Author: Laura Ellen Brandjord

In the early days of the internet, what music you discovered, in singer/songwriter Beth Bombara’s experience, was still largely based on geographic location. “At the “Interview: Beth Bombara talks musical geography, ‘Evergreen’ and live recording”

We’ve all temporarily forgotten a word we know we shouldn’t have. Trying to explain what the word is without remembering the word itself can be “Interview: Blood People talk forgetting common words, new music and coming up in Chicago”

209 bands, 23 venues, 2 days, 1 great time Red Wing, MN, is already known for its pottery and its work boots, but for the “Cram the Van|Big Turn Music Festival”

Minnesota artist returns to Red Wing for third annual Big Turn Music Festival Draped in an old orange and grey flannel and patched carpenter jeans, “Charlie Parr among friends at Sheldon Theatre”

All ages venue in Milwaukee suburb offers music, drinks and old school gaming An unassuming building on South Packard Avenue in sleepy Cudahy, WI, is “Cram the Van | X-Ray Arcade”

Songs for the heartbroken, the healing and the scarred Valentine’s Day is not always roses and chocolate. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it makes a person “An alternative V-Day playlist”