WVIA Home Grown Music

by George Graham

Gunnar Madsen was one of the founding members of The Bobs, a quartet often credited with re-defining acapella music. With amazing harmonies (often accurately simulating the sound of other instruments) and lyrics that range from hilarious to profound, The Bobs have developed an international reputation, and have been heard nationally on All Things Considered, Morning Edition and other media. The writer of perhaps the wittiest lyrics in the Bobs, Madsen left the group to launch his own solo career. Now working with more conventional instrumentation, Madsen nevertheless continues to create songs that are as interesting as they are fun, and to perform them with his remarkable vocal technique. While the San Francisco-based Madsen is not exactly a regional artist, The Bobs and Madsen's own CD The Power of a Hat have been such regulars on WVIA's Mixed Bag program that his music will feel right at home. Homegrown Music is pleased to present this remarkable artist during a stop on his East Coast tour