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Mike Droho

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Come see Mike Droho live in concert October 16, 2018 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the Joe Wankerl Cafeteria on the UW – Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus. With 7 full-length album releases, and more than 1,000 performances throughout the United States, Mike Droho has amassed a grassroots following that has purchased more […]

The post-punk mischief of Educational Davis

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Across most of the music Educational Davis has made in his bands and solo projects, it’s easy to get the sense that the Madison-based artist is messing with you, deliberately blurring the line between absurdity and sincerity. In the oddball post-punk/new-wave bands The No And Maybe Game and Baristacide, he often paired deliberately nonsensical lyrics […]

Podcast: knowsthetime’s wistful, old-school beat tape

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The new beat tape from producer knowsthetime, Summer’s End, uses an old-school, sampling-based approach to hip-hop. But knowsthetime, real name Ian Carroll, has been all over the map. Dividing his time between Madison and Milwaukee, he’s contributed to scores of hip-hop tracks—some of them under his former production moniker *hitmayng—he co-founded the hip-hop and electronic […]

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Aretha Franklin

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Today’s episode is a music-filled retrospective celebrating the life and legacy of Aretha Franklin. Lilada is joined in the studio by Ali Muldrow, Felicia Clark, and Constance Miles to discuss their favorite songs and memories from the Queen of Soul, along with reflections on Black womanhood, the music industry, and much more. Songs featured: “Respect,” […]