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Concert Review: Elvis Costello Uses Hits, Deep Cuts To Signal Artistic Vitality

July 24, 2015 - 9:35am

After a 30-year absence, Elvis Costello returned to Madison on Thursday night for a performance that seemed designed to prove a single theory: He's just gotten better over the years.

Set List: Madison Psych Rockers Dolores Share New Tunes From Latest Album

July 21, 2015 - 1:00pm

Fresh off a Midwest tour with Wisconsin indie-folk darlings PHOX , Madison psychedelic rockers, Dolores came to the WPR studio to play some material from their debut EP, Nectar Fields . They also shared a few new songs from their latest album, Peach Fuzz , and talked about how the...

Read Live Coverage Of Eaux Claires Music Festival

July 17, 2015 - 10:20am

The inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival officially kicks off on Friday, luring some of indie rock's leading lights along with thousands of fans, to western Wisconsin. The two-day festival includes headlining performances from the National, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, the Indigo Girls and the reemergence of Bon...

Eau Claire Music Festival Puts Wisconsin, Minnesota Music At Center Stage

July 16, 2015 - 12:00pm

For the next two days, the center of the introverted, underground-rock world will leap from hipster blogs and snarky music websites to a real-world stage in western Wisconsin as the inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival begins on Friday in Eau Claire.

Set List: Milwaukee's Field Report Finds The Balance Between Touring And Home Life

July 15, 2015 - 5:00pm

Milwaukee band Field Report has toured in support of artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Aimee Mann and Counting Crows. The band’s songwriter and front man Chris Porterfield recently joined us in the WPR's Buck studio to play some songs, tell us why he got back into playing music, and explain...

DiFranco Joins Wisconsinite's Songwriting Protest Against Confederate Flag

July 9, 2015 - 2:35pm

Indie-folk siren Ani DiFranco has joined dozens of other performers to contribute to an online songwriting protest against the flying of the Confederate battle flag in the wake of a shooting rampage at a historic black church in South Carolina last month.

Set List: Aero Flynn And The Long Path To Their Debut Album

July 8, 2015 - 5:00pm

With members from Eau Claire and Minneapolis, rock band Aero Flynn has strong roots in the Wisconsin music scene. Songwriter and frontman Josh Scott called upon his musician friends to help complete the band’s self-titled debut, recorded at Justin Vernon’s April Base Studio in the rural Chippewa Valley. Scott talks...

Set List: Count This Penny Share Secrets To Performing With Spouse

July 2, 2015 - 1:25pm

Born in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Count This Penny are the wife-and-husband singer-songwriter duo of Amanda and Allen Rigell. In 2010, they made their way to Madison and have toured the country and released several albums. They recently joined us in the WPR studios to play some...

Set List Summer Music Series Lineup

June 18, 2015 - 10:00am

Set List is a summer music series airing on Central Time on Fridays at 4:15pm. From Americana to hip-hop, the series will feature interviews and studio performances from a diverse range of Wisconsin artists. Artist Schedule Friday, July 3 rd - Count This Penny Friday, July 10 th - Aero...

Set List: Oedipus Tex

June 16, 2015 - 2:40pm

Madison’s Eric Caldera is mostly known as the mathematical mind behind the instrumental post-rock band, El Valiente . But when he writes a song with lyrics, it goes to his other musical outlet, Oedipus Tex. With a more delicate touch, Caldera’s fingerpicked guitar lines and breaking vocal rasp outline stories...

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Concert Review: Elvis Costello Uses Hits, Deep Cuts To Signal Artistic Vitality

Set List: Madison Psych Rockers Dolores Share New Tunes From Latest Album

Read Live Coverage Of Eaux Claires Music Festival

Eau Claire Music Festival Puts Wisconsin, Minnesota Music At Center Stage

Set List: Milwaukee's Field Report Finds The Balance Between Touring And Home Life

DiFranco Joins Wisconsinite's Songwriting Protest Against Confederate Flag

Set List: Aero Flynn And The Long Path To Their Debut Album

Set List: Count This Penny Share Secrets To Performing With Spouse

Set List Summer Music Series Lineup

Set List: Oedipus Tex

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