Wisconsin 101: Smart Studios Banner
In the Wisconsin Historical Society collection, there’s a dark, surreal black and red banner. It’s painted with a chaotic collection ...
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 ...
Musician Lou Shields Embraces Driftless Region, Sounds Of The Past
Musician and artist Lou Shields is much like the old school troubadours he sounds like. With his scraggly hair, work-jeans ...
Wisconsin 101: Paramount Records, Wisconsin’s Home For The Blues
To sell phonographic cabinets, a furniture business in Port Washington decided to start a record label. It became one of ...
Preserving India’s Folk Music Roots On Vinyl
Ankur Malhotra splits his time between Madison, Wisconsin and New Delhi India, where he runs Amarrass Records. It’s an independent ...
Recording Engineer Goes Old-School, Capturing Music On Magnetic Tape
Motown got its start in a humble Detroit duplex, so Williamson Magnetic Recording’s surprising location in the basement of Nature’s ...
Wisconsin Life #404: “Local Legacies”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of John Greendeer, a renaissance man who ...
Artist Creates Piece From The Destruction Of A Tornado
When a series of tornadoes hit Verona on June 17, 2014, the town was hit hard. Trees, a school, barns, and homes ...
Music on Ice
This winter gave us the spectacular ice caves in the Apostle Islands. But ice can do more than just look ...