‘Music is joy’
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There will be ripping guitars, soaring horns, thumping bass, polished three-part vocal harmonies, some of the most versatile, swinging drums on the West Coast and, above all, lots and...
Category: Music
A familiar face enters new territory
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff To fully retell the storied musical career of Ian Newbill would require more space than this newspaper can offer in its 24 pages. The broad strokes begin after Newbill’s...
Raised on Rosie O’Donnell Christmas
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Rosie O’Donnell of my childhood made Christmas music. I think her role in the 1992 film A League of Their Own existed somewhere in the recesses of my...
Like a musical postcard
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The Gothard Sisters came upon Celtic music by chance, and the subsequent musical journey has been nothing short of remarkable. Real-life sisters Greta, Solana and Willow have gained an...
The spirit of song
By Cate Huisman Reader Contributor It is a warm, bright September evening, the kind that gives no hint of the cold and dark that will inevitably come. Sweaterless, I toss my music folder and...
A captivating collaboration
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Two organizations dedicated to helping local youth develop skills in the arts — Allegro Dance Studio and Suzuki String Academy — have discovered that, in the case of their...
Feeling thankful for the Fall Folk Festival
By Ed Ohlweiler Reader Contributor My wife Pam and I have been attending the Fall Folk Festival for 15-20 years now (let’s just say “umpteen” years for argument’s sake); and, once again, the festival...
A hometown holiday
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff There is an energy in live music that seems impossible to capture on a record. When a musician truly connects with an audience, a conversation takes place without any...
A little grunge, a lot of growth
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff Sarah Vos, vocalist and guitarist for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Dead Horses, describes the folk band’s 2022 album Brady Street as a “coming-of-age” work. It’s a telling sentiment, encapsulating Dead...
The official winter welcome
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff In the five years since its inception, Jack Frost Fest has grown from a modest, ticketed concert event to a free, all-day celebration of music, community and, above all,...
