Moving past a ‘Miserable Experience’
Earlier this year, the Gin Blossoms went out on a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album that made the band famous: New Miserable Experience.
The...
Article Tag: Sweetwater Performance Pavilion
Classic ’80s rock band still motorin’
Sweetwater Pavilion to host Night Ranger.
Night Ranger are quickly closing in on their 40th anniversary as a band, having released their debut album,...
Young band cooks up tasty ‘psychedelic southern rock’
Rising star in the guitar world brings his band to the Pavilion.
You could say that making music is in Marcus King’s blood. At just 23 years old, he’s...
Country band breaks it in with their Texas roots
For fans of country music, the well-known and much beloved Eli Young Band will be performing at the Sweetwater Pavilion in Fort Wayne on July 13.
Eli...
Bluegrass, jazz meld under Fleck tutelage
Béla Fleck recalls being laughed at when he first tried to play the banjo in public.
This wasn’t because he played the instrument badly. It was because...
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
When he first began his professional career almost three decades ago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd was at an age when most young people are looking ahead to...
Trusting His Own Instincts
It’s a good bet that Charlie Daniels doesn’t get asked about time travel very often, so I was happy to be the first reporter (probably) to broach the...
Blackberry & Blue Collar
Part Lynyrd Skynryd and part The Black Crowes, with a nod to ZZ Top and Waylon Jennings, Blackberry Smoke have quietly put together five solid albums...
Night Ranger
There are bands that are good in the studio and there are bands that you have to see live. Night Ranger are both. For more than thirty-five years, Night...
Blue-Eyed Soul
Blue-eyed soul – the music genre of rhythm and blues with a dose of funk – has been popularized by white groups since the 1960s. From The Righteous...