Marta Hansen
Max Ink Radio #250531
May 31, 2025
Rökker and Jane are spinning Wisconsin-made music plus interviews with local artists and live performances.
Total Life Fitness founder Luke Briggs spent 8 years as an in-person personal trainer boutique gym in the Madison area. In 2020, Luke decided to branch out and start his own business, Total Life Fitness. Luke talks about his fitness program and background
Austin Galante is a music producer, vocalist, director, cinematographer, and actor. Austin has worked on songs featuring major recording artists, worked at major motion picture studios while living in LA, and has 25 music videos and one feature film to his credit.
Make that 2 feature films. Austin is releasing his second feature film “Sanguine Teeth on a Driftless Road” and will premiere at the Marcus Palace Cinema in Sun Prairie on June 7th.
The Lower 5th founding members Luke Jorgersen, Cory Swadley, and Paul Metz started working together in 2010 to write and perform songs that drew from and built on their eclectic musical roots. With the addition of Audrey Pescitelli (Bass), Jeremy Henning (Trombone & Guitar) and Michael Buerger (Trumpet) The Lower 5th has grown to become a band of power house musicians and leave it all on the stage with every performance. After the tragic loss of their Leader in 2018, Luke Jorgensen, the band committed to carry on in his honor an uplifting message of Hope and Togetherness that continues to resonate through their music today.
Cory and Audrey perform Lower 5th songs Live in the Lair
Marta is a songwriter, vocalist, and pianist. She has been performing in the Madison area for many years and has been nominated for both MAMA and WAMI awards. Marta is piano technician and is the owner of The Piano Gal Shop in Sun Prairie.
Marta writes about complex issues and has finished production of a video for her song “Bang Bang” that deals with the sobering thought of school shootings from a mother’s perspective.
Telling the story as only she can is Marta Hansen.
Marta Hansen’s new music video “Bang Bang” confronts school shootings and includes local partners
Marta is a songwriter, vocalist, and pianist. She has been performing in the Madison area for many years and has been nominated for both MAMA and WAMI awards. Marta is piano technician and is the owner of The Piano Gal Shop in Sun Prairie.
Marta writes about complex issues and has finished production of a video for her song “Bang Bang” that deals with the sobering thought of school shootings from a mother’s perspective.
Telling the story as only she can is Marta Hansen.
Goodnight, Mr. Baseball (Hour 1)
Moments before going to air, news broke that Bob Uecker has died at the age of 90. Civic Media Sports Reporter Mike Clemons joins the show to talk about the legend that is Mr. Baseball. From his days as a player to his 54 years in the broadcast booth, we remember the man who was the voice of The Brewers. Then, Marta Hansen is the Dane County local group lead volunteer for Moms Demand Action. Through Executive Order, Governor Tony Evers has created creating the statewide Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention (OVP). We discuss the goals and importance of this office for all those who live in the state.
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Civic Media Spotlight for July 27th & 28th (Hour 2)
To begin this hour, Jane and Greg welcome Congressman Mark Pocan to Matenaer On Air to talk about all of the news this week regarding the election and Joe Biden stepping out of the race. We also discuss the energy that has been injected into those feeling a bit nervous about November and have some fun discussions about JD Vance.
Up next, we drop in on Maino and The Mayor at EAA AirVenture! Jim and John are joined by EAA Museum Manager Chris Henry. Chris shares how he got his start in his field, how he worked as an air traffic controller prior to taking the job as Museum Manager, and some of the features of the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, which is open all year long.
Next, Trygve Olson from The Lincoln Project joins Pat Kreitlow on UpNorthNews to explain how a group of Never-Trump Republicans is reacting to a generational passing of the torch by Democrats and how that might help GOP traditionalists take their party back and protect democracy in the process.
Finally, we end the week Nite Lite's Pete Schwaba is joined by Marta Hansen, piano technician and owner of The Piano Gal Shop and local musicians/songwriter. Marta preforms a song live in studio, shares what goes into owning a Piano shop, and what Marta's got coming up.
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You can Tune a Piano, but you can’t Tune Marta Hansen, she is Live in the Lair on Max Ink Radio
The Piano Gal performs Live in the Lair on Max Ink Radio and even pops in a cover of "Creep". Live music, interview and laughs with Marta Hansen
Marta the Piano Gal unleashes new EP on Max Ink Radio
Sun Prairie's Marta the Piano Gal released a new EP "Of a Certain Age" and talks about the themes of being a woman, mom, aging and tuning pianos.
