Carolann Grzybowski

1 week ago | radiomilwaukee.org | Carolann Grzybowski

When the criminal, the princess, the brain, the athlete and the basket case were taken, Chris Pretti claimed “the punk” — even if it meant being called a “Devo” in the street (in the 1980s, this was a derogatory term for a punk-presenting individual). Writer/director of Green Blah! The History of Green Bay Punk Rock, Pretti recently brought his 30+ years in the Green Bay and Milwaukee punk scenes to the Oriental Theater for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Fest.

2 weeks ago | radiomilwaukee.org | Carolann Grzybowski

The DJ Takeover is a program for listeners to discover their favorite artist's favorite artists, working to foster connection to the music and makers inside and outside our city. For the entire hour, we go down the rabbit hole of stories from their past, experiences of the present and goals for the future. Brett Newski is a literal world traveler. His travels have taken him across the globe — and, by extension through his songs, he’s taken his listeners with him.

3 weeks ago | radiomilwaukee.org | Carolann Grzybowski

Dehd vocalist Emily Kempf weaves a tiny braid into her bleached blonde shag as she instructs, “Be more childlike … now I feel like building a fort … It'd be so great to have a backyard all the time, because then I could have little forts everywhere for each mood that I'm in.”As Kempf shares her hack to staying young and beating death, she finishes the tiny braid. There is no elastic band to keep it in place. That was never the point.

1 month ago | radiomilwaukee.org | Carolann Grzybowski

The individual joining us for our latest DJ Takeover should be familiar to anyone connected to the Milwaukee music scene. Trapper Schoepp is an incredible musician in his own right, and on top of that he’s the youngest artist to have a co-writing credit with Bob Dylan, who’s unrecorded 1961 song “On Wisconsin” got finished by Trapper in 2018.

1 month ago | radiomilwaukee.org | Carolann Grzybowski

The hard-working people behind local organization Girls & Ladies Rock MKE are used to wrapping up their camps by showcasing the creativity of their aspiring musicians. This Wednesday, we’ll turn the spotlight on them when a trio of the organization’s key players join me in the 88Nine studio for our next DJ Takeover.