Jamie Lee Rake is a journalist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, focusing on local arts and entertainment. With a passion for music, comedy, and cultural events, Jamie's articles for Shepherd Express provide readers with insights into the vibrant arts scene in Milwaukee, featuring interviews with local musicians, comedians, and performers.
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Jamie Lee Rake's coverage primarily focuses on local entertainment events, particularly live performances and stand-up comedy within Wisconsin and Milwaukee. If you are a performer or organizer involved in these events, reaching out with details about upcoming shows or unique aspects of the local entertainment scene could be well received.
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By: Jamie Lee Rake
Buying a new Cadillac may be impress some people, But getting an Excalibur could have doubled the impression.
Jazz drummer-composer Jonathan Barber's band’s name and the title of their latest album could hardly dovetail better. Barber’s eight full pieces and two reprises comprising his and Vision Ahead's third release, In Motion, maintain an aspirational momentum. The collection’s sense of forward motion toward a goal of a complete, satisfying aesthetic statement not only comes from the bandleader’s propulsive, colorful percussion, but from the rest of his quintet. It also often derives from a compositional economy that packs numerous memorable melodic ideas usually in segments under five minutes each.
It may speak of polka music's prime demographic that the latest album by Pulaski's Chad Przybylski and The Polka Rhythms arrives only on compact disc. It’s old-time music delivered in a (relatively) old-timely format. But there’s still something to be said about the plastic physicality of a CD jewel case, especially when it allows for the clever illustration of what looks like the pattern for a concertina-festooned Hawaiian on its insert.
Green Bay’s veteran punk rock band to headline Milwaukee street festival.
The comedian will be in town Wednesday, Sept. 25 for a show in the Mani Room of The Improv.
Had’s offers a midday buffet (11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.) on weekends as well as weekdays in a casual, almost coffee shop-like atmosphere.
Cofounder Matt Kemple discusses how his festival put comedy on the map in Milwaukee.
Motherhood as a lyrical theme often lends itself to saccharine sentimentality or humor born from the rigors of the maternal role. Canadian jazz vocalist Andrea Superstein finds a fresh way to convey multiple perspectives related to feminine parenthood on Oh Mother.
Travis Chambers and cartoonist Niko E. Porter’s comic strip appears on the website of Uptown Society, an organization promoting multicultural interaction among Milwaukeeans.
A Nepali restaurant finally opens in Milwaukee offering intriguing items on its lunch buffet.
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