Still Channeling the Dead
When it formed in 1997, Dark Star Orchestra set itself a Herculean task that few cover bands have ever attempted or would ever attempt.
Actually, it...
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Fagen Forges Ahead
When Steely Dan performs at the Embassy Theatre on October 4, it will be without the band’s cofounder, Walter Becker.
Becker died a year ago of esophageal...
Legendary Bluesman
You should know why it’s important to see blues guitarist Buddy Guy perform at the Clyde Theatre without me having to tell you.
Guy is one of the last...
Celebrated Soprano Opens The Philharmonic’s Season
Renée Fleming is a musical treasure. That was perhaps most evident when the nation watched her powerful performance at the funeral of Senator John McCain....
Neck Deep
Pop punk will never die, and Welsh band Neck Deep are out to prove it. Despite the decline in popularity of the genre in the United States over the...
Bending the Bluegrass Rules
According to Greensky Bluegrass banjoist Mike Bont, “When you pick to be a musician, you are picking to stay with the same job your entire life.”
Bont...
Cherub
Electro-pop and electro-funk duos are all the rage these days.
Nationally and internationally, we have Daft Punk, Chromeo, Evvol, Sacre, OYLS, Tiger...
Can’t Fight This Classic Band
When REO Speedwagon take the Foellinger stage next week, they bring decades of beloved hits to share. Their performances include the songs that made...
Music Veterans Join Forces
When Rick Braun and Peter White take the stage at the Sweetwater Pavilion next weekend, Fort Wayne audiences will be able to see firsthand why each...
Stubbornly Independent
In recent years, the Foellinger has grown more ambitious in its summer programming: booking ever larger rock acts of the sort that never would have...