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

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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 Abrams, WI Anoka, MN Appleton, WI Beaver Dam, WI Beloit, WI Big Rapids, MI Cannon Falls, MN Champlin, MN Chaska, MN Detroit Lakes, MN