Although Cryptic is new, many of the members have chalked up years of experience in area bands. Guitarist Bill Klug, along with vocalist Terry Linn, came from Venesection and bassist […]

Ask any rocker – any real rockers – and they’ll tell you that rock n’ roll is a long shot. And overnight successes usually fade away just that fast. For […]

i’m not really sure what they’re eating down there in texas — it could be the grilled armadillo, the famous sheetcake, or cookies smaller than your head, but larger than […]

Known for bringing an infectious party atmosphere to any venue, the Wailhounds decided to take five years to hone their skills to perfection before heading to the studios. Psychedelic Groovy, […]

The first line of Brian Derek’s website proclaims him to be “a bad mother****** on the Fender bass.” Now, I don’t know too many musicians bold enough to make such […]

To distill the essence of local painter Michael Poorman’s recent work is to retrace the artist’s own 40-plus-year journey of collecting, discarding, incorporating, dismissing yet always embracing the world of […]

It’s always hard to review the annual Essentials compilation disc put out by WEJE or WXTE or WJJFabini or whatever they’re calling themselves these days. Aside from the fact that […]

When Fort Wayne’s radio icon Doc West first arrived in Fort Wayne in the summer of 1979, he really had no intention of making the city his home, much less […]