Good old-fashioned no-nonsense rock
How many of us know the exact moment that our entire life and career was decided?
Davy Knowles remembers that very moment, even if he didn’t quite...
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Big summer: Slash to play the Pavilion
More big news from the Sweetwater Performance Pavilion! The biggest name the outdoor performance venue announced this week was Slash featuring Myles...
Dawn of a new day for Midwest band
What’s in a name? In the case of Michigan-born Pop Evil, the band’s name contains an extremely efficient explanation of the music, a slick melding of...
Pavilion snags Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Good news! The Sweetwater Pavilion’s first announcement for their summer concert series is Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, featuring Victor Wooten,...
No strings attached
Downbeat is 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, for a free concert by one of Northeast Indiana’s premiere performing ensembles.
The Old Crown Brass Band brass and...
Seek out some great Oscar films during the winter movie doldrums
Once again, M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass took the No. 1 spot at a very weak U.S. box office, selling just $9.5 million over the weekend, bringing the...
Fort Wayne-based rockers no longer adrift
Like many bands, the lineup for James and the Drifters is much different than it was when first formed almost a decade ago.
The group has steadily...
Always evolving, always iconic
Few rock bands have been as willing to dramatically evolve over the course of decades, while at the same time being totally transparent about the goals...
Hit the tropics with surf rock quartet
The local surf rock quartet Strange Waters are set to release their new self-titled EP on Saturday, Feb. 9, at The Ruin.
To celebrate the occasion,...
Clitter and the Clatter
My good friend and fellow music writer D.M. Jones once said of Kevin Hambrick, “Psychedelic rockers, guitar-pop nuggets, and poignant acoustic numbers...