I ghostwrote this May 2021 article on hydraulic pumps through BVK: As technology continues to improve rapidly for hydraulic pump…
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…
Advice to My Younger Self: Chauntee Ross
After graduating from U-M, violinist Chauntee Ross, ’14, started a musical group called SistaStrings with her older sister, Monique. Since then, the…
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…
Burger Records Folds Under Charges of ‘Toxic Masculinity’
The demise of Burger Records came swiftly after allegations of sexual misconduct—some involving minors and the grooming of teenage girls…
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…
CD review: The Harmed Brothers – Across the Waves
On album number five, The Harmed Brothers go 10-for-10 with a mostly gentle, always soulful lineup of songs that slowly slip in…
CD review: Bloodshot Bill – Get Loose or Get Lost
Montreal’s Bill Williams earned the Real Deal Seal of Approval during his accomplished tenure as a “modern artist” – both…
CD review: Tyler Keith – The Last Drag
Over the last decade, with rock-n-roll in a seemingly hospice-like condition for those who even dare to care, Mississippi’s Tyler Keith has…
CD review: Hipbone Slim and his Crown Toppers – The Toppermost Sounds of …
Veteran raw-throated, savage rock-n-roller Hipbone Slim, a.ka. Sir Bald Diddley, is most certainly a man born out of time, for most…