Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. Get tickets here!

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Music Go Round and Volta Records have teamed up for a brand new all ages show series that focuses on showcasing newer and lesser known acts. With a secondary goal of bridging the gap and fostering relationships between Milwaukee and scenes in other midwestern cities, the inaugural show in the series features some of Milwaukee and Madison’s best newcomers alongside one of our cities finest performers of the last decade.

The inaugural event of this series features Marielle Allschwang, Crawlspace, Combat Naps, and Loveblaster. Additionally, Volta Records DJs Bella and Sami will spinning tunes throughout the evening.

Doors at 7pm, All ages curfew at 11pm. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT LINK BELOW:

We May Well Be The Ones

THURSDAY 10/20 @ The Cooperage

Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 7:30pm.

Tickets are $25, and all proceeds will be donated to LuAnn Bird's campaign: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wemaywellbetheones

More info on LuAnn Bird and her campaign can be found at LuAnnBird.com

“We May Well Be The Ones” is a benefit concert in support of LuAnn Bird’s campaign for Wisconsin’s 84th Assembly District. This unique event is being produced by Christopher Porterfield of Field Report, and David Ravel, former Artistic Director of Alverno Presents (and producer of our performance for “Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl”!). The concert will bring together artists from across Milwaukee’s diverse music scene to entertain, inspire, and raise awareness about a campaign with state-wide significance at The Cooperage on Thursday, October 20.

822 S Water St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

Details TBA

I had the honor of being the inaugural artist in residence for Rise & Thrive, a free survivor empowerment service offered by LOTUS Legal Clinic, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that serves survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking, both sex and labor. Valuing a wholistic approach to empowering survivors, LOTUS Legal has developed two sister art programs, Untold Stories and Rise & Thrive, that aim to engage, enrich, and connect survivors through literary art and unique collaborations with professional artists. As a resident artist for Rise & Thrive, I collaborated with four survivor-writers who created poems that explore their experiences of joy, resilience, and renewal in the aftermath of sexual trauma. In summer 2021, I began to work with the Rise & Thrive participants—Jeanne, Pita, Donna, and Hannah—who are prolific artists in their own right. From intimate conversations and close readings, I created one song for each of them in response to/ inspired by their poetry, implementing their words as lyrics, and composing melodies and arrangements that I thought could hold and honor those words and voices. The Visitations joined me, and we recorded “Somewhere to Swim".

On May 13th we will release the album—which will be available digitally on May 10th, with preorders for vinyl available as well—at a benefit showcase for Rise & Thrive and LOTUS Legal Clinic. Good friends and incredible musicians Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller will join us as special guests to play a set, and Erin Wolf (Hello Death, Group of the Altos) will also join us on songs new & not-so-new.

Please visit the eventbrite link below for tickets to the show, and visit the auction site to get some lovely local goods for a steal —proceeds benefit LOTUS! xoxo -Marielle

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/marielle-allschwang-the-visitations-rise-thrive-concert-fundraiser-tickets-256124193357

Virtual Auction to raise funds for LOTUS Legal Clinic: https://tinyurl.com/2p99wke3

We are so excited to finally cross paths with Haley Fohr / Circuit Des Yeux. We’ve been a fan of her music for awhile, ever since hearing her sing on Mind Over Mirrors recordings when Marielle and Nathaniel collaborated with Jaime Fennelly (founder of Mind Over Mirrors) in Jon Mueller’s Death Blues: Ensemble roughly six years ago, It will be nice to close the ‘circuit’ (sorry) and meet a friend of good friends, whose work we respect, admire, and enjoy greatly.

Visit the Green Bay Poli Hi-Fi HQ for live music, art, conversation, coffee, food & beer. Open March 31st through Election Day, Tuesday April 5 from 10am-2pm & 5pm-9pm daily Stay tuned for the full event schedule http://forwisconsin.com

Text VOTE to 25998 http://forwisconsin.com #forwiconsin

Visit this article in the Green Bay Gazette for more about the event and the list of performers.

livestream at vimeo.com/cactusclubmke.

and please find go to Cactus Club’s website at https://www.cactusclubmilwaukee.com/ to help make sure we have a physical space to share these experiences with one another. they have some sweet offerings now. <3

SESSA (SAO PAULO, BRAZIL )

Grandeza is the brilliant debut album of Brazil-born artist Sessa. A long-time fixture of both the American and Brazilian music scenes, known for collaborating with NY guitar legend Yonatan Gat, and his co-founding of São Paulo psych-funk combo Garotas Suecas, Sessa now shares his own musical vision of “super sick modern Brazilian vibes … touching on cosmic jazz, psych, and tropicália,” as put by music-connoisseurs at Light in the Attic.

His songs are sung in Portuguese, with visceral, sexual lyrics in the vain of Caetano Veloso and melodic flourishes not unlike those of Tom Jobim. However, the music gets a deliberate minimalist treatment rarely found in contemporary Brazilian music, more reminiscent of the bareness of Leonard Cohen.

Sessa’s concerts are already stuff of legend in Brazil, as he takes the stage accompanied solely by female backing choir and Afro-Brazilian percussion. While the songs often deal with subjects such as the sensual body and spiritual transcendence, the music points to new, more subtle directions for World pop music in 2019 – a deep, minimalist, almost insinuated use of the endlessly rich textures and rhythms that define the songwriting history of Brazil, which Sessa now joins as one of the most promising new voices.

“ A beautiful and highly recommended record.”- Aquarium Drunkard

“Brazilian Folk Bliss” – Afropop

“On this intoxicating LP, the hushed classic sound of Tropicália gets a gentle dusting of psychedelia” – Bandcamp

“Super sick modern Brazilian vibes in line with the best of Tom Jobim, Caetano Veloso, and Arthur Verocai while touching on cosmic jazz, psych, and tropicália. A gorgeous, captivating record through and through.” – Light in the Attic

Tickets $10 ADV // $12 DOS:: https://www.cactusclubmilwaukee.com/events/sessa-brazil-all-ages/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/539352356661533/

/ Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

All Ages

Seated

$20 Advance, $22 Day of Show

This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request access accommodations, please go to The Cedar’s Access page.

General Admission tickets are available online, by phone, Electric Fetus, and at The Cedar during shows. BUY TICKETS

ABOUT PRECESSION OF A DAY: THE WORLD OF MARY NOHL:

Milwaukee-based songwriter and performer Marielle Allschwang, whose work has been called “aurally-enthralling and emotionally-arresting,” enlists The Visitations to present Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl—a song cycle and multimedia performance exploring the unconventional life and artist-built environment of Mary Nohl (1914-2001). Utilizing a variety of musical styles and approaches—informed by the pastoral symphonies and mountain folk music of Allschwang's Germanic and Filipino roots, commingled with Handel’s arias, highlife, metal, and new wave—alongside a film composed from intimate footage in and around Nohl’s home on the shore of Lake Michigan—Allschwang mines her early childhood encounters with and subsequent return to Nohl’s environment to explore the biographical, visual, and social aspects of Nohl’s multifaceted life, work, and legacy.

For half a century, Mary Nohl tirelessly transformed her home, inside and out, into an artist-built environment on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her radical rootedness to place, her distinct visual language, staggering range of media, and autonomy became infamous. Locals often called her the “Witch of Fox Point”— to which she responded with poignant humor, addressing her friends with “Greetings & Salutations & Boo” in mimeographed newsletters. Despite holding a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and owning her own pottery shop in Milwaukee, Nohl remains pegged as an “outsider.” Nohl’s marginalization and its implications are as relevant today as it was in the 1940s, when she dared to travel the world, mix cement in her bathtub, create graphic novels, and run a business, all on her own. Allschwang and her band take a deep dive into a little-known and astoundingly prolific, complicated artist deserving much more renown.

Precession is produced by David Ravel, former Artistic Director of Alverno Presents in Milwaukee, WI and producer of such critically acclaimed works as Bellowing Sun (Mind Over Mirrors) and American Klassiks (Klassik).

Marielle Allschwang performing “Aquarium” courtesy of Heather Hass’ Vimeo channel.

HEAR PRECESSION OF A DAY

Chris Rosenau is a guitar player and founding member of seminal instrumental post-rock band Pele, American music ensemble Collections of Colonies of Bees, and Indie rock band Volcano Choir with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. He has performed for over 20 years with these bands throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. His approach to the guitar takes the roots of Americana filtered through modern composition and technology. Using multiple amps and a palette of looping effects, he's crafted a unique style that's as uplifting and melodic as it is bold and adventurous.

Throughout his music career, he has also written and performed rare solo compositions. This performance at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis opening for Marielle Allschwang and the Visitations' "Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl" is no exception. Chris will be preparing a solo performance specific to the spirit of the evening, intended to meld with and set the stage for MATV's "Precession".

VISIT CHRIS ROSENAU’S BANDCAMP

Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl has been commissioned by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Milwaukee Film, Wisconsin Union Theater/UW Madison, and the Cedar Cultural Center. Additional funding has been provided by the Mary L. Nohl Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Enjoy tortes, snacks and other goodies at the legendary Three Brothers Restaurant while Marielle Allschwang & The Visitations (trio) perform two intimate sets of songs from their five-album songbook. Three Brothers’ own Diana Heuer , who creates stunning ceramics for Future Ceramics, will share her wares. A beautiful and cozy evening to be had by all.
Call for reservations: (414) 481-7530

(photo c/o vulturefangs.com)

Marielle Allschwang & The Visitations present a multimedia exploration of the life and work of Mary Nohl (1914-2001), creator of a legendary Wisconsin art environment. Featuring a song cycle set to footage (filmed by Allschwang, Heather Hass, & Adam Krause) from Nohl’s home, Allschwang and her band take a deep dive into a little-known and astoundingly prolific, complicated artist deserving much more renown.

Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl has been commissioned by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Milwaukee Film, Wisconsin Union Theater/UW Madison, and the Cedar Cultural Center. Additional funding has been provided by the Mary L. Nohl Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Tickets available:

https://mkefilm.org/oriental-theatre/events/precession-of-a-day-the-world-of-mary-nohl

1 Hr. 8 Min.
Not Rated
2019
Screening format: DCP

Milwaukee-based songwriter and performer Marielle Allschwang, whose work has been called “aurally-enthralling and emotionally-arresting,” enlists The Visitations to present Precession of a Day: The World of Mary Nohl—a song cycle and multimedia performance exploring the unconventional life and artist-built environment of Mary Nohl (1914-2001). Utilizing a variety of musical styles and approaches—informed by the pastoral symphonies and mountain folk music of Allschwang's Germanic and Filipino roots, commingled with Handel’s arias, highlife, metal, and new wave—alongside a film composed from intimate footage in and around Nohl’s home on the shore of Lake Michigan—Allschwang mines her early childhood encounters with and subsequent return to Nohl’s environment to explore the biographical, visual, and social aspects of Nohl’s multifaceted life, work, and legacy.

For half a century, Mary Nohl tirelessly transformed her home, inside and out, into an artist-built environment on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her radical rootedness to place, her distinct visual language, staggering range of media and self-autonomy became infamous. Locals often called her the “Witch of Fox Point”— to which she responded with poignant humor, addressing her friends with “Greetings & Salutations & Boo” in mimeographed newsletters. Despite holding a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and owning her own pottery shop in Milwaukee, Nohl remains pegged as an “outsider.” Nohl’s marginalization and its implications are as relevant today as it was in the 1940s, when she dared to travel the world, mix cement in her bathtub, create graphic novels, and run a business, all on her own. Allschwang and her band take a deep dive into a little-known and astoundingly prolific, complicated artist deserving much more renown.

Info & Tickets: https://www.cactusclubmilwaukee.com/

Info & Tickets: https://pabsttheater.org/event/rosenausanborn2019/

Field Report’s Christopher Porterfield is joined onstage by other Milwaukee songsmiths for a new program “Writer’s Round.”  All solo performers onstage at the same time, taking turns. Joining Christopher this month will be Special Guests Marielle Allschwang, Mark Waldock, and one more tba!

Doors @7pm, show @8pm. $8 cover

Cairns "Entanglement" album release show featuring Marielle Allschwang & The Visitations, and Old Earth.

Cairns - https://cairnsmke.bandcamp.com/

Marielle Allschwang - https://marielleallschwangmusic.bandcamp.com/

Old Earth - https://oldearthcontact.bandcamp.com/


$7 presale // $8 at the door
All-ages
7pm

8pm Doors /// 21
$8 ADV /// $10 DOS

Bethlehem Steel (NYC)
https://bethlehemsteel.bandcamp.com/
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Baked (NYC)
https://baked.bandcamp.com/
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Graham Hunt (MKE)
https://grahamhunt.bandcamp.com/releases
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Marielle Allschwang (MKE)
https://marielleallschwangmusic.bandcamp.com/

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