Arts Extract

From the self-titled Rare Plant cassette. Read more in this week's Tone Madison calendar: http://bit.ly/1VI7Sls

From the Grimmusik release I, Nefarious. Read more on Tone Madison: http://bit.ly/1n14UN8

From the Rare Plant Records release Sharon Is Karen. Read more at Tone Madison: http://bit.ly/1Z0GhRO

Madison rapper Sincere Life talks with us about his new album, which he'll celebrate with a January 2 show at The Frequency.

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Co-produced with WORT-FM.

A small mix of six tracks from releases on Tone Madison's top 20 Madison records of 2015 list and honorable mentions list.

1. Czarbles, "Our Old Home" (from Nausea Trois)

2. CRASHprez, "Paranoia III" (from More Perfect)

3. Wood Chickens, "Hex On Me" (from their split cassette with Paint)

4. Tarpaulin, "Peter" (from Homesick)

5. Christian Dior, "Iodine" (from Patriot Glass/Dioria)

6. Asumaya, "And Lucky" (from The Euphemist)

This month in the Tone Madison/Nerd Nite Madison podcast series, UW-Madison sociolinguist Joshua Raclaw delves into the mechanics and complex social constructs surrounding the human voice. For more information, visit madison.nerdnite.com and tonemadison.com.

City of Madison officials struck a compromise this week on rules governing outdoor music in Madison parks. Scott Gordon went to the Madison Parks Commission meeting that produced the compromise and heard what the organizers, fans, beneficiaries, and detractors of Madison's outdoor concerts had to say.

Segment produced by Dylan Brogan for WORT-FM

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Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon leads a discussion on the year in Madison music and culture with three guests: DJ and Strictly Discs manager Evan Woodward(@tolerancemix), journalist and rapper Michael Penn II (aka @crashprez), and @wsum music director Emili Earhart.

Recorded live on December 1, 2015 at the High Noon Saloon in Madison.

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Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon and WORT-FM's Dylan Brogan look at how the City of Madison is funding art and music through its recently passed 2016 budget. Highlights include the city's flawed music initiatives and a boost for the Madison Public Library's forward-looking Bubbler program.

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Segment produced by Dylan Brogan. Keep up with the Tone Madison/WORT podcast at tonemadison.com and on iTunes (apple.co/1kQSKVx).

Madison songwriter/producer Sidney Johnson, aka disarming electro-pop oddball Midas Bison, joined us for a conversation at WORT-FM studios ahead of his Tuesday, November 17 show at the High Noon Saloon. Segment produced by Dylan Brogan. Keep up with the Tone Madison/WORT podcast at tonemadison.com and on iTunes (http://apple.co/1kQSKVx).