with widespread event cancellations, artists and venues are hurting; here’s some ideas how you can help
Eric Christenson, photos by Lee Butterworth
Art, in all its iterations, thrives on interaction. With concerts canceled, tours postponed, ad all kinds of gatherings shut down, artists are losing work quickly and venues’ business is dropping fast ...
Issue #406 March 18, 2020
Parker Reed
A group of experienced local musicians are banding together to release a unique musical offering primed to enthrall the Chippewa Valley. Poor Man’s Ridge is a rock band ...
Issue #406 March 18, 2020
regional wedding venue also an enchanting concert space
Haley Wright
The Enchanted Barn in Hillsdale, Wisconsin – a short drive from the Chippewa Valley – is not just a fantastic wedding destination; it’s a destination for a memorable live music experience ...
Issue #405 March 4, 2020
Eau Claire hip-hop artist’s first full-length album five years in the making
Olivia Kroner
Bruce Brown, known by his stage name, Cudlino, recently released his first full-length album, titled Written in the Stars. Full of hip-hop music influenced by R&B, rap, and rock, Brown’s album is a celebration of life, love, and the lessons ...
Issue #405 March 4, 2020
Eric Christenson
Now that Journeyman, a recording studio in Eau Claire’s North Side Hill neighborhood, is up and running – its owners, brothers Gabe and Nick Larson, find themselves nostalgic for the construction phase ...
Issue #405 March 4, 2020
Lauren Fisher, photos by Allie Emerson
Two stages, three nights, and more than 40 bands will comprise the 41st Annual Decadent Cabaret. Local bands from every genre and sound will perform March 5-7 at Brickhouse Pub & Grub at the Labor Temple ...
Issue #405 March 4, 2020
Olivia Kroner
Spring time is the best time to get out of the house, clear out your ears, and enjoy an evening of choral music. With a glut of choruses and choirs raising their voices throughout the Chippewa Valley ...
Issue #405 March 4, 2020
Blue Swans flips heartbreak on its head through music
Eric Christenson, photos by Kyle Lehman
Heartbreak and low, low points in life have this graceful way of transforming into art that’s beautiful and real. Raw, relatable stuff. So many words and songs have been written in the depths of dark ...
Issue #404 Feb. 19, 2020
Andrew Patrie
It has been three years since Decadent Cabaret, about to celebrate its 41st incarnation, shifted locales from the House of Rock to The Metro. And while the event was always ...
Issue #404 Feb. 19, 2020
Parker Reed evolves on brand new EP
author & photographer by Nate Cooksey
As 2019 waned, local music mainstay and alt-rock singer-songwriter Parker Reed released his second solo EP, Music for the Overly Sentimental, a title perfectly befitting this ...
Issue #404 Feb. 19, 2020
Home Within provides international insight
Barbara Arnold
“Home Within” is a 60-minute performance in which Syrian-Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad creates charcoal and watercolor drawings in front of the audience while responding to the ...
Issue #403 Feb. 5, 2020
Eric Christenson
Songwriter Jerrika Mighelle has been makin’ tunes in the Valley for many, many years now – first with her sisters in the folk group QuinnElizabeth, and now solo with ...
Issue #403 Feb. 5, 2020
touring cabaret singer returns for Valentine’s show
V1 Staff
Pat McCurdy is a touring cabaret singer/songwriter from Milwaukee. His shows usually consist of just him and his guitar and include improvised interaction with ...
Issue #402 Jan. 22, 2020
Chamber Orchestra concert features locally penned poems
Barbara Arnold
The Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra will perform Camille Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals, one of the French composer’s best-known works, at its annual free ...
Issue #402 Jan. 22, 2020
Miles Blvd explores isolation on new ep
Parker Reed, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Isolation can be a dangerous place for an artist to reside, but an update from isolation from a local hip-hop artist makes it clear he is back and better than ever. Miles Blvd is a locally sourced hip-hop project from ...
Issue #402 Jan. 22, 2020
Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing to perform at The Plus
V1 Staff
The force behind seminal ’90s band Soul Coughing, Mike Doughty, is an accomplished solo artist and author, and he’ll tell your future at The Plus. Doughty, along with long time ...
Issue #402 Jan. 22, 2020
Hemma’s latest EP sparkles in lifelong musical journey
Eric Christenson
The way Hannah Hebl talks about music makes you believe she knows something that the rest of us don’t. She doesn’t just play music, she metaphysically embodies it. In her world, music is elemental ...
Issue #402 Jan. 22, 2020
brand new local choir preps their first concert
Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth
A new community choir has recently started up in Eau Claire, offering yet another great opportunity for people to raise their voices in a musical ensemble. Kate Larson, an Altoona native who recently returned ...
Issue #401 Jan. 8, 2020
teen musician Spencer Douglas releases first EP
Parker Reed
A local musician is making waves in the Eau Claire music scene, and he hasn’t even had his 18th birthday yet. 17-year-old Eau Claire Memorial High School student, Spencer Rhoten is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who is making a name for himself ...
Issue #399 Dec. 11, 2019
V1 Staff
Chris Kroeze’s big year continues. The guy from Barron who made it deep into the final rounds of NBC’s The Voice is back with a new Christmas-y tune to celebrate the season. “A Hallelujah Christmas” was originally ...
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