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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rick Callender, known in certain circles as Bink, is the mainstay at local coffee houses. Of the few times I ventured out with my accordion, intent on subjecting hapless caffeine-addicts […]

After putting the final touches on their second album, There’s No Place Like Home, Warsaw-based punk rock outfit Corporate Circus feel as if “there’s a world of difference” between their […]