From church choir to the face of soul and funk revitalization, Sharon Jones’ retro sound is pure soul that seduces the audience to let go of their inhibitions.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have built a growing reputation as the front runners of old-school soul and funk.
Show up for the music, but stay for the stage [...]
November 24, 2008
Categories: Free Tickets & Downloads, This Weeks Shows . Tags: 100 days 100 nights, Amy Winehouse, amy winehouse back to black, amy winehouse rehab, dap dipping with sharon jones and the dap kings, dap-kings, Free concert tickets madison, Free concert tickets Madison WI, Funk, james brown, Live Music Madison, Live Music Madison WI, naturally, old school funk, old school soul, otis redding, Sharon Jones, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, soul, tina turner, True Endeavors, True Endeavors Ticket Giveaway . Author: kjcrubaugh . Comments: 5 Comments
This week’s handful of shows cover everything from metal to blues to experimental indie pop, making this a great time to step outside your comfort zone and have your ears try a new genre on for size. Be sure to check out our ticket giveaways for the chance to see these amazing True Endeavors artists [...]
November 20, 2008
Categories: This Weeks Shows . Tags: grampall jookabox, head of skulls, james hunter, Madison WI Live Shows, Marty Finkel, pelican, suicide note, Susan Tedeschi . Author: shellpeckham . Comments: 3 Comments
“Susan Tedeschi is simply a breath of fresh air in the otherwise polluted world we call modern music.” (Eopinions.com)
This show will be a sizzling night of blues and soul that will have you adoring her music from first note to last.
Spread the word and come out to the show to witness [...]
November 17, 2008
Categories: Free Tickets & Downloads, This Weeks Shows . Tags: back to the river, blues, Blues artist tours, Blues artists in wisconsin, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Derek Trucks Band, Free concert tickets Madison WI, free concert tickets WI, free concert tickets wisconsin, Free Tickets Contest, Free Tickets Madison Wi, hope and desire, JAM Productions, Jam Productions Ticket Giveaway, Jonny "guitar" Watson, Just Won't Burn, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Susan Tedeschi, Susan Tedeschi Free tickets, Susan Tedeschi Live, Susan Tedeschi Madison, Susan Tedeschi Madison Wisconsin, Susan Tedeschi music, True Endeavors, True Endeavors Ticket Giveaway . Author: kjcrubaugh . Comments: 3 Comments
Get ready for yet another week packed with great indie shows from artists who are earning a great deal of attention from the music press..
Pitchfork says that the Ohio-based Heartless Bastards’ lush garage rock makes them “sound like giants tied to the earth.” Deerhunter has been a longtime favorite on [...]
November 13, 2008
Categories: Free Tickets & Downloads, Music News & Reviews, This Weeks Shows . Tags: aa bondy, blake thomas, david ford, Deerhunter, delaney davidson, disappears, heartless bastards, holly golightly and the brokeoffs, Ingrid Michaelson, jesse baylin, ladyhawk, Madison WI Live Shows, Matt Nathanson, megafun, newton faulkner, the break and repair method, the celebrated workingman, the gaslight anthem, The rosebuds, Times New Viking . Author: shellpeckham . Comments: 4 Comments
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Ten Percent Society we took a moment to check in with Co-President Kia Block about the history and mission of the organization.
Tell us a little bit about the history of Ten Percent Society:
The Ten Percent Society was formed in 1983, shortly after the state legislature passed a [...]
November 11, 2008
Categories: Sounding Board Blog, This Weeks Shows . . Author: mjmama . Comments: 2 Comments
True Endeavors is bringing fans a cornucopia of variety with this week’s shows! Everything from Americana to hip hop to opera is represented by this diverse group of artists about to grace our town with their talents. This is not the first time in Madison for many of these artists, so if you missed them [...]
November 6, 2008
Categories: Free Tickets & Downloads, Music News & Reviews, This Weeks Shows . Tags: 56 hope road, alice russell, amos lee, brighton, cornmeal, devin the dude, duke spirit, eagles of death metal, hotel cafe tour, jaymay, ma, Madison WI Live Shows, meiko, michael franti and spearhead, my brightest diamond, peer pressure, pricilla ahn, rachael yamagata, solillaquists of sound, Subtle, thao nguyen, the saps, zach hill . Author: shellpeckham . Comments: 14 Comments
Friday November 7 9:00pm (doors at 8:00)
High Noon Saloon 18+ show
“One bus, one band and a bunch of friends on the road.”
Hotel Cafe Tour, named after the Los Angeles coffee shop they all first met, is built on the promise of “No cookie cutter corporate American Idols, just real music, written by real artists, [...]
November 5, 2008
Categories: Music News & Reviews, Sounding Board Blog, This Weeks Shows . Tags: alice russell, Hotel Cafe, hotel cafe tour, hotel cafe tour info, Hotel Cafe Tour Wisconsin, jaymay, Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund, Keep Wisconsin Warm Fundraiser, Live Music Madison, Live Music Madison WI, Live Music Wisconsin, meiko, Rachel Yamagata, thao nguyen, true endeavors blog, True Endeavors events, True Endeavors music . Author: kjcrubaugh . Comments: No Comments
