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Text us about this show. We have a different type of show for you this week. Into The Music host, Rob Marnocha , and 91.1 The Avenue 's Ann Koenig were invited to be the panelists at Lawrence University 's first ever live podcast forum for their Musician in Business Week in September. Emma Snyder , the Managing Director of Lawrence University’s Business and Entrepreneurship Center, creat...

Text us about this show. pat mAcdonald has had quite a career in music over the past four-plus decades. Starting out in the college bar scene in early 1980s Madison, WI, he and then wife Barbara K. progressed from The Essentials to Timbuk3 where their bandmate was a boombox. In 1986 they scored their first hit single " The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades " from their debut a...

Text us about this show. Eric Hagen returns to Into The Music this week to catch us up on what he's been up to. A lot of that has been writing and recording some of the best country music you'll come across today. Eric's songs are like a musical gut punch and his delivery is always spot on. His studio recordings show not only his songwriting and singing prowess, but his live shows a...

Text us about this show. Mark Malibu & The Wasagas are known as Canada’s original Surf Punk instrumentalists. This is a band with a history dating back to 1979 and ended its original run in 1982. In 2014 the band regrouped and has been one of surf music’s top bands ever since. Led by Mark "Malibu" Sanders , The Wasagas ’ catalog is filled with surf tunes that will have listeners rock...

Text us about this show. If there's one country artist who is on a steep upward trajectory, it's Kaylyn Sahs . One listen through her catalog demonstrates steady growth in her vocal and songwriting abilities. She's a young woman whose original songs are able to touch a wide demographic since a lot of what she writes is so relatable. A 2018 audition for American Idol got her the boos...

Text us about this show. It's rare these days that an artist or band releases a full album that is a great listen all the way through. In 2025 Los Straitjackets did it with Somos Los Straitjackets and now The Tourmaliners are set to drop their new album El Gato and it's one of the best complete surf albums I've ever heard. The entire album takes you back to the golden age of early 1...

Text us about this show. It's been three years since The Gentlemen Grifters have been on Into The Music , but it seems that time has served them well. Shaun Swanson (fiddle, vocals) and Mike Goodwin (guitar, vocals) have added Chris LaLonde (mandolin, vocals) and Jake Gilderson-Duwe (bass) to the line up and boy howdy are they making some great music! Their new project, Chest of Lead , is set...

Text us about this show. Bruce Lee Rose has been crafting high quality musical instruments for over thirty years. This has included electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, and an assortment of cigar box instruments. Along with that Bruce winds custom pickups to go into his creations or to upgrade just about any guitarist's sound. He's an avid fan of the local music scene and...

Text us about this show. It's time for Into The Music 's midsummer special episode where Rob gets grilled... er... interrogated... uh... interviewed by a guest host and this time around we have Mr. Steve March-Tormé doing the honors. Steve digs into Rob's musical history as well as writing, the podcast, performing, and much more. On top of it we have some rarities in the way of song...

Text us about this show. Sisters Jenna Lee and Shaun Marie are Sister Winchester . Along with Jenna's husband, Dave (drums, logistics), Sister Winchester turns out great original heartland music that ranges from rock to country to blues to folk and all the ground in between. The individual personalities of Jenna and Shaun are evident in the songs each writes, but their styles mesh seamlessly...

Text us about this show. Being landlocked in Parker, Colorado doesn't keep Matthew Clark from pursuing the sounds of ocean waves crashing on pristine beaches so long as they come in the form of surf music. Matthew is the publisher of Colorado Instrumental Fanzine which debuted in 2023. CI Fanzine is one of the best surf music magazines around and has garnered the praise of fans and artists al...

Text us about this show. The folk-punk music scene is unique and northeast Wisconsin has a duo that has carved out a niche for themselves locally. Tape and Tears is Gilliana Hope and Quiver the Busker . Each has recorded, released, and performed solo and now they're combining their talents to create something bigger. Their music hits on emotional elements through the use of not only instrumen...

Text us about this show. According to their website, " Gold Standard is an all original progressive bluegrass band with heavy influences of soul, jazz, and folk." One listen to their EP, Better Than These Days , will bear that out. Kate Stenson , Ian Moore , Gregg Daigle , and Loren Dempster are taking traditional bluegrass sensibilities and layering on their influences from other genres...

Text us about this show. Blues guitarist Jay Stulo returns to Into The Music to discuss Live at the Smiling Moose , the new live album from The Jay Stulo Band . Taking cues from BB King's masterpiece album Live at the Regal , Jay and his bandmates— Tom Thiel (bass) and Chad Wirl (drums)—deliver a performance with a lot of heart and volume. When you add to that Jay serving up some of the best...

Text us about this show. There's nothing like classic soul music whether that be from Stax, Motown, Muscle Shoals, or Philly. When you have a group like The Gin and Sonics in your own back yard playing original soul music with the vibes from those places, well, that's huge! Their debut album, Anytime , has become a favorite in the northeast Wisconsin music scene and cuts from it have bee...

Text us about this show. The description of City Fathers ' music from Instagram says this: "Tony & friends make dreamy alternative pop that make you want to dance and cry at the same time." One listen to Tony Knuppel 's originals is proof of this statement. That dreamy alternative pop includes splashes of ambient music, exotica, a touch of soul, and dashes of emotional elem...

Text us about this show. As a musician, there are two words that come to mind about Ryan Pearl : thoughtful and adaptive . He's thoughtful because what he brings to a song is expressive and intentional with generous amounts of feeling. He's adaptive because over the decades he's taken to instruments new to him and been put in situations where his chops are counted on sometimes in th...

Text us about this show. Just like the episode title says, Brian Witkin is indeed a music industry swiss army knife. He's the CEO of the San Diego based Pacific Records label, leader of award winning Hawaiian music band Slack Key ’Ohana , a record producer, an entertainment and music attorney, an Ovation endorsed guitarist, and a columnist. He's also one of the friendliest guys you could...

Text us about this show. There's something to be said for a studio that consistently turns out clean, high quality recordings. Behind such an operation is usually a producer/engineer who understands not just the recording process, but musicians and what they are aiming to convey through their original music. SourceTrack Studio in Appleton, Wisconsin is that kind of studio and David Pietila is...

Text us about this show. After nearly three years, country singer Roger Lee returns to Into The Music to share some stories from the road and a pair of new original songs. Roger was Rob's first guest on Into The Music in early August, 2023, so we thought it was about time to catch up with him. Like a good whiskey, his wonderful smooth baritone has aged extremely well (just as smooth too!) and...

Text us about this show. Stick Men month on Into The Music concludes this week with Touch Guitarist Markus Reuter . Markus is an accomplished musician and composer who is equally at home delving into contemporary classical music, jazz, progressive rock, folk, and ambient music. His Touch Guitar brings an emotional element to much of the music he plays whether that be with Stick Men, solo, Tu:Ner (...

Text us about this show. Stick Men month on Into The Music continues this week with legendary bassist and Chapman Stick player Tony Levin . With well over 500 recording credits, chances are likely you've heard Tony play many times over on recordings by Peter Gabriel , King Crimson , John Lennon , Pink Floyd , Joan Armatrading , Dire Straits , Buddy Rich , Paul Simon , ABWH (i.e. Yes) , and lo...

Text us about this show. It's Stick Men month on Into The Music ! We have a set of three interviews with each member of this trio and we're starting them with drummer Pat Mastelotto . Not only has Pat been the drummer for Stick Men for nearly two decades, but he's the longest tenured drummer in the history of legendary prog rock band King Crimson . In the 1980s, he was the drummer f...

Text us about this show. Kyle Megna & The Monsoons are one of northeast Wisconsin's premiere bands. From the songwriting and arranging to dynamic performances, this band never disappoints. They're all set to drop their latest EP, This World , so band leader Kyle Megna and bassist Fred Velpel are on hand to talk all about it. Now here's the kicker... we have the entire EP on this...

Text us about this show. Ace Champion is one driven man. Whether it be in his music, being a chef, doing voiceover work, teaching, or one of his other ventures, there's no stopping him. As a musician, he has a deep passion for ancient music and playing the instruments that are connected to it. Whether it be one of over sixty different wind instruments (mostly a variety of flutes), a variety o...