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Basement What?

Ever come across a band that surprises you? One of the great things about doing these articles is getting to hear bands and musicians I’m not familiar with. Upon first […]

Eric Klingler / Twisted Troubadour

“Nobody loves the loser,” intones Eric Klingler on the opening track of Twisted Troubadour. The following tracks make it clear that Klingler himself is a loser at love, and yet […]

John Shaffer / Change

Fort Wayne’s John Shaffer is one of those musicians who has been around the block a few times, always close but as yet unable to grab the brass ring of […]

David Krouse

For 45-year-old Fort Wayne native David Krouse – the painter, sculptor, set designer, gallery owner, teacher, father, husband, house painter and all-around mensch – life is good. Even if things […]

Cryptic

For some, black metal is a term never heard before, or perhaps a genre that has come and gone. In the Fort Wayne area, that’s not true at all. Black […]

Groovyus

I’ve known Dan Dickerson for a number of years, but I can’t recall ever seeing him with an electric guitar in his hands. But that was before a few weeks […]

Brown Bottle Band

The Brown Bottle Band, third runners-up in the whatzup Battle Of The Bands on August 19th, are pretty much perennial favorites at Columbia Street West, and from the initial crowd […]

Shunned

Scratch the surface of the band Shunned and you’ll find more that you expected. They’re angry, they’re heavy and they’re looking out for kids in need. They’re here, then gone, […]

Don Kruse

Confronting a Don Kruse work for the first time may make you feel the need to dial up Mapquest, find the Rosetta Stone or search for a user’s manual. For […]

Lee Miles / So Much Pain So Much Sorrow

Lee Miles has logged a very credible amount of radio airplay for such a short career. His first band, Hagas, started things off with “Just Like You,” a track that […]