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MKE Boat Line’s “Summer Concert Series” Fri. – Group of The Altos @ MKE Boat Line

Aug 21 – Aug 22 all-day

WMSE presents the Milwaukee Boat Line’s Summer Concert Series. Every Friday and Saturday night the MKE Boat line hosts an evening of music and fun. This Friday, Group of The Altos who describe themselves as, “as a ‘surly high school orchestra.” You could go further than that to ‘band geeks’ who sound as if they grew up, saw the world and decided to beat it back with a precise but frenzied assortment of strings, horns and beats. Enjoy the great music as you cruise on the Milwaukee River, Harbor AND Lake Michigan. Milwaukee Boat Line continues a fifty-plus year tradition of celebrating the beauty and charm of Milwaukee.

Categories: WMSE Sponsored & Partner Events Tags: 5 Card Studs Appalachians MKE Boat Line WMSE 91.7FM

Sep

MKE Boat Line’s “Summer Concert Series” – Fri. Soul Low , Sat. Grasshoppers @ MKE Boat Line

Sep 4 – Sep 5 all-day

WMSE presents the Milwaukee Boat Line’s Summer Concert Series. Every Friday and Saturday night onboard their boat the Vista King. This Friday, September 4, described as one part Vampire Weekend and one part Modest Mouse, Soul Low performs and then Saturday, September 5, psychedlic warriors Grasshoppers play. Enjoy the music with the Milwaukee skyline as the back drop. Doors are at 8:30. For more information on the Milwaukee Boat Line series please go to http://mkeboat.com/concerts/

Categories: WMSE Sponsored & Partner Events Tags: Grasshoppers MKE Boat Line Soul Low The Revomatics

Wed

Southern Culture on The Skids @ Turner Hall Ballroom @ Turner Hall Ballroom

Jul 12 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

WMSE presents Southern Culture on the Skids.
Southern Culture on the Skids have been spreading their backwood brilliance and rock and roll gospel for over thirty years. Their musical gumbo is a greasy mix of surf, rockabilly, and country-fried garage rock. Their live show is a hell raising rock-n-roll party full of down & dirty fun that cannot be missed.

Categories: WMSE Sponsored & Partner Events Tags: 91.7FM WMSE Southern Culture on The Skids The Turner Hall Ballroom

Milwaukee Boat line Summer Concert Series- Fri.Tangled Lines /Sat. Whiskey Throttle @ Milwaukee Boat Line

Jul 13 @ 8:30 pm – Jul 14 @ 11:00 pm

WMSE is on deck to once again present MKE Boat Lines Concert Cruises. On Friday night,Tangled Lines – rocks the boat and Saturday it’s Whiskey Throttle. It’s always a great day for a boat ride!

Categories: WMSE Sponsored & Partner Events Tags: MKE Boat Line Undercover Organism Whiskey Throttle

Thu

in-studio performance: Southern Culture On The Skids

Jul 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Tune into WMSE as Southern Culture On The Skids make their return to Milwaukee and into the ever-lovin’ arms of WMSE as they stop by the station for an in-studio session before their gig at Colectivo’s Back Room later that night! Von Munz will host the band and get all their latest news after their set! WMSE.org or 91.7 FM to listen in.

Southern Culture On The Skids has been spreading the rock and roll gospel since since they formed in Chapel Hill, NC in 1983. Guitarist/singer Rick Miller, drummer Dave Hartman and bassist/singer/heartbreaker Mary Huff, play a greasy mix of surf, rockabilly, R&B and country-fried garage with a side of psych, all the while driving fans into ecstatic, sweat-drenched paroxysms of joy. It’s a musical gumbo Miller calls, “Americana from the wrong side of the tracks.” The band has been prolific and ubiquitous for over thirty years, touring everywhere from the North Carolina Prison System to Mt. Fuji, Japan and delivering what Rolling Stone calls “a hell raising rock and roll party.”

In 2014 the band was honored by the Southern Folk Life Collection at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with an exhibition featuring their music and cultural contributions. The flame-adorned La-Z-Boy from the cover of their Plastic Seat Sweat LP now resides at UNC-CH!

Categories: In-Studio Interview In-Studio Performance Specialty Programming Tags: 91.7 FM Back Room at Colectivo Southern Culture on The Skids The Von Munz Vinyl Variety Show WMSE

Aug

MKE Boatline Concerts – Fri. The Grovelers w/ The Mighty Deerlick Sat. Boney Fingers

Aug 16 @ 8:30 pm – Aug 17 @ 10:30 pm

It’s a great day for a Boat Ride!

Friday – The Grovelers & The Mighty Deerlick

The Grovelers are a four piece band based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They deliver high energy original rock & roll with influences stemming from late 50’s rockabilly, early 60’s garage rock and early 80’s punk rock.

The Mighty Deerlick has been rocking the people since its formation in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1985, having outlived thousands of other bands, primarily due to not being organized enough to actually break up. Originally called The Slow Pedestrians, the band took on its current moniker upon moving to Milwaukee in 1988. Ever prolific, the band’s prodigious output includes the full-length cassette “Beneath You” (1989), the four-song 7-inch single “Stag Nation” (1990), and the legendary holiday tour-de-force cassette “Bells to the Wall” (1991). Since 1991, they have written several additional songs. The Deerlick has shared the stage with Soul Asylum, the Replacements, the Violent Femmes, Alejandro Escovedo,

Saturday – Boney Fingers

Boney Fingers, Born and raised in Milwaukee, creates an absolutely unique atmosphere sure to entertain music fans of all ages. Boney Fingers transports their audience through many musical vistas and soundscapes, and produces an enjoyable and unforgettable experience. Long known for their ability to weave acoustic and electric into a root style that bridges the gap between jam rock and blues, Boney Fingers has won the hearts of many fans.

Categories: WMSE Sponsored & Partner Events Tags: 91.7FM WMSE MKE Boat Line Motley Brue Size 5's The Mighty Deerlick

MKE Boat Line Concert Cruise – Steez @ Milwaukee Boat Line