Renowned jazz, world, classical and funk guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque will bring his “Funk Bros”, the acoustic line up of Haque’s MathGames ensemble, to North Street Cabaret. Haque has made a name for himself playing with Joe Zawinal, Paquito D’Rivera, Sting and Billy Cobham, as a leader, and a co-leader for 10 years with Garaj […]
Musicians For WORT Sat. July 14 at Harmony Bar!
Join us for a Musicians For WORT benefit at the Harmony Bar on Saturday July 14 featuring The Civil Engineers and Swamp Thing! Swamp Thing was a mid-80s Madison band known for playing danceable songs about animals, food, banana republics, and beautiful communists. Fronted by WORT’s own Jonathan Zarov (host of the Friday 8 O’Clock […]
Wurk & The Earthlings
Wurk is a six-piece funk fusion band striving to bring musical complexity and irresistible grooves to the forefront of the Madison music scene. The Earthlings are Madison’s musical collective that brings eras of electronic sonic rock together with a laid back psychedelic indie emphasis, euphoric space, and positive vibrations from the 60’s, early 70’s, and […]
Adrian Lomax Reaches Out to the Wild & Blue
Adrian Lomax has discovered a wonderful musical connection between two seemingly dissimilar genres, and he brings that connection to WORT listeners every week on Monday nights from 2-5 am. On his show Wild & Blue, Lomax — or Major Tom as he’s know on the air — proves that Funk and Jazz Fusion are twins […]
Green Lantern Eating Coop Valentines dinner w/ Charles Walker Band
It’s time for the Spring Green Lantern Eating Co-op Banquet! 5-20$ sliding scale suggested donation, none will be turned away for lack of funds! Food and Music are basic human rights! All donations go to pay for food and to pay our amazing entertainers. We will have an amazing 5 course menu, including desserts! Omnivore/vegetarian/vegan/gluten […]
Charles Walker Band
Deliciously Stanky. Dynamically Funky. Recklessly Hopeful. Grounded in soul, the Charles Walker Band has been compared to Prince, Bruno Mars, The Brand New Heavys, and James Brown. The Milwaukee based band has refined their sound into Neo-Funk, a fusion of funk infused rhythms with pop melodies. The three-piece band rehearses tirelessly in Charles’ basement, amidst […]