Article Category: Local Musicians

Ask G-Money about his role as host of the All-Star Blues Jam, the weekly gathering of local and regional blues musicians and fans held each Monday...

What comes to mind when you think of the “music scene” in Fort Wayne, Indiana? The usual, seemingly obvious answer would be that it has...

For Jon Durnell, music as a vocation came later than it does for some. Focusing on athletics as a kid and playing baseball in college, he knew a sports...

The Brown Bottle Band, third runners-up in the whatzup Battle Of The Bands on August 19th, are pretty much perennial favorites at Columbia Street West,...

Ever come across a band that surprises you? One of the great things about doing these articles is getting to hear bands and musicians I’m not...

For some, black metal is a term never heard before, or perhaps a genre that has come and gone. In the Fort Wayne area, that’s not true at all....

I’ve known Dan Dickerson for a number of years, but I can’t recall ever seeing him with an electric guitar in his hands. But that was...

Scratch the surface of the band Shunned and you’ll find more that you expected. They’re angry, they’re heavy and they’re looking out for kids in need....

The Migraines are one band who could almost be considered an institution in the Fort Wayne music scene. They’ve been around since 1993, and during that...

When I first spoke with the Hoochie Mama Get-Down girls, Rose Lazoff, Jane Palajac and Melissa Perkins, we hit it off so well that by the end of the...