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Andy Turner

Andy Turner is a freelance journalist, college English instructor and radio DJ living in Milwaukee. He is a music and B-movie fanatic.

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Artist Henry Rollins and music producer and Omnivore Recordings co-founder Cheryl Pawelski at Capitol Records. (Courtesy of Cheryl Pawelski)

December 10, 2020

Saving The Music: Producer Cheryl Pawelski Preserves Historical Recordings

Cheryl Pawelski says she born “hardwired” to love music because of the musicians in her family, including her father and grandmother. Growing up in Milwaukee near 68th Street and Oklahoma ...

Poet, author and University of Mississippi assistant professor Derrick Harriell. (Courtesy of Derrick Harriell)

October 8, 2020

Poet Derrick Harriell Wins Accolades For ‘There’s A Riot Goin’ On’

Sparked by the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith, a riot broke out in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood in August 2016. As fires raged and shots rang out in his ...

The Marcya Daneille Group performs at The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee on June 19, 2020. Left photo: Marcya Daneille. Right photo: (l-r) Darrien Williams, Alan Harris, and Olen Franklin. (Photo by Andy Turner)

July 2, 2020

Live Music Returns To The Stage At The Jazz Estate In Milwaukee

Music stages across Wisconsin (and around the world) have been silent since March as the COVID-19 pandemic forced venues to close. This has moved artists to Facebook and other virtual ...

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