Press
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https://www.wuwm.com/2023-10-17/chicken-wire-empire-live-at-lake-effect
"Live at Lake Effect" interview. -October 2023
"These musicians must enjoy what they do because their joy translates through their instruments. The energy, fingering techniques, are all proponents that deliver substance with a modicum of joy. There aren’t any low points, missteps, loss of heat in any of these melodies."
-Americana Highways February 2022
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Grateful Web, December 2021
"The new Chicken Wire Empire record is a technically proficient, well-crafted mixture of modern original songwriting and time earned classics. They seem to have taken on some wonderfully exciting elements of modern progressive bluegrass while also retaining their original character, born of their greater Milwaukee town roots."
-Adam Greuel of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
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THE BEST MILWAUKEE ALBUMS OF 2019 (SO FAR)
"Impressive musicianship and compelling narratives."
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20 MILWAUKEE BANDS YOU NEED TO HEAR RIGHT NOW
"This modern bluegrass band combines musical chops with skillful songwriting."
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"The band is a tight unit instrumentally with a lot of intertwined picking between members. The vocals and harmonies are strong, and they play with a high-energy blend of traditional and modern approaches to their music."
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"Chicken Wire Empire... bridges traditional bluegrass with aggressive jam band tendencies."
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"A local band ‘Chicken Wire Empire’ is releasing a song about Milwaukee."
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Named one of "Five Wisconsin Bands to Watch in 2019"
"Chicken Wire Empire Shakes Up the Boundaries of Bluegrass"
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Nominated for a Wisconsin Area Music Industry award for Bluegrass/Americana Artist 2019
Named in 57 "MILWAUKEE RELEASES (PROBABLY) COMING YOUR WAY IN 2019"
"Between intriguing lyrics, rich harmonies, and excellent musicianship, Chicken Wire Empire climbs to even higher ground in its sophomore release."
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Chicken Wire Empire original "Still in Love"
-premiered by Bluegrass Situation 12/2018
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Madison WI performance chosen as an Isthmus Picks
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"What Moves Mountains," Chicken Wire Empire: Coming out the first day of 2019 — as if daring other artists to make a more spirited album this year — the progressive bluegrass band's latest is so infectious it had me hollering out loud by the time fiery finish "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" was blasting from my car speakers.
- Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/2018
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