Irish folk band brings Good News to the Fort
Back in Fort Wayne by popular demand, Rend Collective, the Irish folk worship band, are touring in support of their most recent album, Good News, which...
Article Category: National Acts
‘Power pop royalty’ even if you don’t know his name
You might not know his name, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard of some of the bands he has been associated with over a long and storied 30-plus-year...
From Idol to headliner and author
Country artist Scotty McCreery achieved fame through a TV show and is now headlining tours.
When McCreery was young, his grandmother gave him a book...
Indian guitarist offers jazzy mix of East, West
When Indian guitarist R. Prasanna was still a mere boy, he figured out how to adapt one of his country’s vocal traditions to electric guitar.
It had...
A couple decades in, band sticks to its guns
Country act Little Texas continues to create new music after 24 years on the radio. The band will make a stop at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center...
Former Police drummer has opera staged by university
Since his days as drummer for the Police, Stewart Copeland has found a completely different path to musical immortality.
The life of a rock star was...
Eagles Theatre spreads its wings
Growing up in Wabash, Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb) was a frequent visitor to the Eagles Theatre, which started as a vaudeville showplace in...
Deaf singer lends voice to fundraiser
Singer Mandy Harvey’s new album, Nice to Meet You, has a literary antecedent: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
To be more precise, Harvey was creatively...
‘Guitar god’ lets go of his perfectionism
Eric Johnson is one of the last of the Guitar Gods, a class of musician that lost steam in the 21st century.
Great new guitarists continue to materialize....
Piano man stays true to his own pop roots
In 1989, Cleveland ad man Jim Brickman moved to Los Angeles to follow his muse and seek his fortune.
Like a lot of people who move to southern California...