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Text us about this show. Steve March-Tormé and Michael Murphy of STEEM return to the show to get us ready for the holiday season. For Kids From 1 To 92 is a special concert being performed in five states that includes Christmas music from a wide variety of genres. You'll hear holiday classics done in an array of styles from jazz to rock to you name it! It was Steve's dad who wrote "...

Text us about this show. Arilya is the husband and wife duo of Nic and Sandi Hermann . They are a band on the rise bringing their brand of "heavy pop" to the masses. Heavy pop you ask? Think Fickle Friends meets Foo Fighters. That's the way Nic describes it and he couldn't have hit it and squarer on the head. Their latest single, "Red Flags," overflows with all sorts...

Text us about this show. Brandon Bjorkman of Motion Works Media, LLC is not one to sit still. Sure, he has a local business based in photography and videography, but this guy does a lot more than just take a great picture. Brandon has travelled the world to capture musicians and gigs to give them a visual presence that is second-to-none. We discuss his 17-year career that not only includes the vis...

Text us about this show. Guitars For Vets is an organization that helps current and former service members overcome PTSD through learning the guitar. Jack Swanson , coordinator for the Appleton, Wisconsin chapter, along with Gary Huettner, a graduate and now instructor of the program, join us today to give firsthand accounts of how Guitars For Vets is improving life for vets and making a real diff...

Text us about this show. The Tourmaliners (Deven Berryhill, Matt Clowminzer, Joe Dameron, and John MacElwee) are San Diego's premiere surf band and they're riding a huge wave in 2023. Their latest album, Surfidia , is winning awards, getting airplay all over the world, and is now in the preliminary voting for the Grammy Awards. Deven not only returns to Into The Music with his bandmates,...

Text us about this show. Jackson Mankowski grew up in a prominent musical home in Wisconsin (his dad is jazz saxophonist, Woody Mankowski ). His formative years were filled with all sorts of classic music, so it's hardly a surprise that Jackson would become a musician himself. He's been around long enough to have experienced a lot that life throws at a person and it's evident in his...

Text us about this show. Michael Murphy returns to Into The Music not only to recap the Tumbleweed Re-Connection concerts, but to give us the inside scoop on his new album, Indigo Jones. When you hear Michael's songs, you'd swear they were written by folks with years more experience under their belts. On top of that, Michael is a top notch musician, vocalist, and performer. When you have...

Text us about this show. Jay Stulo isn't just one of the most talented blues guitarists you'll hear today, he's also a student of the genre. One of the reasons Jay is able to play with the passion and heart that he does goes back to learning the history of the blues and a plethora of its most storied players. It becomes an understanding of the foundations of blues music and its trad...

Text us about this show. Brad Bordini is a liver of life in the truest sense and it comes through his music in spades. Part of the burgeoning northeast Wisconsin singer-songwriter scene, Brad is sort of a hidden gem whose time it is to be discovered. His songs have a lot of heart and deep meaning. Sometimes they're heavy, sometimes a bit more whimsical, but that's life and Brad does an o...

Text us about this show. Amelia Ford is an artist that simply refuses to be pigeon holed. Although a singer-songwriter at heart, her latest songs show steady growth as a writer but sonically they completely break the mold from what was previously established. Her new single, " Happy Now ," rocks hard and we find out just why it does. With the success that Amelia's previous single, &...

Text us about this show. Bryan Meyers is an exceptionally talented drummer who has put in a lot of time with a lot of different bands. He works out of his Los Angeles area home with a pair of tribute bands (including Dead Man's Party , a tribute to Oingo Boingo) along with a cover band called The Guilty Pleasure Makers . Along with drumming, he has scored music for independent films and writt...

Text us about this show. Michael Grabner is back on the show with a brilliant brand new single called " Off The Path ." Michael is an open book and through his music he conveys his life's journey complete with highs and lows. His performances echo this and, because of the intimacy of a live show, give even deeper meaning to his songs. "Off The Path" is stripped down and he...

Text us about this show. This Handsome Stranger is a trio made up of Ian Gilmour on guitar, Aaron Vandermause on drums, and Andy McNamara on bass. This Handsome Stranger makes music that is hard to pin a description on. This Handsome Stranger just dropped an insanely great album of said music called A Mix Of Sun & Clouds . This Handsome Stranger is on today's show to talk about This Hands...

Text us about this show. When Elton John released his second album, Tumbleweed Connection , in the latter part of 1970, he took a huge gamble on his sophomore effort. Heavily influenced and inspired by The Band's classic debut, Music From Big Pink , and featuring no hit singles, it has come to be hailed as a near perfect album and one of Elton's finest. Steve March-Tormé and Michael Murp...

Text us about this show. Jenna Kopitske might be young, but she already has a resumé that most folks would give their right arm for. But she's not resting on the successes she's garnered so far. She's a worker. A hard worker. Between composing gorgeous pieces on the piano, working as a touring and session drummer, and recording some exceptional originals, she keeps "riding the...

Text us about this show. In this special extended Into The Music , the one and only Eddie Angel , guitarist for Los Straitjackets , is here to talk about rock & roll, playing guitar, paying your dues, and so much more. We discuss not only Los Straitjackets, but his solo work, The Planet Rockers , The Neanderthals , and playing with rock & roll legend Nick Lowe . Plus there are plenty of tu...

Text us about this show. Ric Spatula Armstrong has a way of turning losses into gains. He lost his dad, a drummer, when he was five-years-old, yet he turned that into a career in drumming himself and an opportunity to honor his sister. He lost a job due to an economic downturn, yet he turned it into and opportunity to chase a dream in music. He drums for bands like More Then Merry , The Kurt Gunn...

Text us about this show. Robin Peters of Rockin' Robin Productions is a dynamo. She not only manages and promotes a number of San Diego and southern California bands and artists, but she knows how to give back to the community as well. On today's show, we discuss not only her roles as manager and promoter, but a special project she sits on the board of to resurrect a piece of San Diego&a...

Text us about this show. The Gentlemen Grifters are Shaun Swanson and Mike Goodwin , two guys that like to share a good story through a song. As their bio for the Mile Of Music festival says, their “songs are often tongue-in-cheek portraits of criminals, gamblers, addicts, and drifters.” Think of their songs as short stories and folk tales set to some of the sweetest acoustic music you'll hea...

Text us about this show. Timm Buechler is one talented guy. He primarily plays bass, something he taught himself out of necessity. However, he also writes, sings, is a graphic artist, and he has a thing for 8-track tapes. He has toured with the likes of Paul Collins and Peter Case , played on sessions for Dwight Twilley , and even met Susanna Hoffs ( The Bangles ) once. After playing bass in diffe...

Text us about this show. Amelia Ford returns to Into The Music , this time with husband and teammate Shawn Maass to talk about the huge year 2023 has been for them. Amelia's album, Wide Wide Open , won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award for Album of the Year and she was nominated in seven other categories to boot. We discuss why northeast Wisconsin is becoming a hot spot for singe...

Text us about this show. Michael Grabner is an artist whose songs you will want to simply reach out and take hold of. For a young man he's done a lot of living and, with that, a lot of learning along the way. Those life experiences are the emotion that fuel the songs on his albums Restart and A Story I Can't Tell as well as his new single, " Deja Vu ." Some of Michael's in...

Text us about this show. Guitarist Dennis Shepherd returns to the show to tell us all about the magnum opus he was recording when he was here several months back. Clocking in at 7:11, " Guitar Therapy " is a celebration of Dennis's recovery from a potentially career ending wrist injury and the continuation of his ability to play at a high level. It also is an homage to some of Denni...

Text us about this show. Two shows that I highly recommend are Boppin' With Beth  featuring host BETH RILEY and Catching a Wave  with Jammin' JAMES RILEY . Beth and James are two peas in a pod when it comes to their marriage, radio shows, podcast, and promotions arm of TEAM RILEY RADIO , Old Fashioned Radio Publicity . On this show they talk about how they're able to not only pack a...

Text us about this show. Kurt Gunn is a songwriter on another level. His lyrics come across as scenes from a movie, sometimes light and whimsical, other times dark and weighty. Those lyrics are sung with a consistently rich and soulful voice always with depth and clarity. His guitar picking? It's every bit on par with his writing and singing. In other words he's a complete musician, one...