Husband-wife team, Chris Wagoner and Mary Gaines, are multi-instrumental Wisconsin-based musicians that bring lots of love to their musical projects. They perform in several bands, with their main project being The Stellanovas band. Their music is an intersection of folk and vintage jazz, with a mix of the intimate, the swinging and the dynamic. They also take on the interviewer’s seat, interviewing musical artists on their show Mad Toast Live! They passed by the WPR studios, performing lots of music and talking with Stephanie Elkins and Sheila Shigley on Simply Folk.
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