Powerhouse country & Western swing band The Western Flyers serve up an irresistibly hot, unmistakably Texas-style sound popularized by Bob Wills in the 1940s with an electrifying energy all their […]
FREE Concert by Mark Croft Trio – Thursday, September 14th in Ol...
Enjoy another warm September evening on Lake Monona’s shore listening for FREE to the folksy/Ameicana/blues sounds of the Mark Croft Trio. Location is in the historic Olin Park Pavilion and […]
FREE Cris Plata concert in Olin Park Pavilion – Thursday, Septem...
Enjoy an evening of FREE South Texas twang and folksy stories from Madison’s favorite Western singer and raconteur, Cris Plata. Bring the kids, bring a picnic, and enjoy the lake […]
Dr. Charles Hughes on the complexities and controversies of modern cou...
Country music is often thought of as a bastion of conservatism, patriotism, and, sometimes, racism. But its history is more complicated than that—it’s full of performers of all stripes and […]
Texas In Their Souls
Since publishing the dissertation that became the eminently readable (and recently updated) book Country Music USA in 1968, Bill Malone has become a widely recognized and respected country music scholar. […]
Ken Burns on Back to the Country
Filmmaker Ken Burns hops on the line to speak with Bill (and Bobbie) Malone, host of Back to the Country. Bill was featured as the sole country music historian in […]