ONLINE: Greater Madison Music City Project Kick-off
Jan 19, 2021 12:00 PM
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Supa Friends (left to right): SooDoNiM, Maruchan Chef, Hardface the Pilot, Tyrel the Well Treated, Soup the Fifth the Master Plan, Al D.
Remember live music? How about live hip-hop? When the pandemic crushed virtually all live performances in 2020, a group dedicated to a more equal and inclusive music scene did not close shop. After a 2019 report from the city of Madison Task Force on Equity in Music and Entertainment recommended systemic changes to Madison s music landscape, a new network was born: Greater Madison Music City (GMMC). Now the network has hired a global consultant, Sound Diplomacy, to help Madison emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on making our music scene vibrant and fair. Visit greatermadisonmusiccity.com to register for an update on the project and performances by local musicians including Angela Puerta, Supa Friends and Alise Mosley.
City launches Greater Madison Music City program to build recovery plan for local music industry
January 16, 2021 3:39 PM Gabriella Bachara
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MADISON, Wis.– The city of Madison is launching a new organization that aims to broaden access to stages for diversity and strike down discrimination in the local music industry.
Greater Madison Music City Program launched in early 2020, but their goal intensified as COVID-19 closed music venues and discouraged gatherings.
“If that was the case a year ago, it’s even worse now,” Angela Puerta said. “In music we struggle a lot, especially in Madison. We have lost many musicians and that was prior to COVID-19. So, the situation is more difficult right now.