Conversations about Madison and Milwaukee often focus on how different the cities are, or how strangely disconnected they are despite being only 70 miles apart. Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon recently got a chance to trade notes with two journalists in Milwaukee about the challenges and opportunities that Wisconsin’s two biggest cities have in common. Matt Wild […]
Catching up on Madison’s public funding for music
This month brings two music events that are supported with public funds from the City of Madison. The first, coming up June 15 through 18, is the inaugural Between The Waves music conference and festival (previously announced under the name Madison Songwriter Conference and Festival), and the second is the annual Make Music Madison event […]
Dan Bacula on his series of stand-up “yearbooks”
Last year Madison comedian Dan Bacula released a stand-up album titled A Little Bit About Myself. It collected bits he’d recorded on his phone’s Voice Memo app or a cheap video camera at open mics over the course of a year. In a story written at the time, Tone Madison contributor Chris Lay said that it […]
Making space for creativity in Madison
What does it takes to create new space, and by extension better support, for writers, artists, and other creative folks in Madison? Tone Madison contributor caught up with 702WI founder Mary Morgan and Arts + Literature Laboratory (ALL) directors Rita Mae Reese and Jolynne Roorda last week to talk about the challenges of running an arts […]
Ra’Shaun, Samantha Glass, and other Madison things we’re listening...
On this week’s podcast, we take a brief look at a few recent releases that have made 2017 another interesting year for Madison music so far. The selections range from hip-hop to ambient music to scuzzy punk. Here’s where to find releases mentioned in this episode: Brian Daly, Luminous Ra’Shaun, “No Questions” Corridoré, Demo Golpe […]
The escalating debate over speech on campus
This week we’re revisiting a conversation that we had back in February about the nuances of free speech on college campuses. The subject has only become more tangled and more urgent over the past few months. Across the country, people across the political spectrum have used incidents like Ann Coulter’s decision to cancel a speech […]
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