Text us about this show. 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 career, you know this is going to be one heck of a listen. We feature three...

Text us about this show. 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 even garnered the band a pair of 2026 WAMI Awards for the albu...

Text us about this show. 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 unique sounds. The great thing about it is this is some of t...

Text us about this show. 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 genres and whatever the scenario calls for, Ryan delivers. H...

Text us about this show. 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 enthusiasm permeates everything he's involved in. The music he makes wi...

Text us about this show. 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 received praise from those he has worked with at SourceTrack ...

Text us about this show. 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 notch or two as well. Join us as we reconnect with Roger Lee. Bo...

Text us about this show. 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 King Crimson member Trey Gunn), and multiple collaborations he...

Text us about this show. 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 including a few highlights and we dig even deeper into Stick...

Text us about this show. 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 hits "Kyrie" and "Broken WIngs." His studio session work landed...