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A Cactus Club shows gets moved to Vivarium, an X-Ray Arcade show gets moved to Club Garibaldi, Sierra Farrell moves to The Riverside, fingerstyle guitar pioneer Michael Gulezian, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers and more This Week in Milwaukee Music! ....
A world-class saxophonist, burlesque in Kenosha, Robyn Pluer at Riverwest’s Bar Centro and experimental cello music and more This Week in Milwaukee! ....
When The MilBillies set out to record their debut album, their goal was to capture the energy and drive of the stage performances that have made them a mainstay of the music scene in and around Milwaukee. The plan was simple. The string band’s five members worked with sound engineers at Milwaukee’s Silver City Studios to record the tracks “live,” setting microphones up in a circle to capture the natural sound of the bass, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and dobro. The vocals were saved until the end. Otherwise, overdubs and re-takes were kept to a minimum. Rather than a slick studio artifact, the band sought to produce the sort of experience that can be had only when musicians are responding to each other in the moment, picking up on small cues and allowing their music to flow naturally. ....