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Growing Older & Wiser
Jon Gordon Langseth Jr., alias Jonny Lang, was discovered in the late 1990s as part of a wave of blues guitar prodigies. In the late 1990s, we loved nothing so […]
Bluegrass, Hip Hop Smash
If you’ve watched an episode of the Fox drama, Justified, then you’ve heard the unique mash-up of hip hop and bluegrass that is Gangstagrass. The Brooklyn-based, genre-bending band will be […]
Southern Rock Legends
Southern rock’s family tree can be traced to the late 1960s and early ’70s with three principal, indisputable roots: The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and The Marshall Tucker Band. […]
Working for a Living
Jay Leno said he hasn’t touched a dime of his Tonight Show earnings. That’s a lot of dimes. Leno earned between $20 million and $30 million a year while hosting […]
Disney’s Newsies
On a hot, steamy, New York summer night in July 1899, with the symbolic act of overturning a distribution wagon, thousands of corner newsboys and newsgirls went on strike against […]
Governor Davis
Governor Davis grew up steeped in the blues. His father played piano in clubs on Chicago’s North Side and his aunt was a church organist who taught him how to […]
Summer Community Celebration
McMillen Park will be the scene of unparalleled funk and fun when two legendary R&B acts, the Ohio Players and the Gap Band Experience (featuring members of the Gap Band), […]
Bringing the Funk
Fundraisers have become a common occurrence with many organizations hosting special events to bring in vital money to keep them afloat. But often, these events can be as much friend-raiser […]
Carry on with New Music
With the exception of a four-year break in the early 1980s, the voice of Kansas — not to mention their iconic hits “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the […]