LOCAL/LIVE FROM ANODYNE 10/7/25 – TRAPPER SCHOEPP
POSTED:: October 6, 2025
FILED UNDER:: In-Studio Performances, Local/Live
Join Music Director Sid and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild at Anodyne for the very first Local/Live of the Season with Trapper Schoepp.
“What’s most important to me is to be a link in the chain of folk singers before and after my time,” Trapper Schoepp says in light of his fifth album, Siren Songs. Recorded at Johnny Cash’s Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, TN, Trapper continues down the trail trod by his musical heroes. In 2019, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter published a long lost song with Bob Dylan called “On, Wisconsin” – making him the youngest musician to share a co-writing credit with the Nobel Prize laureate. The song led to a #1 trending article in Rolling Stone and over a hundred tour dates worldwide.
In fall 2025, Trapper released his rawest work yet titled Osborne, which traces his path through addiction, recovery and chronic pain brought on by BMX accidents in his youth. Osborne lends its name from the unit Trapper was in at a Minnesota rehab facility and is also a nod to the songwriter’s muse Ozzy, who attended the same facility.
Channeling Black Sabbath, Suicide and Springsteen, this 11-track record coming via Blue Elan Records is wildly different than anything Trapper has done. Produced by pop polymath Mike Viola (Andrew Bird, Dawes) and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Jackson Browne), Trapper feels like he’s found an honest voice in song and spirit through Osborne. Recorded in a California church basement, Trapper sings his truth against a backdrop of vintage drum machines, synths and distorted guitars.
Come hear what Trapper’s been working on and working through on Tuesday, October 7th at Anodyne on Bruce. The performance and interview kicks off at 6 p.m. but get there early as this will surely be packed.
If you can’t be there in person – tuner your radio dial to 91.7FM or live stream from WMSE.ORG, WMSE’s FaceBook or YouTube.
WMSE is presented by Outpost Co-op – “We believe good food brings us together” and Cedar Teeth Pizza.
Local/Live is produced by Kneeverland Productions.
