Ukulele virtuoso keeps his humility
It was Jake Shimabukuro who proved that the ukulele could be played in virtuoso fashion.
Before Jake came along, the ukulele was mostly associated with...
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Hard work paying off for rising country stars
Rising country-pop star Russell Dickerson is, if nothing else, adaptable. When it’s come to building his career, he has been willing to try just about...
Blues rock veteran praises our city
Fort Wayne is one of the best places to play in the U.S. And that’s according to Anthony Gomes, a veteran of the blues rock scene who has played more...
More than alt country
When Rayland Baxter dropped out of college after a knee injury ended his athletic career, his father had some atypical advice for him.
Most dads in...
Rocking on his own terms
In October 2017, Bob Seger was forced to postpone a number of live dates on his Runaway Train tour because of a back injury.
Spinal surgery and soul...
No blockbuster, just great songs
Singer-songwriter Kim Richey took a circuitous route to a musical career. In truth, the peripatetic Richey has always being a big proponent of circuitous...
From the Heart of rock n’ roll
Watch videos of Heart performing live in the 1970s and try to appreciate how improbable the band was at that moment in rock history.
It was fronted...
Blac Youngsta
Sammie Benson, a.k.a. Blac Youngsta, is a rapper in the truest sense of the word. The 27-year-old from Memphis says that when he is recording new tunes...
Coming Together in Songs of Faith
A concert that features banjos, violins, drums, harps, and Celtic dancers is bound to be entertaining, and the musicians who fill the stage hope that...
Cool Christmas with These Crooners
Since the Drifters formed in 1953, there have been many incarnations of the band, some of them existing simultaneously, but not touring together. It...