Legendary blues man B.B. King celebrated his 87th birthday last fall, not that you would know that from the busy schedule he keeps. He could have easily retired some time ago, with both his musical

The original Milwaukee Jazz Gallery transmitted a far-reaching beacon, a creative-freedom vibe even the Statue of Liberty might've caught and tapped her toe to. America's art of...

In this era of digital downloads, home recording programs and file-sharing options like SoundCloud...

“I wanted to put a name on the forward thrust of what we're doing,” Paul Cebar says of his decision to change band names a few years ago. Except for the group he once shared with John Sieger, the R&B Cadets, he had performed under the handle of Paul Cebar...

Originally conceived as a “thank you” to the generous folks who contributed to WMSE's Kickstarter campaign to replace the aging equipment that allows the station to broadcast and record in-studio performances, Cover Milwaukee became...

Although Paul Cebar is synonymous with Milwaukee (for years his band was even named “The Milwaukeeans”), part of his local appeal is that his music sounds nothing like anything us from our chilly Midwestern city. Cebar instead taps the...

For decades guitarist Peter Roller has been a prolific side-player in the Milwaukee music scene, assisting the earliest incarnation of Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeeans, performing with blues artist Steve Cohen, mandolinist Yank Rachell and the bluegrass band Salt Creek, and accompanying singer Robin Pluer in all...

Paul Cebar is usually thought of as a bandleader, exploring Afro-Caribbean-American music with the Milwaukeeans and—in an earlier epoch—the R&B Cadets. But Cebar began as a soloist in the late ’70s and in recent years has opened for Nick Lowe, Chris Smither and others with just a guitar in hand...

If not the most innovative man in Nashville these days, Jim Lauderdale is certainly one of the most expansive. His career has spanned pop, contemporary country and bluegrass, and he’s found considerable success as a songsmith for the likes of George Strait, Patty Loveless and Vince Gill. Now, amid swirling and hopeful reports that Lauderdale’s been collaborating with Milwaukee’s own Paul Cebar...