Arts Extract

Tone Madison contributor Kailee Andrews catches up with Milwaukee-based director Carol Brandt, whose fourth feature, PET NAMES, screens on April 5 as part of the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Ezell and pianist Becca May Grant discuss their work on the 2018 album "Voices."

On this week's podcast short, Shaun Soman and Scott Gordon trade notes on upcoming Madison shows from Black Belt Eagle Scout, Paul Dietrich, Girlpool, and other touring and locally based acts. (Photo: Black Belt Eagle Scout. Photo by Jason Quigley.)

From the album "Plastic Mystery."

The prolific Madison jazz musician discusses his experiences playing music in Cuba and India.

Tone Madison contributor Reid Kurkerewicz discusses his reporting on The Winnebago, a new venue and café on Madison's east side.

Tone Madison contributor Kai Brito talks with Aaron Fai, one of the organizers of the Monsters Of Poetry reading series.

Sage Caswell is a Los Angeles native who makes dreamy yet hard-hitting dance music. He has released music on Spring Theory and 2MR. Topics include early L.A. parties, a Daft Punk conversion experience, moving from DJing to producing, and the Midwest. I hadn’t met Sage before we talked, but we had some random Madison/L.A. connections and I liked what I had heard of his music. Madison is so small th...

Ariel Zetina is a Chicago-based DJ, producer, and playwright. She is a resident at the legendary Smartbar and runs many of her own club nights in the city. Ariel has released music on Boukan Records (including underground club hit “Addy:” feat. London Jade), Club Chai, Sweat Equity, and Knightwerk, with a 2019 EP forthcoming on Maija. I wanted to talk to Ariel because she’s doing great things in C...

A quick discussion of the recent issues at Art In, and electronic artist Sage Caswell's new album.

The artist and animator discusses his residency at the Madison Public Library's Bubbler space.

Digital Warmth is a new podcast created by Jordan Cohen of @chantssound and presented by Tone Madison. Welcome to the first episode. Joshua Jenquin is an accomplished drummer, producer, and DJ. Topics include Wisconsin rave history, Addict Records, laughing while vomiting, being named-checked by Dominick Fernow, Swayze, getting kicked out of a town in Germany, and melding live playing with electro...

Longtime Madison educator Muriel Simms discusses her book "Settlin': Stories Of Madison's Early African American Families." Photo by Jon Hain.

Five of the candidates running for mayor of Madison—Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mo Cheeks, Raj Shukla, Toriana Pettaway, and Nick Hart—took part in a forum on arts policy on Wednesday, January 16 at the Barrymore Theatre. Here's the full audio. The event was presented by Arts + Literature Laboratory and Tone Madison. Photo by Jon Hain.

Tone Madison contributor Grant Phipps sits down with Jim Healy, director of programming for UW Cinematheque, to talk about the free campus film series' upcoming season.

This will be our last Tone Madison podcast episode of 2018, and to wrap things up, we're listening back to some of the moments that made the year memorable. Image: A paper sculpture by Hannah O'Hare Bennett.

Madison-based journalist Lawrence Tabak discusses his essential reporting on Wisconsin's dodgy deal with electronics giant Foxconn.

Karen Reece of the Urban Community Arts Network joins us to discuss a new report on inequity in Madison's music and arts community.

Tone Madison's Chris Lay brings us this audio rendition of our September 2018 report from Madison's fifth annual Shrekfest.

Madison-based musician John Kruse discusses the trio of upcoming releases from his solo ambient project, John Praw.

Tone Madison's Scott Gordon, Katie Hutchinson, and Grant Phipps discuss the 25-year run of Duluth band Low, who play November 17 at the High Noon Saloon.

Milwaukee-based musician and audio engineer Justin Perkins talks about being the go-to mastering engineer for musicians in Madison and beyond.

Madison-based, Guinea-born percussionist Mandjou Mara discusses his work with Tone Madison contributor Phoebe Schlough.

Madison musician Educational Davis discusses his recent solo album, Sing Bleow Bleow, and his band Therapy Drones.

Producer Ian Carroll, aka @knowsthetime, talks about his new beat tape, teaching young hip-hop artists, and where his music is going next.