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Evan Gillespie

Evan Gillespie

Whatzup Features Writer

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It’s Christmas Time in the City

If the heart of Christmas celebration lies at home with our families, it’s community celebrations that extend the warmth of our traditions into the world, as we share share the […]

Authenticity Key to Success

Country music stars love to cast themselves as rebels, but if we’re honest, we know that most of them are anything but rebellious. Conventional wisdom says that there are lines […]

Dramatic Comeback Story

If you’re into dramatic comeback stories, you won’t want to miss “The Rach 2,” Fort Wayne Philharmonic’s October 27 concert. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. […]

Taking Country to Its Roots

There’s no musical genre in which tradition plays a bigger role than country music, and the latest projects from both Marty Stuart and Lee Ann Womack dive neck-deep into tradition, […]

Third Frame / Grown

Grown, the sixth studio album from hip-hop duo Third Frame, is a wild mix of styles, beats and words, thanks in large part to the broad crew of guest artists […]

The Sweetwater All Stars / The Sweetwater All Stars

I don’t know the cumulative years of studio experience among the lineup of the Sweetwater All Stars, but I’m guessing it’s in the centuries. These musicians know their craft, but […]

Tornado Warning

Tornado Weather by Deborah E. Kennedy, Flatiron Books, 2017 Colliersville, Indiana is desperately in need of a renaissance. The small town at the heart of Deborah Kennedy’s debut novel has […]

Under the Streetlamp

Is there life after Jersey Boys? Chris Kale Jones, Michael Cunio, Shonn Wiley and Michael Ingersoll certainly hoped so when their time in the show’s touring company came to an […]

Stapp and Deliver

Anarchy is a good word for it. The history of Art of Anarchy has been turbulent, to say the least, and in the six years that the band has been […]