Browsing: Local Sounds

The City of Madison and the Madison Arts Commission Get Behind Local Music

The City of Madison and the Madison Arts Commission Get Behind Local Music   It’s easy to travel around the city of Madison, especially during the summer months, and take notice of all the music events


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Birthday Boy Rick Tvedt Gives Many Gifts to the Madison Music Scene

Birthday Boy Rick Tvedt Gives Many Gifts to the Madison Music Scene   Compiled, written, and edited by Teri Barr   Celebrating his birthday at the end of November, Rick Tvedt will keep it low-key this


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Make Music Madison: Harmless Fun or Symptom?

Make Music Madison: Harmless Fun or Symptom? The new Make Music Madison, and in a larger context, Mayor Soglin’s awkward attempts to addreess the issues facing Madison musicians, has generated a lot of discussion over the


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Dan Kennedy Releases New CD

Dan Kennedy Releases New CD Without a doubt, Dan Kennedy is one of the more under-recognized artists working in Madison. Kennedy has just released his second solo CD. Link to the story here.


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Song in Point: Katie Powderly – “Tables, Turning”

Song in Point: Katie Powderly – “Tables, Turning” Katie Powderly released one of the best albums in 2012 but Local Sounds’ Rick Tvedt as also hailed it as one of the best recordings to ever come


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Local Sounds is now Blogging on Madison Magazine

We at Local Sounds Magazine are applauding Madison Magazine for suggesting we help them to increase local music coverage in their publication. As of March we are now blogging on their site in a column also


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Hey Rick – Where You Been, Man?

Hey Rick – Where You Been, Man?   Oh, if I only had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that! Well, the story is not that complicated, then again, it’s extremely complicated. I’ll only let


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This article originally appeared in the June 1, 2012 edition of the Wisconsin State Journal. It’s a varied, vibrant and sometimes not always supportive scene, but the Madison area can truly be an artist’s haven, especially


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