Music - Aug. 17, 2009
Gig roundup: Williams tries something a bit different
You think you know Dar Williams and her music already, don't you? But, wait. Stop the presses! Williams' latest record on Razor & Tie, "The Promised Land," was produced by Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Ben Lee, Pete Yorn) and isn't entirely what you expect.
Tags: Dar Williams, Turner Hall, The Rave, Miramar, Modjeska, Lucky Boys Confusion, Band of Skulls, Cactus Club, Garibaldi, Neil Hamburger, WMSE Radio Summer Camp, Sometimes Sweet Susan, Gospel Gossip, Tristen, Wood Brothers, Megafauna, Pezzettino, Borg Ward, D

Music - April 12, 2009
Gig roundup: Wakeling going strong after 30 years
Thirty years from "Stand Down Margaret," Birmingham, England's Dave Wakeling is still fronting a band called The English Beat, albeit one populated entirely with different members. And, he says, he's still having fun.
Tags: Dave Wakeling, The English Beat, Dub Trio, John Scofield, Shank, Turner Hall, Miramar, Mad Planet, Cactus Club, Sleepyime Gorilla Museum, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Tim Barry, EOTO, Parlor Mob, Pezzettino, Extra Golden, Wilco, Pabst Theater, Cannibal Cor

Music - March 20, 2009
Pezzettino reports from SXSW
Milwaukee's Margaret Stutt -- aka Pezzettino -- reports in from South by Southwest, where she's wowing the Texans and their guests with songs from her soon-to-be-released second CD, "Lion."
Tags: Margaret Stutt, Pezzettino, SXSW, Austin, Texas, South by Southwest

Music - Nov. 19, 2008
A Pezzettino tour update
Riverwest musician Margaret Stutt -- aka Pezzettino -- is on the road around the Upper Midwest and she checked in today to tell us how things are going. We profiled her here at OnMilwaukee.com recently. "Is it snowing there," she asked. "It's snowing up here in the U.P. I'm glad I brought my shovel."
Tags: Margaret Stutt, Pezzettino

Music - Nov. 1, 2008
Pezzettino finds music all around
"The album is a bit like me unapologetically showing up for a date with messy hair and scraped knees after jumping from a moving car." That's how pianist, accordionist, singer and songwriter -- perhaps the newest (and definitely one of the most interesting) voice on the Milwaukee music scene -- describes her debut disc, "Because I Have No Control...," released under the name Pezzettino.
Tags: Pezzettino, Margaret Stutt, Because I Have No Control, Frida Hyvonen, Yann Tiersen, Leo Lionni