Cantankerous as always, Barr chooses Fort for tour
When I spoke with Roseanne Barr from her home in Hawaii, she was about to embark on a short stand-up tour. It’s a try-out for what might become a much...
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Unique talent to rock out at The Club Room
In a recent tweet, Eddie Trunk called him “one of the best emerging young rock talents out there.” Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry described him in a...
Tower of Power frontman steps into solo spotlight
He’s just 34 years old, but his voice and style evoke an era of music born before his time.
For the past few years, Marcus Scott has been making a...
Lone Star roots for old-school country star
Granger Smith’s rise up the country music charts led to an unsurprising crossover success given the overall popularity of country music.
Smith’s good...
Jazz and pop mashup becomes a sensation
In 2009, Scott Bradlee was a jazz pianist working in New York City and thinking that being a pianist working in New York City wasn’t all it was cracked...
Heavy music and dark lyrics undergird positive message
It can’t be easy to be, simultaneously, one of the most understood and misunderstood bands on the planet.
Yet, Hatebreed has pulled it off for 25 years,...
Big three days of music kick off festival season
Now in its fourth year, the Fort Wayne Music Festival is unofficially the kickoff of the summer festival season, even placed six weeks before summer...
Looking to the future while celebrating the past
Although Kansas had faced some personnel changes over the years, save a brief departure in the early 1980s, Steve Walsh was always the voice and face...
DeYoung ‘Styx’ to what he loves best
In recent years, many of the top bands of the 1980s have had to forge a path without the recognizable voices that helped launch them to the top.
Journey’s...
Legendary rocker to paint The Clyde purple
He’s played bass and sang on more than 70 albums.
He’s a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, though he didn’t get to perform at the ceremony.
He’s lived a...