Arts Extract

The Madison-based poet discusses and reads from his debut collection, "Trouble The Water."

Madison-based poet Rita Mae Reese discusses her work and reads a few poems.

Madison-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Olyvia Jaxyn discusses their recently released debut EP, "Lyv."

Abby Sherman and Jordan Zamansky of Madison band Trophy Dad discuss their second EP, Dogman.

Artists Alaura Seidl and Wendi Kent talk with Tone Madison contributor Brett Schlough about their work on a recently unveiled public art project in Madison.

Madison musician Hendrix Gullixson talks about his ambient project @syneva's new album, Limbo Victorian.

Tone Madison contributor Henry Solotaroff-Webber and editor Scott Gordon sit down to discuss the state of hip-hop production in Madison.

Artists Cassils and Adrián Regnier Chávez talk with Tone Madison contributor Brett Schlough about their works in Digital Aura, an art show at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and Arts + Literature Laboratory. Photo by Guido Mencari.

Tone Madison contributor Brett Schlough brings us the first in a two-part series on the Digital Aura art show (mmoca.org/exhibitions/exhibits/digital-aura. In this installment, we'll hear conversations with curators Simone Doing and Max Puchalsky and artist Laura Kim.

We revisit a 2015 conversation with Madison-based musician about his power-pop project Rocket Bureau.

The editors of @milwaukeerecord join us to talk about the challenges and opportunities Wisconsin's two largest cities have in common.

Tone Madison's Scott Gordon previews a couple of upcoming stories on music initiatives the City of Madison has been funding over the past few years.

Madison-based comedian Dan Bacula discusses his new stand-up album, "You Know What I Mean," with @tonemsn contributor Chris Lay.

Tone Madison contributor Sarah Witman talks with the founders of two places that aim to offer space and support for artists, writers, and other creative types in Madison, 702WI (702wi.com) and Arts + Literature Laboratory (http://artlitlab.org/).

Chris Lay reads his 2014 essay about World's Largest Brat Fest and its brush that year with religious and social controversy. Illustration by Claire Warhus, snaggletootharts.com.

A quick catch-up on a few noteworthy releases Madison musicians have put out so far in 2017.

We revisit our February 2017 discussion with UW-Madison professor Don Moynihan about free speech issues on college campuses.

From the "Contender" EP. More info: bit.ly/2pTfwlG

We discuss Madison's annual feminist sci-fi convention, WisCon, with organizers Nicasio Reed and Marianne Kirby. WisCon returns May 26 through 29. More info at http://wiscon.net/

Wisconsin-based artist Martha Glowacki discusses her show "Martha Glowacki’s Natural History, Observations and Reflections," which is on view until May 14 at the Chazen Museum of Art.

Chris Lay takes a look at some of the best work national comedians have recorded recently in Madison.

Brian Standing talks with us about the ongoing effort to preserve the work of eccentric Madison sculptor Sid Boyum.

Madison metal duo Tubal Cain discuss their debut album, Black Eden.

Chris Lay reads his classic Tone Madison essay "My Hatred Of The Pedal Pub Is Deep And True." Read the original piece here: buff.ly/2odqJ0b

A conversation about the impending 2017 Wisconsin Film Festival.