Madison, WI
Music connected to Madison
About Madison
- • Georgia O'Keeffe, the iconic modernist painter, spent her childhood years in Sun Prairie near Madison.
- • The Brat Fest, celebrating all things bratwurst, originated in Madison.
- • Wisconsin's selection as the state capital established Madison as a crucial hub.
- • Pink elephants once adorned the roof of the Esquire Club, visible for miles.
- • The Great Depression profoundly impacted Madison, slowing the city's growth.
- • Named in 1829 for James Madison, it became Wisconsin's capital in 1836.
- • With 270,000 residents, it is Wisconsin's second-largest city after Milwaukee.
- • Sitting 845 feet above sea level, the views of the lakes are breathtaking.
- • Education and government jobs dominate the Madison employment landscape.
- • Madison's atmosphere is vibrant, intellectual, and refreshingly progressive.
- • The Green Bay Packers, located nearby, won Super Bowl XLV in 2011.
- • The Badgers' stunning upset over Kentucky in the 2015 Final Four remains iconic.
- • Glacial activity during the Pleistocene Epoch shaped the isthmus on which the city sits.
- • The Wisconsin Dells, featuring sandstone formations carved by glacial meltwater, lie roughly 50 miles north.
- • Four lakes—Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Kegonsa—surround the city.
- • The endangered Karner Blue Butterfly can be found in nearby oak savanna habitats.
- • Remnant oak savannas, characterized by scattered bur oaks, are found throughout the area.
- • Effigy mounds built by indigenous peoples between 700 and 1200 years ago are found in the area.
- • In 1970, the Sterling Hall bombing on the UW-Madison campus resulted in one death and several injuries.
- • The Wisconsin State Capitol, featuring a granite dome, was completed in 1917.
- • U.S. Highway 151, a major route through the city, connects Dubuque, Iowa, to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Artists From Madison
404ERROR
Abbi Press
Alice & The Glass Lake
Alicia Lemke
All Tiny Creatures
Alma
Anders Svanoe
Andrea Anders
Archers
Armchair Boogie
Barbara Browning
Bereft
Best Boy Electric
Bitter Pleasures
Black Goat
Blueheels
Bongzilla
Bonobo Secret Handshake
Bradley Whitford
Brady K Project
Chaosophy
Charlie Roth
Chris Farley
Chris Sligh
CHRISTIAN DIOR
Circus Lupus
Clean Room
Clicker
Cork 'n Bottle String Band
Corpsicle
Corridoré
David Korevaar
Dean Elliott
Defenestrated Treachery
Denim n Leather
Disq
DJ Pain 1
Doc DeHaven
Dolores
Eddie Trunk
Extra Crispy Brass Band
Fire Heads
Fire Retarded
Fred Lerdahl
Frederic Prokosch
Garbage
Gene Schroeder
Gerald Gregory
God-des & She
Graham Hunt
Graham Lindsey
Greg Landau
Harmonious Wail
Hirt Alpert
His & Her Vanities
Hobo Jim
Hum Machine
I Voted for Kodos
Ivory Library
James Creitz
Jex Thoth
Jimmy Davis
Jo Gabriel
Joe Parisi
Joel Adams
Joel McNeely
John Bardeen
John Dalley
John Jorgenson
Jona Bechtolt
Jonathon Millionaire
Judith Gorog
Keith Carter
Keys to the Astral Gates and Mystic Doors
Kim Collingsworth
KULE
Kyle Merckx
La Séptima Alianza
Lakewaves
Laurie Lindeen
Lee Hoiby
Leo Sidran
Linnea Vedder
Liz Cheney
Locksley
Mama Digdown's Brass Band
Margaret Durow
Mary Hart
Mary Sweeney
Masked Intruder
Matt Sloan
Michael Dessen
Mike Droho & the Compass Rose
Mr. Chair
Naked Aggression
Natty Nation
Nick Hexum
No Hoax
Nomadica
None Left Standing
Null Device
Othere
Otienos
Paris, Texas
Patrick J. Borchers
Patrick Rothfuss
Paul Kowert
Perpetually Pist
Phyliss Bramson
Pilot Gemini
Rainer Maria
Rebecca Cole
Red Rose
Reptile Palace Orchestra
Rob Blackledge
Robert Bly
Rock Paper Scissors
Romero
Sandhill Strangers
Sandra Nelson
Sardonyx
Saurus
Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The Pons
Servergent
Seth Bunting
Sleep Cyclists
Sleeping in the Aviary
Sleeping in the Stereo
Spooner
Stephen Bates Baltes
Steve Tibbetts
Taylor Louderman
The Blue Olives
The Cannons
The Crest
The Crucibles
The Daze
The Droplets
The Faith Hills Have Eyes
The Fendermen
The Fine Constant
The Gadjo Players
The German Art Students
The Gothsicles
The Rascal Theory
The Real Roots Rockers
The Rowdy Prairie Dogs
The Ryan McGrath Band
The Transgressions
The Whiskey Farm
This Bright Apocalypse
Thornton Wilder
Those Poor Bastards
Threadmaker
Tim 'Spinnin' Schommer
Timbuk 3
Tiny Riots
Toni Brown
Tortoise and the Finch
Trackstar the DJ
Tracy Nelson
Transformer Lootbag
Tribal Call
Tyne Daly
University of Wisconsin Madhatters
Vanishing Kids
Victor Phillips
Warren Fischer
Wayne Morse
Weaker Youth Ensemble
Yid Vicious
Zebras
Killdozer
Songs About Madison
Nearby Places
404ERROR
Abbi Press
Alice & The Glass Lake
Alicia Lemke
All Tiny Creatures
Alma
Anders Svanoe
Andrea Anders
Archers
Armchair Boogie
Barbara Browning
Bereft
Best Boy Electric
Bitter Pleasures
Black Goat
Blueheels
Bongzilla
Bonobo Secret Handshake
Bradley Whitford
Brady K Project
CHRISTIAN DIOR
Chaosophy
Charlie Roth
Chris Farley
Chris Sligh
Circus Lupus
Clean Room
Clicker
Cork 'n Bottle String Band
Corpsicle
Corridoré
DJ Pain 1
David Korevaar
Dean Elliott
Defenestrated Treachery
Denim n Leather
Disq
Doc DeHaven
Dolores
Eddie Trunk
Extra Crispy Brass Band
Fire Heads
Fire Retarded
Fred Lerdahl
Frederic Prokosch
Garbage
Gene Schroeder
Gerald Gregory
God-des & She
Graham Hunt
Graham Lindsey
Greg Landau
Harmonious Wail
Hirt Alpert
His & Her Vanities
Hobo Jim
Hum Machine
I Voted for Kodos
Ivory Library
James Creitz
Jex Thoth
Jimmy Davis
Jo Gabriel
Joe Parisi
Joel Adams
Joel McNeely
John Bardeen
John Dalley
John Jorgenson
Jona Bechtolt
Jonathon Millionaire
Judith Gorog
KULE
Keith Carter
Keys to the Astral Gates and Mystic Doors
Killdozer
Kim Collingsworth
Kyle Merckx
La Séptima Alianza
Lakewaves
Laurie Lindeen
Lee Hoiby
Leo Sidran
Linnea Vedder
Liz Cheney
Locksley
Mama Digdown's Brass Band
Margaret Durow
Mary Hart
Mary Sweeney
Masked Intruder
Matt Sloan
Michael Dessen
Mike Droho & the Compass Rose
Mr. Chair
Naked Aggression
Natty Nation
Nick Hexum
No Hoax
Nomadica
None Left Standing
Null Device
Othere
Otienos
Paris, Texas
Patrick J. Borchers
Patrick Rothfuss
Paul Kowert
Perpetually Pist
Phyliss Bramson
Pilot Gemini
Rainer Maria
Rebecca Cole
Red Rose
Reptile Palace Orchestra
Rob Blackledge
Robert Bly
Rock Paper Scissors
Romero
Sandhill Strangers
Sandra Nelson
Sardonyx
Saurus
Screamin' Cyn Cyn & The Pons
Servergent
Seth Bunting
Sleep Cyclists
Sleeping in the Aviary
Sleeping in the Stereo
Spooner
Stephen Bates Baltes
Steve Tibbetts
Taylor Louderman
The Blue Olives
The Cannons
The Crest
The Crucibles
The Daze
The Droplets
The Faith Hills Have Eyes
The Fendermen
The Fine Constant
The Gadjo Players
The German Art Students
The Gothsicles
The Rascal Theory
The Real Roots Rockers
The Rowdy Prairie Dogs
The Ryan McGrath Band
The Transgressions
The Whiskey Farm
This Bright Apocalypse
Thornton Wilder
Those Poor Bastards
Threadmaker
Tim 'Spinnin' Schommer
Timbuk 3
Tiny Riots
Toni Brown
Tortoise and the Finch
Trackstar the DJ
Tracy Nelson
Transformer Lootbag
Tribal Call
Tyne Daly
University of Wisconsin Madhatters
Vanishing Kids
Victor Phillips
Warren Fischer
Wayne Morse
Weaker Youth Ensemble
Yid Vicious
Zebras
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