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January 2017

January 31, 2017

Conversations With Peter Mulvey: The Empathetic Artist

When I began playing shows at Marquette University, few Milwaukee artists were making things happen...

January 03, 2017

Conversations With Tom Shillue: The Comedian With A Slow Punch

Growing up in Norwood, Massachusetts, Tom Shillue was a funny kid with a passion for...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Conversations With Bishop Donald Hying: How To Have Faith, How To Be A Bishop And, Of Course … Music

Anyone who has moved to a new city alone knows you need to think positive...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Conversations With Matisyahu: The Hasidic Jewish Reggae Star Who Wants To Build You A Home

When Matisyahu came onto the scene people took notice. A Hasidic Jew, dressed in a...

October 07, 2016

Conversations With Bo Ramsey: Music, Performance, Transcendence, Communion, The Blues and Taking Them To Church

We all have that person in our lives who exemplifies the work we do. For...

September 2016

September 20, 2016

Conversations With Jeannie & Jim Gaffigan: J & J Gaffigan-A Family Company

What could possibly demand the attention of Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan more than their intensely busy career?...Their marriage and family of...

September 09, 2016

Conversations With A.J Ellis: The Humble Man In The Big Leagues

As a college baseball player, A.J Ellis never thought he would make it to...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Conversations With Victor DeLorenzo: A Violent Femme At Peace

When Victor DeLorenzo began his artistic journey in Milwaukee, WI, it was to literally fill...

August 18, 2016

Conversations with Sean Moeller: Building A Rock Island In The Sea Of The Touring Highway

In the early 2000s the music industry was changing rapidly. While most desperately clung to...

August 05, 2016

Conversations With Slug of Atmosphere: Curator of the Purple Lining

What do you do when you want to be a hip-hop star and you live...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

Conversations With Alex Ebert: Edward Sharpe Has Come To Set You Free

Alex Ebert is a man on mission; he wants to set you free. Through confronting...

July 11, 2016

Conversations With Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams: One Part Church, One Part The Beatles, And The desire To Commune With You

I was a junior in high school when I first came across the legend that...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

Conversations With Arian Moayed: A Tony Nominated Actor & Camaraderie in the Crucible

After leaving high school Arian and I set out on separate artistic journeys. Mine led...

June 16, 2016

Journal Time: On The Banks Of The Milwaukee River a Wolf Learned To Howl

Three and a half miles from my house runs the Milwaukee River. Not too big,...

June 09, 2016

Conversations With Christopher West: The Boy With The X-Ray Glasses

I met Christopher West when I was 21 years old and a student at Marquette...

June 03, 2016

The Pop Icon & The American Idol

As a kid I made my room into a living-breathing thing. My room was vibe,...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Conversations With Kristian Bush: Spending Time With The Uber Optimist

At the time of this interview, summer of 2015, Kristian Bush was the most popular...

May 11, 2016

Conversations With Brian Anderson: The Art Of Calling The Game

When I scheduled an interview with sportscaster Brian Anderson, I wasn’t sure how to approach...

May 02, 2016

Conversations With Greg Brown: Between The Bar & The Church

I often find myself straddling a life of the sacred and secular. The goal is...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

Behind The Song: Fields Of Evermore (Birth Through the Broken Body… And Of Course Johnny Cash)

I remember being taken back by Johnny Cash’s description of his childhood in his autobiography,...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Intro: I Am Mike Mangione & I Want To Share With You

For the past thirteen years I have been on the move. I grew up in...

March 25, 2016

Behind The Song: Hands Are Stained (The Cross, The Witness and Johnny Cash)

I have always been fascinated by the Crucifixion and what it must have been like...

December 2015

December 16, 2015

Behind the Song- Waiting for No One (and a relationship with the cross)

I wrote this one night sitting on my couch in Milwaukee. Most songs take a...

December 09, 2015

Journal Time- What A Strange Trip It Was

A week ago I began a trip that was unlike most. Traveling is always hectic...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Behind The Song- You Don’t Wanna Leave

This was written at 4am on my way home from a show in Iowa City. ...

November 23, 2015

Storytime: Following The Legends

A couple years back we played a Grammy party at Buddy Guy Legends in Chicago. ...

November 20, 2015

Behind The Song- At Your Gate

I wrote this song after I read a book reflecting on the Song of Songs. ...

November 18, 2015

No Such Thing As Wasted Time In New York City

I set out this time for New York City, one of my absolute favorite places...

November 17, 2015

The Weight

Often times before a performance the band meets and has a “moment.” The idea is...

November 17, 2015

A Beginning at the End and a Sunset

After I finished collage in Milwaukee, I moved out to L.A to pursue music. At...