Supporting the Strings

A few UW-Eau Claire music students are going to one heck of a helping hand from a new scholarship at the university. The Eileen Phillips Cohen String Scholarship will grant a full ride to four UW-Eau Claire string players each year, as well as ...

Adding onto the House

electronic music project North House goes cinematic

Swinging with Strings

Chi-Hi Wire Choir hitting the road to China

Bang the Drum

Minneapolis taiko experts come to Menomonie

Hounds Before Lions

young Eau Claire indie rockers releases first EP

New Chance to Unwind

Eau Claire native Brad “DJ Unwind” LaBarbera, who is now based in Minneapolis, has had a number of successes in recent years. His downtempo, chillout-style music has been...

Malone Together

jazz drummer draws on EC talent pool for debut album

Acoustihoo's Playing

local sax goddess Orfield’s side project finally on disc

Beacon of Sound

Beacon James brings eclectic approach to album

Did You Love the Eighties?

prepare to rock with Power Balladz at the Heyde Center

Like Birds to Honey

duo launches album, plans variety stage show

Duet: Keezer + Perry

former local piano master teams with Michael Perry

All That Jazz

One of the biggest jazz festivals in the Midwest happens right here in our back yard. Jazz Fest returns this year April 5-7 at locations around the Chippewa Valley. The festival includes performances and classes and brings in hundreds of...

Fragile's Shotgun Wedding

band puts on concept concert at the Heyde Center

Strings Attached: The Arco Sessions

local team launches video series of orchestrated covers

A Name You'll Remember

Twin Cities duo brings funky pop to The Cabin

Joe Neary Seeks Some Kickstarter Cash

Joe Neary leads a trio that defines itself with simple, laid-back guitar and melodic vocals that play a large role within the music. The group consists of UW-Milwaukee graduate Joe Neary on guitar and vocals, UW-Eau Claire graduate Chris Halbauer...

Picturing the Joynt

beloved watering hole explains iconic photos

Strumming with the Pines

Minneapolis folk band meanders into the Heyde Center

Here Comes the Cabaret

The air seems to get a little more energetic around the end of February as bands around the Chippewa Valley start channeling their favorite musicians in preparation for Decadent Cabaret. The three-day festival – in its 34th year – showcases ...

Surround Sound

local high schooler taps friends, family for album

Reporting Back

Field Report to play first show in Eau Claire

Crooning for a Cause

songwriter plans new record, fundraiser

Local Music to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease

An Eau Claire band may be one of the most selfless music groups out there. Alternative rock group picard announced that it will donate all proceeds from its newly released single “One Moment” towards...

Vernon and the Blues

Shouting Matches return to play Coachella 2013

Chorus of Huskies Converge for Commencement

Eau Claire’s North High School recently turned 50 years old, and to celebrate five decades of education, the school is getting the band back together. Well, more like the choir. North will be celebrating its birthday throughout 2013, and to ...

High Concept

Our Judgment returns with ferocious second album

A Good Time for Ragtime

Eau Claire Ragtime Festival hits fourteenth year

In The Middle

daughters inspire folkster’s CD for kids

Wynonna to Grace the State

Five-time Grammy award winning country singer Wynonna Judd is coming to the State Theatre. On Friday, April 26, Judd will bring her band, The Big Noise, to the theatre for a brand new, energetic show. Judd started out in the music business with ...

Written By Daniel

local hip-hopper unleashes new concept album

They’re Back: Peter Wolf Crier + Jeremy Messersmith

two big names return to UWEC for winter concert

New on the Scene

new EP on the way from Eau Claire folk rockers

The October Session

Local music juggernaut Brian Bethke is releasing a new recording called The October Session. The new seven-track release officially comes out January 1, but is available now online at BrianBethke.com. The songs are sparse and simple, but ...

Country Fest 2013: Here Comes the Country

Despite the shortening days, we now have something to be looking forward to next summer: Country Fest has announced its lineup for the 2013 iteration of the massive festival. Headliners include Lady Antebellum, Montgomery Gentry, Toby Keith and ...

Jazz On Tap

UWEC Jazz I joins forces with Lincoln Center Jazz man

A Fantastic Ensemble

local vocal group croons into its twentieth season

A Very Eau Claire Christmas

It’s about that time of the year when the tunes gain a bit more jingle bell and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra pull themselves out of the woodwork. Here in Eau Claire we have our own holiday music tradition, an Eau Claire Christmas compilation put ...

Packer Rockers

Have a hankering for some Packer-themed music? Well, you’re in luck because Elroy and the Diehards just came out with a new set of Wisconsin-themed tunage, featuring the song “Green and Gold Cups.” It’s called Packer Party and boasts to be ...

Forging the Metal Scene

Eau Claire Uprising keeps the heads banging

Jingle Jamming

a new local winter music series

Cannibal Corpse on the Way

Later this month the House of Rock is teaming up with True Endeavors, an event management company based out of Madison, WI, to put on one of the most face melting concerts in the Chippewa Valley this year. On Nov. 20 Cannibal Corpse will be ...

Lindsey Buckingham On Tap

Lindsey Buckingham is most well known for being the front man of Fleetwood Mac, which has undoubtedly contributed monstrously to rock n roll and the music industry as a whole over the past few decades. Lucky for us, he will be gracing the ...

Welcome to Sawdust City

Arms Aloft officially releases new record after 53-day tour

Class Is in Session

Minneapolis rapper Prof returns to House of Rock

Shooting the Music

the resurgence of music videos from local bands

NPR Unleashes The Daredevil Christopher Wright’s New Single

The Daredevil Christopher Wright is no stranger to fans of local music here in the Chippewa Valley. While they are certainly well-known, they have also garnered recognition on the national stage. Recently, they were the subject of “All Songs ..."

Build a Better Pedal

Want to be in control of your own sound?

Bringin' in the Vagabonds

Minneapolis jazz/blues group joins the CV Jazz Orchestra

The Story Singer

folk songwriter, author brings his stories to the Heyde Center

New Laarks Video to Debut at the Volume One Gallery w/ Showing of Sugar Mountain

It’s been a long time since we’ve heard new recorded music from Laarks, one of Eau Claire’s premiere indie rock troupes. But don’t worry: The wait is soon over. Laarks will debut a new track off their forthcoming album Fiat Lux on ...

The Thundermen Keep Rollin'

local rock-n-roll veterans celebrate 50 years

Sixteen Strings

local engineer handcrafts centuries old instrument

Yata: Music of the River

Musicians have always found inspiration in the natural beauty of their surrounds, which in this area centers around our rivers. Steven Yata has done just that with his two newest releases, Imagination Nation and Nature Girl ...

Field Work

Chris Porterfield’s new band Field Report tours with the big wigs

sloslylove

local electronic wizard releases ten track tape

The (New) Silver Heart Club

Formed in 2007, The Silver Heart Club is a band whose debut album has been a long time coming. Set for official release on August 31, with a release show on September 16 at The Oxford, Rookie Card appropriately expresses a love for self-made music...

Re-Bon Iver-ing

Announced earlier this month, Eau Claire’s Bon Iver is holding a “Bon Iver, Bon Iver” remix contest. Hosted by Indaba Music and sponsored by Swedish streaming sensation Spotify, Justin Vernon and Co will be selecting a winner for each of the ...

She'll Be Alright

Nancy Dawn Olson steps away from band for new EP

Deimos Phobos

a new electronic wizard hits the scene running

Big Show: LeAnn Rimes Coming to State Theatre

LeAnn Rimes, Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, will be performing in Eau Claire this fall. The Eau Claire Regional Arts Council, Inc. proudly announced last week that Rimes will be performing an intimate acoustic evening on September 7 at ...

Huge Hip-hop

Ludacris collaborator headed to House of Rock

Stacks of Jazz

$200,000 'jazz library' finds home at UW-Eau Claire

Voodoo's Dream

former local returns to town with new solo record, stage show

Bluegrass on the Water

WHYS Bluegrass Festival to fill Lake Altoona Park

Do You Need Kickstarter?

local bands look to crowdsourced funding

Field Report Reports Tour and Upcoming Album

Chris Porterfield, the former local many may know from the group Conrad Plymouth is embarking on a new musical path: Field Report. The group, while sharing members and even songs with Conrad Plymouth, has been taking off nationally ...

Native Melodies

international flute convention comes to UWEC

Menomonie Launches Outdoor Concert Series

Community music is in abundance throughout the Chippewa Valley, and Menomonie is picking up the trend, offering FREE-4-ALL, a Menomonie Community Music Series. Held in the Ludington Guard Band Shell in Menomonie’s Wilson Park, the all-ages ...

It's All in the Family

an online music community flourishes in Eau Claire

Deal With It

The Frenettes: an actual band with an actual CD

Daredevil Rides Again

The Daredevil Christopher Wright‘s long-awaited album arrives

Local Christian bands heading to the bar?

Recently in the Chippewa Valley area, and beyond, there has been an interesting trend taking place. Lately, there have been Christian based bands hosting after-service concerts in unconventional venues on Sundays after church services ...

Parkbeats: New summer concert series coming to Osseo

Summer is a time for family, friends, and enjoying the (hopefully) warm weather. This summer, you can do all three at ParkBeats, a free summer concert series in Osseo, Wis. Presented by The Pulse, a local news ...

Letters From Earth

local rockers embark on a recording adventure

Sounds Like Summer

the Phoenix Park concerts return June 7

Westbound

local folkster Kalispell releases first full length

Amateur Love Rereleases

When Justin Vernon’s Chigliak reissues Amateur Love’s “It’s All Aquatic” on May 22nd, fans will have a chance to hear, quite simply, a great album – one that many bands who play here today claim as an influence. On top of that, listeners can hear ...

Another Bite of Venison

local rock heroes of yore stage special reunion show

Festival Season Begins!

brand new fest ‘SummerDaze’ comes to Menomonie

A Plethora of Deathcore

nationally touring metal bands to stop in Eau Claire

Tedd Wright

young composer remembered by music community

Emcee on the Way

Minneapolis hip-hopster ECID headed to Eau Claire

Keith Karns Big Band

former local brings big band to a show at the State

Back and Forth with S. Carey

S. Carey’s Hoyas EP takes on new direction

Local Indie Duo Scrimbo Heading to Europe

As a graduation celebration, the local duo Scrimbo is packing their bags and heading across the big pond. The self-described “catchy indie rock” band, comprised of Adam Thoms (More Amore, The Blue Room) and Alyssa Rieper (Feathe), is ready to ...

Not Your Average Hip Hop

No Bird Sing & AK (from Do or Die) soar to Eau Claire

Pale Kid Who Raps Fast Headed to UW-Eau Claire

The winner of the Brave New Voices award for the 2006 National Poetry Slam, George Watsky, will be spouting lyrics at super-human speed at UWEC on April 24. Watsky, “a versatile lyricist who switches between silly and serious, technically ...

Yellow Tooth Grin

new local rock duo releases debut CD

Electrolyte Empire Releases Debut EP via Digital Download

It was about a year ago Electrolyte Empire wrapped up recording the seven-song Underfoot EP. The 90s-inspired hard rockers spent six grueling months with local sound engineer Jaime Hansen, but never got around to producing any sort of physical ...

FireFlyForest

eclectic collaborative project releases first album

Out of the Woodwork: Oliver Snare Drums

Eric Lee’s custom snare drum operation

Legit Music to Beat on Mount Simon

Techno beats and drops will shake Mt. Simon Park and avid local technophiles with “Legit Music.” The “Legit Music” event will shuffle various techno beat masters from the Eau Claire area. Those interested in what they hear can pick up the ...

How to Celebrate Record Store Day Around Here

Record Store Day is kind of like Black Friday, except for music lovers. And on a Saturday. It’s an international event where musicians put out exclusive vinyl for independent record stores only. Revival Records will be the only place in the ...

Phil Circle Goes Local

Chicago blues transplant releases first local album

Steep Canyon Rangers

nationally acclaimed bluegrass band stops in Eau Claire

Mal Blum

emotive songstress to croon at Infinitea Teahouse

A Duo of Tributes

two events recreate 80s hair rock, 90s alternative

Help North High Jazz Students Get to New York

Essentially Ellington is one of the country’s most famous high school jazz competitions. Each year 15 high school jazz bands from all over the country are selected to participate in this prestigious event. This year, for the eighth time in ...