Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals / Lifeline
I often stay up late into the night wondering why the 18-year-old version of me thought Ben Harper was some sort of musical god. It’s not that...
Article Category: Album Reviews
Joey O. Band / Still Dreaming
Joey O. is a guitarist̥s guitarist. He uses Fender guitars and real Fender amps Рnone of that simulated amp-modeling chicanery. His playing style...
Andromeda / Blue Collar Music
FortWayne-based hip-hop duo Andromeda are no joke, and by that I mean that theyaren’t fake, afraid or passive. They’re real, and in a genre...
City Wide Worship / A Worship That Changed A City
OnMay 18, 2007 a city-wide multi-media Christian worship service was held at the Foellinger Ampitheater. The event was arranged and performed by a group...
Drive Fast / Heartland Outlaws
Here’s the disadvantage of being a band circa 2007: some say it’s all been done, every landmark movement’s been bled dry.
But turn...
GoodbyeWave / Goodbye, So Long, Farewell, Goodnight
Say you hail from a typical Midwest small town (Warsaw, Indiana, for instance), soak up influences that aren’t necessarily the “norm,” put together...
homeless j / The Squeeze
Homeless J, for better or worse, can probably impart that advice more wisely than just about anybody in the region: stuck on the short end of two promising...
I, Wombat / I, Wombat
Want a break from the avalanche of niche-marketed, multimedia “artists” that seem to have emerged whole cloth from some focus-group factory? Do you...
Lee Miles / 1000 Lions
For every songwriter willing to churn their guitar with some chutzpah there are at least 1,000 others with no idea what it means to have guts. On his...
Bryon Thompson / Starting Now
Fans of tasty guitar instrumentals rejoice: Bryon Thompson has released Starting Now, his fourth collection of top-notch pop-rock compositions! Once...