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 […]

In a genre swarming with the huge, indelible names of Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, it seems difficult enough to make a mark, or even to gather passing […]

To my siblings and me, jazz will forever be known as “Boompa music” after my grandfather who played this music continuously in his Wabash home. So it was with more […]

For the Wailhounds — the Fort Wayne-based band who have opened up for the likes of the 10,000 Maniacs and former Doors guitarist Robby Krieger — the time has come […]

When a CD such as Just A Smile Away comes into my hands, it’s nice to be reminded that there is more than just rock, metal and alternative music being […]