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Bonfire John and the Majestic Springs Band / Making the Most

Making the Most, the debut record from Bonfire John and the Majestic Springs Band, is the first complete offering from Carmel, Indiana songwriter Owen Yonce. Yonce, who I believe just […]

Elephants In Mud

Fort Wayne has a rich and diverse music scene. There are so many talented musicians in this city that it would be hard to name them all. Yes, there are […]

Elephants in Mud / How the Hell Are You?

After a lot of teasing and much anticipation, Jared Andrews, Lynn Nicholson and Jon Swain, a.k.a. Elephants in Mud, have finally hit the studio and given their fans what they’ve […]

John Minton / The Hills Are in Bloom

I have a very long and extensive love for metal, so when I first popped in The Hills Are in Bloom, the CD from Indiana University professor John Minton, I […]

U.R.B.

When one encounters an acronymous band name, the first instinct is to decode its meaning. So what might one guess as the meaning for the band name U.R.B.? Initially the […]

Flamingo Nosebleed / Headbanger

When I was lucky enough to meet the guys in Flamingo Nosebleed two years ago, frontman Jake Emissions told me that all they really wanted to do was (a) set […]

The Elky Summers

For the better part of the last decade I’ve done my best to ignore the small town whispers concerning this or that artist – the weakling game of Nothin’ Doin’. […]

Hillbilly Casino / Tennessee Stomp

Don’t underestimate Hillbilly Casino’s ability to get under your skin. This rollicking rockabilly wrecking crew has been tearing up stages and causing CD players to spontaneously combust for half a […]

KillNancy

I must admit that as I drove to the east side of town to meet the members of one of Fort Wayne’s newest and most buzzed about bands, I felt […]

Future X / Down on the Upside

It takes nerve to not only open your album with a cover, but to open your album with, essentially, a cover of a cover. Case in point: the first tune […]