live music in Madison with any kind of frequency, it’s pretty impossible not to see Nick Moran playing bass. His projects over the years have included the Afro-Peruvian jazz quartet Golpe Tierra, the New Breed Jazz Jam on Tuesday nights at the North Street Cabaret, Phat Phunktion, MadiSalsa, and […]
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