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Sunny Taylor Band

Many musicians will tell you that choosing a band name is hard. Among them would be Jerry Albright, singer and leader of Rain Kings. So did they choose their name […]

Kevin Hambrick / Blueberry Hurricane

Call it a hunch but I’m willing to bet that Kevin Hambrick, the lone creative force behind Blueberry Hurricane, has more than the national average of lava lamps around his […]

Buck Enterprises / Business As Usual

Much like Fort Wayne’s own Strut Train, Buck Enterprises began as a ska band that managed to evolve into a horn-enriched hard rock band once the ska fad faded. Business […]

Free Time Trio / All The Things You Are

Anyone who saw Francie Zucco at the whatzup Best of 2000 Readers Poll show February 15 at Columbia Street West will remember her backup musicians. The FreeTime Trio was comprised […]

Chaotica

Aside from slicing his hand open on the broken shards of a keyboard he’d smashed and earning his girlfriend’s wrath after signing a female fan’s posterior, Dan Bush, lead singer […]

Lynn Lawson / Tenderly

What happens when you’re too old to rock n’ roll and too young to die? You learn to appreciate music that doesn’t come with the instructions, “To be played at […]

Dark Blonde Water / Dark Blonde Water

Although recorded three years ago, Dark Blonde Water’s self-titled debut album was released in January by the South Bend-based band made up of Fort Wayne natives. The band likes to […]

Terry Ratliff

The writing on the window leaves no question. There is a new gallery in town. The tiny building that shares a wall with the popular Phoenix restaurant on Broadway now […]

Brand New Bag / Fat Metaphysical Thing

The Best R&B or Hip Hop Band category in last year’s whatzup Readers Poll was expected to bring in votes for the substantial number of rap acts around Fort Wayne. […]

Last Chance At Failure

Last Chance At Failure is former Fort Wayne band Spitface 30, minus one member and with a new addition, bass player Travis Roebuck. With a name change, the band is […]