Acoustic-based music has always been the backbone of popular music, especially rock. If you go back and listen to classic Beatles albums like Revolver and Rubber Soul, you’ll be surprised […]

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 […]

If you attend sports events or Catholic church services, you’’ve probably heard Fort Wayne’’s Tom Didier perform the National Anthem or hymns. If you haven’’t, then this disc is a […]

Fort Wayne native Ty Causey has been causing a bit of a stir in certain R&B circles, receiving very favorable reviews for his vocals and co-writing on 1998’s Morning Tenderness […]

The music business can be a cruel route to possible fame and fortune. For every musician or band that succeeds there are hundreds – more likely thousands – of others […]

With enough experience to be called veterans, Rob and Susan Suraci have released their first album, Then And Now. While regulars at Toast & Jam Coffeehouse (where the CD release […]