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There's Just Something About Kansas CityMadisen Ward: Music, Family, & TraditionMadisen Ward is a Kansas City musician and songwriter. Hailing from Independence, Madisen was raised with a feeling that anything was possible, watching his mother Ruth playing shows at coffee shops and his uncle, actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., on the big screen. Madisen started writing in high school, and after taking the stage with his mother a few times and writing some originals, the two formed “Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear”. The Americana/roots duo went from the kitchen to Letterman almost overnight, with live videos from their debut album, Skeleton Crew, catching on like wildfire. 2024-11-0559 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#95 MW & Blonde Bear 3!2023-01-011h 04
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#94 MW & Blonde Bear 2!2022-12-241h 06
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#93 MW & Blonde Bear!2022-12-151h 12
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#92 Vietnamese Restaurant2022-12-111h 03
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#91 The Post Show! (With Blonde Bryce)2022-12-041h 02
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#90 The Adam Bomb 2! (BROTHER JOINS THE POD!)2022-11-241h 00
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#89 GivinThanks!2022-11-181h 05
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#88 Hide Me From The Neighbors2022-11-071h 00
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#87 HalloWeeping2022-10-311h 05
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#86 A Bag of Cereal2022-10-241h 05
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#85 The Blonde Raisin2022-10-1659 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#84 Another Car Crash!2022-09-2659 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#83 We Got ADD2022-09-201h 02
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#82 A Hundred Years Old2022-09-101h 00
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#81 Night Terrors2022-09-0257 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#80 Rainbow Academy2022-08-291h 03
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#79 The Mama Baroness2022-08-191h 08
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#78 The Dream is Over2022-08-1256 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#77 Can I Speak to Wendy?2022-08-041h 07
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#76 Ridin' Coattails2022-07-2550 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#75 The Hog Head2022-07-1759 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#74 Almighty Algorithm2022-07-111h 08
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#73 Never Caught a Rabbit2022-06-2645 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#72 Good Fortune2022-06-1937 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#71 Little Jets (MW & BB)2022-06-121h 38
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#70 The Actuator2022-06-0644 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#69 Uber Raccoon2022-05-2944 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#68 The Adam Bomb! (BROTHER JOINS THE POD!)2022-05-201h 07
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#67 Dark Things2022-05-1343 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#66 Respect Your Elderberries2022-05-0754 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#65 My Girlfriend Nina2022-04-3055 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#64 Faces of Judy2022-04-1545 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#63 Will Smack2022-04-0841 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#62 Slap Heard 'Round the World2022-04-0148 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#61 In Our Own World2022-03-2656 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#60 Happy Saint Avocado2022-03-1841 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#59 The 27 Club2022-03-1241 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#58 Sleepy Podcast2022-03-0453 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#57 Ozark Review (Part Two)2022-03-0148 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#56 Pizza Boy2022-02-2054 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#55 It's a Family Thing2022-02-1447 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#54 Ozark Review!2022-02-0641 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#53 Midwife Crisis2022-01-2742 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#52 FRED ARMISEN (Interview!)2022-01-1344 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#51 Crashy New Year2022-01-0845 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#50 Nifty Fifty2022-01-0146 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#49 MARK NORMAND returns for Christmas!2021-12-251h 03
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#48 Half Happy Christmas!2021-12-2356 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#47 Gimme Some Space2021-12-1746 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#46 The Burger Diaries2021-12-0946 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#45 The Black Beatles2021-12-0347 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#44 Thanksgiving is a Good Time2021-11-2538 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#43 Phoning It In2021-11-1438 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#42 Uncle Interruption2021-11-0648 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#41 Slow Pokes2021-10-2645 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#40 Devil in the Detail2021-10-1044 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#39 Autumn Arrival2021-10-0142 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#38 Half Happy2021-09-2046 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#37 Happy Birthday2021-08-2657 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#36 The Chitlin Circuit2021-08-1536 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#35 Currency of Love2021-08-1135 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#34 Oz2021-08-0135 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#33 Winter Bear2021-07-2642 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#32 Whiskey N' Sawdust2021-07-1742 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#31 CATastrophic2021-07-1146 min
The Shellcast: Only In MemphisThe Shellcast Ep. 9: Madisen WardEpisode Notes
In today's episode, our host, Silver speaks with Madisen Ward. Madisen and his folk duo, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, have played two fantastic shows at the Levitt Shell over the years. Madisen and Silver talked about how some tough love from Mama Bear made him a better songwriter, and ultimately a better person, and about what it's like touring in a band with your mom.2021-07-0827 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#30 Trauma Leave Me Alone!2021-07-0644 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#29 Can Ya Spare a Dime?2021-06-2640 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#28 WILL FORTE (Interview!)2021-06-1551 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#27 The Yard Sale2021-06-0835 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#26 Caveman Days2021-05-3038 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#25 Gerbil Attack2021-05-2439 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#24 The Gentle Giant2021-05-1433 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#23 Strangers on a Bus2021-05-0938 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#22 HEIDI GARDNER (Interview!)2021-05-0145 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#21 JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (Interview!)2021-04-2236 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#20 Marco Polo Virgo2021-04-1733 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#19 I'll Be Right With You2021-04-1538 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#18 American Cheese2021-04-0746 min
Front Porch PodcastThe Cinnamon Years: Madisen WardThis week we talk about music, life and cinnamon with Madisen Ward of "Madisen Ward & The Mama Bear".2021-03-292h 03
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#17 A Rotting House2021-03-2839 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#16 Flashdance!2021-03-2036 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#15 MARK NORMAND (Interview!)2021-03-1039 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#14 Beautiful2021-03-0545 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#13 BETH STELLING (interview!)2021-02-2650 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#12 The Kennedys2021-02-2140 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#11 Double Feature!2021-02-1037 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#10 Auntie Jean2021-02-0535 min
Mad Mama Half Happy Hour#9 Sweet Magnolia2021-02-0234 min
The Dale Wiley ShowDWS Madisen WardMadisen Ward talks about his start and performing with the Mama Bear.
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DIY Musician StoriesEp. 08: Madisen WardIn this episode Montse chats with musician Madisen Ward of the folky-blues-roots duo Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. Madisen tells us about his “Quarentunes”, how he built his artist team, on writing, starting a podcast, “Little failures”, and lots more.2020-11-191h 19
We Called Your MomRuth (Madisen Ward’s mom)This is the first episode where the child of our mom-guest is present for the conversation! And we made an exception because they are a package deal! Ruth and Madisen make up the Americana Folk band called Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. In this episode you’ll hear about the genesis of Ruth’s love for music and storytelling, and we’ll give you a hint: it ends with a dinner with Janis Ian! Check out their forthcoming podcast The Mad Mama Half Happy Hour! And of course their musical albums: “Skeleton Crew” and “Started With a Family.” Follow them @m...2020-10-201h 10
The Disney Positive PodcastEp. 4 - Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear: Ichabod Crane, Roger Miller, and NietzscheJoin Spacey and his guest Madisen Ward of the mother-and-son folk duo Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear on this episode of The Disney Positive Podcast! We find out who Madisen is and what makes him that way, and discuss the music he makes with his mom and on HITRECORD with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Then we talk about what Madisen loves about Disney. And finally we spin the Wheel of Disney Positivity, the game that isn't really a game but has one very important rule - whatever topic the wheel lands on, we positively have to discuss it!
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No Simple RoadMadisen Ward and the Mama Bear - Taking To The StageWith a penchant for wildly original songs drawing from timeless American genres such as roots, folk, Americana, and blues, the duo of Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear has risen from the coffeehouse circuit of their Midwest hometown of Independence, Missouri to international and festival sensation, releasing two albums and an EP in the five short years of its existence.We sit down with Madisen and The Mama Bear and have a conversation about what it is like to work as a team with your Mother, taking the stage in front of an audience with no expectation...2019-12-101h 38
Creative Processing with Joseph Gordon-LevittFamily & Folk Music / Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Mother-And-Son Folk Band“There’s times before my mom and I are about to go onstage to play together, and maybe we just argued right before going on. But there’s something about that moment... where I give her a kiss on the cheek and say, ‘Hey, this started with you and me. Let’s go out there and do this.’” -Madisen Ward My guests this week are Madisen and Ruth Ward, who together are known as the mother-and-son folk band Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. They’ve appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, NPR’s Tiny Desk Series, and r...2019-09-171h 07
Look Who's Talking MowEpisode 14: Madisen Ward & Chef Carlos MorteraOn this episode of the Podcast I have on Madisen Ward of Madisen Ward & The Momma Bear. We talk about his new album and how him and his mother started writing and playing music together. My 2nd guest is Chef Carlos Mortera of The Bite and Poio. We talk about his beginnings in the kitchen and the recent success of Taqueria Vegana. We all have a good conversation of some of favorite food spots in KC, then we dig into to some Film and Standup Comedy Talk.2019-09-161h 47
CrazeologyMadisen Ward and the Mama BearMadisen and Ruth Ward of “Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear” started long before the child of the mother-son duo was born. During her career as a solo artist, Ruth Ward began inviting her son Madisen on stage to join her live performances in coffee shops in the Kansas City Metro. The band has gone on to play with greats like B.B. King and Old Crow Medicine Show and gained national attention for their hits like “Silent Movies” and “Yellow Taxi.” Their second album, “The Radio Winners,” shows the depth and talent of the band and their unique take on folk mus2019-06-0700 min
Collector's Edition#49: Madisen Ward & the Mama BearMadisen Ward & the Mama Bear are often considered an Americana band but much of their work defies easy categorization. Last year, they sat down with guest host, KE Luther, to discuss how they arrived at their distinctive sound. This episode includes live performances of "Hell and Back," "Everybody's Got Problems," and "Mother Mary." Recorded at KDHX in St. Louis, Missouri on September 21, 2018. Jon Valley served as music engineer. 2019-03-2244 min
La sortie du jourMadisen Ward and the Mama Bear, l'album de familleMadisen Ward and the Mama Bear, un fils et sa mère, nous emmènent à la découverte du blues folk américain à travers leur album Skeleton Crew.2015-06-0102 min