Calder the Band: ‘Shape Up’
It’s been a long, heavy road for Calder the Band, but the Fort Wayne indie rockers have finally released their sophomore LP, pandemic be damned. The...
Article Category: Album Reviews
Fishin’ With Dynamite: ‘Disseminators of Useful Knowledge’
With a local band name like Fishin’ With Dynamite, we know the music we are going to get is a little, or a lot, off-kilter. Most times, we are treated...
Gabe Bailey: “Take II”
You’ll need no more evidence of Fort Wayne’s massive base of music talent than listening to the latest from 20-year-old Gabe Bailey, Take II. On...
Kevin Hambrick: ‘Talking Birds’
Kevin Hambrick has been a staple on the Fort Wayne music scene for 20 years, leading the indie rock charge as a solo artist and with The Orange Opera....
Man of the Flood: Crystal Bawl
A couple of Fishers transplants arrive in Fort Wayne to further their education at Purdue Fort Wayne. These transplants, Clayton Beehler and Quinn...
Mic Strong: ‘Until November’
Fort Wayne hip-hop artist Mic Strong “is back to having fun again.” Mic Strong said his 2021 album Life Happens was a bit “moody,” but things get...
Atticus Sorrell: Atticus Sorell
Local guitarist and singer Atticus Sorrell has been playing with his musical brothers in The Be Colony since before any of them were out of high school....
Sankofa: BLKTCHP2
Easily one of the most prolific Fort Wayne artists is MC Sankofa. There’s a monolithic creative force behind the man known in everyday life as Stephen...
Debutants: Nobody Knows
Fort Wayne’s newgrass/Americana collective Debutants are the real deal. Impressive musicianship, earnest songwriting, and miles of melody is the name...
Metavari: Soft Continuum (Studies, Vol. 2)
Fort Wayne’s Nathaniel Utesch has built his own unique, singular sonic world within the music project Metavari. There’s been an evolution...