There's plenty going on in the Milwaukee music world this Thanksgiving weekend. If you need a break from the family stuff, the OnMilwaukee.com / WMSE Local Music Podcast keeps you up to date on where to see some live music. Sneak out after dessert, or, better yet, bring grandma along.
We've all got off work on Thursday, so Wednesday, Nov. 21 is a great time to get out to Shank Hall to catch Paul Cebar, who is joined by Afro-Cuban / Latin jazz nine-piece De La Buena. We play "Shagu," off of the energetic album "En Vivo y Directo."
It's hard to forget a name like Dr. Chow's Love Medicine. The band claims to be the cure for the common blues, but hey, you be the judge. The quartet will be at Stonefly Brewing Co. this Saturday, Nov. 24 with Guido's Racecar and Loblolly.
Reverend Raven and the Chain-Smoking Alter Boys are another infamous blues band in Milwaukee, but this Friday, Nov. 23, the Rev takes his show out to Grafton to play at the Paramount Restaurant, which, during the '20s and '30s, was arecording studio where many of the great blues artists of the day recorded their music.
Back in Milwaukee, The Mad Planet is the place to be for punk on Saturday night. They've got the poppy Chinese Telephones, Time Schweiger and the Middle Men, The Jetty Boys and Bear Proof Suit. The Telephones have a self-titled album coming out Tuesday, Nov. 27 on It's Alive, but it'll be available at the show this weekend.
OnMilwaukee.com staff writer Julie Lawrence grew up in Wauwatosa and has lived her whole life in the Milwaukee area.
As any “word nerd” can attest, you never know when inspiration will strike, so from a very early age Julie has rarely been seen sans pen and little notebook. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee it seemed only natural that she major in journalism. When OnMilwaukee.com offered her an avenue to combine her writing and the city she knows and loves in late 2004, she knew it was meant to be. Around the office, she answers to a plethora of nicknames, including “Lar,” (short for “Larry,” which is short for “Lawrence”) as well as the mysteriously-sourced “Bill Murray.”
