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Johanna Rose walks us through ‘Only Good Nites’

May 1, 2020

"It seems absurd to have a voice memo as a track on a song, but I absolutely love it."That's Johanna Rose—tireless champion of Milwaukee music, one half of Nickel&Rose—describing one of the songs on her...

Hear Klassik and Johanna Rose turn Woody Guthrie’s “Ship In The Sky” into an “American Klassik”

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

When Milwaukee rapper, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and all-around visionary Klassik isn’t busy crafting eclectic and incomparable music of his own, he’s reinterpreting time-tested spirituals, hymns, and anth...

Nickel&Rose check in from Europe, release new music video

Tyler Maas

December 28, 2016

Back on November 1, Milwaukee musicians Johanna Rose (New Boyz Club, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Thistledown Thunders) and Carl Nichols (Painted Caves, RAS Movement) packed up their instruments, passports, and a few o...

The Randoms 2016: Local musician who could run for, become President of Milwaukee music

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 14, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

On The Record Episode 64: Charity in local music and comedy

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 4, 2016

//With events like the annual Pablove show now becoming staples on the city's concert calendar, there's long been at least some charitable component among Milwaukee creatives. However, the creation of rece...

Exclusive: Listen to WebsterX remix and “reslice” Airo Kwil’s “Tangerine Tint”

Matt Wild

October 5, 2015

In a Milwaukee musical landscape currently dotted with singular artists and cross-pollinated projects, it’s still easy to pick out Airo Kwil from the crowd. The outfit is the rapping alter-ego of New Boyz Club ...

Johanna Rose lets New Boyz Club out of the house and onto the stage

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2014

As the upright bass player of Calamity Janes And The Fratney Street Band, Johanna Rose provides the rhythmic backbone and contributes one fourth of the gorgeous and formidable harmonic wave for which the buddin...

Girls Rock Milwaukee comes back bigger, better in year two

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2014

Yesterday, 11 new bands formed in Milwaukee. While none of these new bands have yet to finish writing their first song, and some of them won't last more than a week, each of these acts hold untold significance ...

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