Music • Performance • Collaboration

Madness & Moore

One front door. Many creative worlds.

A shared home for musicians, performers, storytellers, and projects that refuse to fit neatly into one box. Step inside and explore the artists and collaborations currently orbiting Madness & Moore.

The shape of the thing
Not one band.
Not one genre.
A gathering place.

For now, think of Madness & Moore as the shared front door. Some artists have their own established homes. Some projects live here. Others cross paths for a performance, recording, or strange new collaboration.

This page is intentionally built to stay flexible as the larger project takes shape. Each artist can keep their own identity while Madness & Moore gives visitors one elegant place to discover the people, sounds, and worlds connected to the collaboration.

Artists & projects in focus

Meet the company

Each doorway leads somewhere a little different. Follow the artist to their primary home, or step into Vardo to explore the caravan.

Chad Canfield in theatrical ringmaster attire before a circus tent

Chad Canfield

Composer • Songwriter • Multi-Instrumentalist • Producer

Mad Maestro, musical storyteller, founder of Kenebula Records, and the creative force behind decades of compositions for bands, soundtracks, immersive events, and wonderfully strange worlds.

Explore Chad's work
Members of Vardo gathered outdoors with instruments

Vardo

World Folk • Steampunk • Spectacle

A shape-shifting musical caravan blending folk traditions, world music, cinematic storytelling, theatrical invention, and a healthy dose of mayhem.

Enter the caravan
Thomas Moore performing as Chickpeazio with a stringed instrument

Chickpeazio

Thomas Moore • Musician • Performer

A theatrical musical world from Thomas Moore, known as Chickpeazio. Visit his page for current performances, music, imagery, and dispatches from the road.

Visit Chickpeazio
Brian Grimm holding a cello

Brian Grimm

Composer • Multi-Instrumentalist • Sound Designer

A Wisconsin-based composer, performer, and sound designer whose work moves through world music, folk, jazz, theater, improvisation, and collaborative sonic storytelling.

Visit Grimmusik
UlanWay Emay in traditional dress holding a guzheng

UlanWay Emay

Guzheng • Piano • Chinese Musical Traditions

Performer and teacher Emay brings guzheng, piano, and Chinese musical tradition into a body of work rooted in performance, education, culture, and collaboration.

Visit UlanWay Emay
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New performances, collaborations, recordings, and artists can all funnel through one place while the individual projects keep their own homes.