An Emerald Isle Christmas
Before Mairead Carlin was a member of Celtic Woman, she was one of the group’s biggest fans. The young singer from Derry in northern Ireland admired...
Article Category: Music & Comedy
Passion and Virtuosity
As one of the most skilled musicians to emerge from the 1980s – and having been named one of the top ten guitarists by Guitar World magazine –...
Still Out There After All These Years
When the Happy Together show hit the Foellinger Theatre last summer, it may have been the greatest gathering of hit-making talent to ever take one stage...
The Inventors of Bluecore
Music that combines country and hip-hop calls to mind that old Reese’s commercial where a guy walking down the sidewalk eating a candy bar collided...
A Lady Walks Into a Bar
The way Kathleen Madigan’s stand-up career started sounds like a joke – “One young woman from Missouri walks into a bar …”...
The Monsters of Funk
These days it seems everyone and his undead brother is eager to talk about the upcoming zombie apocalypse – the benefits of canned versus fresh...
Just Plain Hit Songs
When the British band America debuted stateside in 1972 with the hit single, “A Horse with No Name,” a lot of people thought they sounded...
A Little Help from His Friends
Popular local drummer and drumming instructor Todd Harrold said his young students care about exactly two bands that had their heydays in the 1960s...
A Passion for Rock n’ Roll
For 37 years, Rick “Doc” West has skillfully welcomed and introduced hundreds of rock bands to dozens of venues around Fort Wayne. As the...
Smooth Crooner
It’s been a year for celebrating milestones for Johnny Mathis. Shortly after turning 80 last fall, Mathis began preparing for an even more remarkable...