Marta the Piano Gal
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.
Comedy & Pianos(Hour 2)
Pete is joined by comedian Patrick McGann. Pat talks about his favorite stand-up comedians. Then Pete 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 Martas got coming up.
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Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba tackles the tough questions like, "What should I binge watch?" and "Where are the most haunted hotels in the state?" Leave the stress of the day behind with entertainment news, comedy and quirky Wisconsin. Pete is a show biz veteran writer, actor, and comedian who will take you from Wisconsin to Hollywood and still have you back in time for bed.
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.
