As you walked around your neighborhood today, you may have wondered why there were musicians at almost every street corner. That has something to do with the annual Make Music Madison event, which takes place every year on the summer solstice. Lots of performances are being held outside. The majority of music genres heard this […]
A Tone Madison audio extra: The torment of pedal pub season
The high for today is a balmy 68 degrees (so close!), which means winter is finally fully on its way the hell out the door. The other side of that coin, though, is the return of pedal pubs, scourge of Madison’s moderately respectable drinking establishments. One of the most popular pieces we’ve ever run on Tone […]
A Room of One’s Own faces the future
Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon asks Sandi Torkildson of A Room of One’s Own about her decision to put the long-running downtown Madison bookstore up for sale, and about how culture and business have changed in Madison since the store was founded in 1975. The music in this segment is by Tippy. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM […]
MATC President Defends Southside Expansion, Leaving Downtown
Jack E. Daniels, President of Madison Area Technical College, has been drumming up support for a new campus on Madison’s South Side. WORT’s Darien Lamen spoke with him about the proposal, as well as some of the criticisms leveled against it.
