INTO THE MUSIC
Whether you're a musician or a fan, a writer or an instrumentalist, MUSIC is our common denominator. On INTO THE MUSIC, darn near all we discuss is music. Join us for insightful discussions with interesting guests as we journey INTO THE MUSIC.
Episodes
It's rare these days that an artist or band releases a full album that is a great listen all the way through. In 2025 Los Straitjackets did it with Somos Los Straitjackets and now The Tourmaliners are set to drop their new album El Gato and it's one of the best complete surf albums I've ever heard. The entire album takes you back to the golden age of early 1960s surf guitar with all the great subgenres and a...
It's been three years since The Gentlemen Grifters have been on Into The Music, but it seems that time has served them well. Shaun Swanson (fiddle, vocals) and Mike Goodwin (guitar, vocals) have added Chris LaLonde (mandolin, vocals) and Jake Gilderson-Duwe (bass) to the line up and boy howdy are they making some great music! Their new project, Chest of Lead, is set to drop on August 12 and it's their best b...
Bruce Lee Rose has been crafting high quality musical instruments for over thirty years. This has included electric and acoustic guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, and an assortment of cigar box instruments. Along with that Bruce winds custom pickups to go into his creations or to upgrade just about any guitarist's sound. He's an avid fan of the local music scene and the artists are a fan of his. Even when a hand...
It's time for Into The Music's midsummer special episode where Rob gets grilled... er... interrogated... uh... interviewed by a guest host and this time around we have Mr. Steve March-Tormé doing the honors. Steve digs into Rob's musical history as well as writing, the podcast, performing, and much more. On top of it we have some rarities in the way of songs (one of which was recorded by Butch Vig and Steve ...
Sisters Jenna Lee and Shaun Marie are Sister Winchester. Along with Jenna's husband, Dave (drums, logistics), Sister Winchester turns out great original heartland music that ranges from rock to country to blues to folk and all the ground in between. The individual personalities of Jenna and Shaun are evident in the songs each writes, but their styles mesh seamlessly for a sound that is warm and consistent. T...
Being landlocked in Parker, Colorado doesn't keep Matthew Clark from pursuing the sounds of ocean waves crashing on pristine beaches so long as they come in the form of surf music. Matthew is the publisher of Colorado Instrumental Fanzine which debuted in 2023. CI Fanzine is one of the best surf music magazines around and has garnered the praise of fans and artists alike. In the three years of its existence,...
The folk-punk music scene is unique and northeast Wisconsin has a duo that has carved out a niche for themselves locally. Tape and Tears is Gilliana Hope and Quiver the Busker. Each has recorded, released, and performed solo and now they're combining their talents to create something bigger. Their music hits on emotional elements through the use of not only instrumentation, lyrics, and arrangement, but by th...
According to their website, "Gold Standard is an all original progressive bluegrass band with heavy influences of soul, jazz, and folk." One listen to their EP, Better Than These Days, will bear that out. Kate Stenson, Ian Moore, Gregg Daigle, and Loren Dempster are taking traditional bluegrass sensibilities and layering on their influences from other genres in some very imaginative ways. What this means is ...
Blues guitarist Jay Stulo returns to Into The Music to discuss Live at the Smiling Moose, the new live album from The Jay Stulo Band. Taking cues from BB King's masterpiece album Live at the Regal, Jay and his bandmates—Tom Thiel (bass) and Chad Wirl (drums)—deliver a performance with a lot of heart and volume. When you add to that Jay serving up some of the best soloing of his already stellar ca...
There's nothing like classic soul music whether that be from Stax, Motown, Muscle Shoals, or Philly. When you have a group like The Gin and Sonics in your own back yard playing original soul music with the vibes from those places, well, that's huge! Their debut album, Anytime, has become a favorite in the northeast Wisconsin music scene and cuts from it have been making their way onto local airwaves and it e...
The description of City Fathers' music from Instagram says this: "Tony & friends make dreamy alternative pop that make you want to dance and cry at the same time." One listen to Tony Knuppel's originals is proof of this statement. That dreamy alternative pop includes splashes of ambient music, exotica, a touch of soul, and dashes of emotional elements blended into some of the Wisconsin music scene's most...
As a musician, there are two words that come to mind about Ryan Pearl: thoughtful and adaptive. He's thoughtful because what he brings to a song is expressive and intentional with generous amounts of feeling. He's adaptive because over the decades he's taken to instruments new to him and been put in situations where his chops are counted on sometimes in the spur of the moment. He's well versed in a number of...
Just like the episode title says, Brian Witkin is indeed a music industry swiss army knife. He's the CEO of the San Diego based Pacific Records label, leader of award winning Hawaiian music band Slack Key ’Ohana, a record producer, an entertainment and music attorney, an Ovation endorsed guitarist, and a columnist. He's also one of the friendliest guys you could ever meet. His boundless energy and enth...
There's something to be said for a studio that consistently turns out clean, high quality recordings. Behind such an operation is usually a producer/engineer who understands not just the recording process, but musicians and what they are aiming to convey through their original music. SourceTrack Studio in Appleton, Wisconsin is that kind of studio and David Pietila is that owner/producer/engineer. David has ...
After nearly three years, country singer Roger Lee returns to Into The Music to share some stories from the road and a pair of new original songs. Roger was Rob's first guest on Into The Music in early August, 2023, so we thought it was about time to catch up with him. Like a good whiskey, his wonderful smooth baritone has aged extremely well (just as smooth too!) and he's taken his songwriting up a good not...
Stick Men month on Into The Music concludes this week with Touch Guitarist Markus Reuter. Markus is an accomplished musician and composer who is equally at home delving into contemporary classical music, jazz, progressive rock, folk, and ambient music. His Touch Guitar brings an emotional element to much of the music he plays whether that be with Stick Men, solo, Tu:Ner (also with Pat Mastelotto and former K...
Stick Men month on Into The Music continues this week with legendary bassist and Chapman Stick player Tony Levin. With well over 500 recording credits, chances are likely you've heard Tony play many times over on recordings by Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Joan Armatrading, Dire Straits, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, ABWH (i.e. Yes), and loads more. We dig into Tony's fifty-plus year career...
It's Stick Men month on Into The Music! We have a set of three interviews with each member of this trio and we're starting them with drummer Pat Mastelotto. Not only has Pat been the drummer for Stick Men for nearly two decades, but he's the longest tenured drummer in the history of legendary prog rock band King Crimson. In the 1980s, he was the drummer for Mr. Mister when they were at their peak with the hi...
Kyle Megna & The Monsoons are one of northeast Wisconsin's premiere bands. From the songwriting and arranging to dynamic performances, this band never disappoints. They're all set to drop their latest EP, This World, so band leader Kyle Megna and bassist Fred Velpel are on hand to talk all about it. Now here's the kicker... we have the entire EP on this very show! That means you'll hear not only the thre...
Ace Champion is one driven man. Whether it be in his music, being a chef, doing voiceover work, teaching, or one of his other ventures, there's no stopping him. As a musician, he has a deep passion for ancient music and playing the instruments that are connected to it. Whether it be one of over sixty different wind instruments (mostly a variety of flutes), a variety of ancient percussive instruments, and sim...
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