Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 1:59PM Led by long time Madison front man, Mike Droho, Compass Rose combines beat box, guitar and violin to create strong pop music. We have been trying for years to get them on the show!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 1:26PM The multi-award winning Lucas Cates Band is back! These guys deliver a powerful acoustic set.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:04PM Arkadiy ARKAN Yushin is guitarist-virtuoso of American-European musical background, a master of several guitar styles.
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 2:14PM (part two)
Jazz meets hip hop as Madison’s most celebrated spoken word poet, Rob Dz, joins forces with the New Breed Quartet, one of Madison’s top jazz bands. Like a jazz artist, Mr. Dz composes spontaneously using words instead of music, and his latest collaboration with the New Breed will create original material that draws on contemporary characteristics of each genre while allowing generous space for improvisation.
Mad Toast Live, hip hop, jazz, live, madison, music, new breed quartet, rob dz, spoken word, wisconsin in Jazz Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12:18PM Dakota Windancer is best described as a “Man of Spirit” , with gifts of spiritual wealth to share. He plays an assortment of beautiful native flutes and is joined by percussionist Jesse Warmka.
peacefulheart.net/dakota-windancer/
Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 12:54PM
889.9 WORT, Mad Toast Live, guitar, improvisation, jazz, live music, luke polipnick, madison, wisconsin in Jazz, Music Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 11:48AM
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 12:31PM
89.9, Mad Toast Live, folk, guitar, karen savoca, live, madison, music, new york, pete heitzman, vocal, wi in Folk, Music Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 1:40PM Great local folk rock band Whiskey Farm plays their well crafted songs including beautiful harmonies and skilled musicians.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:44PM
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 12:56PM After spending the the past year in Nashville, Milwaukee singer-songwriter Colin O'Brien has a new CD called "After A Song", featuring some of Nashville's finest musicians.
89.9 WORT, Mad Toast Live, banjo, colin o'brien, concert, fiddle, folk, guitar, live, madison, music, traditional in Music Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 1:03PM Though their influences hail from much further south, the Oak Street Ramblers call home the East Side of Madison, WI. A bluegrass band in the tradition of Flatt and Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, and Hazel Dickens, the Oak Street Ramblers specialize in bluegrass stompers, classic country weepers, and originals that, lyrical content aside, wouldn't sound out of place at a barn dance circa 1954.
http://www.reverbnation.com/theoakstreetramblers
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 12:00PM They play all original music from their heart and souls. An acoustic groove. A modern sound on old instruments. High energy banjo and guitar with deep, thought-provoking lyrics with a conscience.
http://www.reverbnation.com/themelonheads
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 12:54PM Thomas Kivi and Sarah Pray are Wisconsin-raised songwriters who met in the Minneapolis springtime. A Hank Williams song sung on the back porch turned into a folk/country duo eager to travel. Kivi & Pray covered 10,000 miles over the next two years as they toured in Europe and the U.S. Their new duo live EP, "Winter in Decatur" is available as a digital download.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 1:42PM Born into the age of rock & roll but influenced by live performances of Doc Watson and Bill Monroe and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's seminal "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" in the early 1970's, they put away the electric amps and guitars and developed a unique acoustic/bluegrass style. A truly iconic Wisconsin band for almost four decades, we're thrilled to finally have them on MTL!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 9:29PM The UW Russian Folk Orchestra, now in its 15th season, is a unique ensemble performing Russian and other East-European folk music on authentic Russian instruments, balalaikas and domras. The orchestra was founded and is directed by Victor Gorodinsky. The RFO is made up of two groups of authentic Russian stringed instruments: balalaikas and domras, it uses accordions, bayans (button accordions), as well as various woodwind and percussion instruments.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 12:11PM Yuriy Kolosovskiy was born in Rostov-on-Don Russia and started playing the Prima Domra at age 9. He spent 6 years in public music school after which he attended Rostov State College of Music (from 2000-2004) studying music composition, conducting and orchestration. While in College, he received numerous awards for his outstanding talent and technique. After Graduation, Kolosovskiy had the honor of being a soloist in the Rostov State Folk Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he played for two and a half years. In 2006, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin where he now resides. Since moving here, Kolosovskiy has played with the University of Wisconsin Russian Folk Orchestra where his talent has been showcased (most recently in the piece "Woolen Boots" this last season). He has also a member of the Balalaika and Domra Association of America (BDAA) since 2007 and has performed in various venues around the Madison area, including numerous Russian folk festivals. He has just finished recording his first solo CD "Sounds of the Domra".
89.9 WORT, Mad Toast Live, balalaika, gorodinsky, kolosovsky, live music, madison, uw russian folk, wisconsin in Music Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 12:51PM The New York Times says that “hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz.” Ms. Crispell returns to Madison to perform solo and with a trio that includes Chicago-based “free jazz” stalwarts Harrison Bankhead and Avreeayl Ra and Madison-based multi-instrumentalist JoAnne Pow!ers.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 7:13PM Dietrich Gosser is one of Madison's premier songwriters. We are excited to finally have him on the show.
http://dietrichgosser.bandcamp.com/