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Outdoor music while it lasts at The Bay View Bash, the Beerline, the Best “Dam” Blues Fest and Downtown Racine, Marie Kohler reads Boswell at Boswell, Ray Bonneville grooves at Shank Hall, a presumptive Autumn Equinox celebration and more—This Week in Milwaukee!
It's a sure sign that summer is coming to a close, when mention of the annual season wrap up of Hammond's Marina makes it into this column. That happens this
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Concert highlights for Aug. 11-17 include Jack White, Lakeside Guitar and Bayfront Blues fests and a run of Surly outdoor shows.
US R&B legend Big Mama Thornton is one of the forgotten "originators", to use Dr John's term for Professor Longhair, of rock'n'roll. The late Alabama native, who died almost exactly 38 years ago on July 25, 1984, recorded the first version of Leiber and Stoller's Hound Dog in 1952. After the record was released in 1953, it reached the top spot on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records Chart and sold 2 million copies. It was her biggest hit, but it paled in comparison to young Elvis Presley's version, which sold more than 10 million copies and helped ...