Trapper Schoepp Archives - Milwaukee Record

WMSE’s Local/Live: Trapper Schoepp (Live from Anodyne)

May 3, 2023

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist.milwaukeereco...

Trapper Schoepp uses old formats to tell new tales on ‘Siren Songs’

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2023

Today marks the release of Siren Songs, the latest album from tireless Milwaukee troubadour Trapper Schoepp. While the record is a brand new effort, Schoepp fashioned the 12-song release by drawing influence fr...

Trapper Schoepp makes a pilgrimage to Johnny Cash’s cabin in “Cliffs Of Dover” video

Matt Wild

January 20, 2023

Back in 2019, Milwaukee troubadour Trapper Schoepp published a long-lost Bob Dylan song called "On, Wisconsin," becoming the youngest musician to share a co-writing credit with Dylan in the process. (What did y...

Watch Trapper Schoepp (and Leroy the dog) take a tour of Milwaukee in “I Am A Rider” video

Matt Wild

September 7, 2022

Some Milwaukee songs and videos practically bleed Milwaukee. Others are literally called "Milwaukee." Back in 2019, tireless Milwaukee troubadour Trapper Schoepp delivered a Milwaukee-heavy video for his Bob Dy...

Music returns to Mitchell Park Domes September 29 with “Rhythm & Brews,” Trapper Schoepp

Matt Wild

August 8, 2022

If you've been back to the Mitchell Park Domes since the early COVID lockdowns, you know that they remain Milwaukee's most idiosyncratic (and endangered) treasures. But one thing hasn't returned to the Domes si...

Trapper Schoepp’s “Little Drop Of Medicine” video breaks the mold

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2021

When we last caught up with Trapper Schoepp, the tireless Milwaukee singer-songwriter had just released an outstanding music video for "River Called Disaster," the first single from his latest album (May Day). ...

Trapper Schoepp takes you behind the scenes of disastrous “River Called Disaster” video

Matt Wild

March 30, 2021

You may or may not know that tireless Milwaukee singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp has a new record coming out May 21 called May Day. You may or may not know that the first single from May Day is called "River C...

Enjoy Milwaukee’s OTHER cover of Sheryl Crow’s “If It Makes You Happy,” this one by Trapper Schoepp

Matt Wild

February 17, 2021

Okay, we didn't make this up: Back in December, one of the ultra-specific categories in our Favorite Milwaukee Music Of 2020 piece was "Favorite Milwaukee Cover Of An Old Sheryl Crow Song." The winner of that p...

My First Band: Trapper Schoepp

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 2020

broadstreet.zone(81112); Through the years, Trapper Schoepp has released four excellent albums, played hundreds of shows all over the U.S. and Europe, shared the stage with some of music's most noted names, ha...

Let’s play “spot the local celebrity” with Trapper Schoepp’s “On, Wisconsin” video

Matt Wild

July 12, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Public Domain: Trapper Schoepp performs “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 26, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

Watch Trapper Schoepp party with Richard “Office Space” Riehle in “Settlin’ Or Sleepin’ Around”

Matt Wild

June 1, 2016

//Trapper Schoepp's new Rangers & Valentines is the kind of big, bold, brassy album that practically begs to be played at porch parties nationwide. (It would have made our "22 Milwaukee summer songs" T...

Tracklist: 7 Milwaukee artists playing SXSW 2016

Matt Wild

March 14, 2016

//Once upon a time, dozens upon dozens of Milwaukee bands would make the annual trek to Austin, Texas for the city's South By Southwest music, film, interactive, and Doritos festival. A few years later, on...

Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear captivate Colectivo

Phillip Martinez

October 27, 2015

Writing captivating stories is a tough gig, and pairing those stories with song composition only increases the room for error. When done right, though, these musical narratives are able to take the listener on ...

Trapper Schoepp plays Paste’s “Live At Aloft Hotels” series

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2014

Milwaukee folk fixture Trapper Schoepp And The Shades has spent much of 2014 either on the road or in a Nashville studio with Brendan Benson recording a new album (that may or may not feature Marc Maron playing...

Trapper Schoepp to play Aloft Milwaukee Downtown this Thursday

Matt Wild

November 4, 2014

Don’t let the recent dearth of news coming from the Trapper Schoepp & The Shades camp fool you—Schoepp and his band have been busy. The group just finished up a three-week tour with The Jayhawks, and a new ...

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