Steve Penhollow
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
Bollywood visits PFW with Mystic India show
Indian films are more popular in the United States than ever. It is a rare week that at least one new Indian blockbuster isn’t playing at a local multiplex. A […]
Coming home for benefit show and for family
When Heather Headley’s brother Iric Jr. called to ask if she’d do a benefit concert for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne, she had a simple answer for […]
Solo pianist doesn’t label his own music
Pianist George Winston was one of the earliest and most successful practitioners of New Age music. But you really can’t blame him for how terrible the genre eventually became. When […]
Connecting the songwriter to the listener
Unlike many established musicians, Ben Folds doesn’t mind admitting that he sometimes gets sick of playing his most beloved songs. “I might have said right before I played the gig, […]
Celebrating their catalog of success
Listening to Don Barnes’ salad days stories, one gets the feeling that it is sort of miraculous that the band he fronts, 38 Special, became the powerhouse it did. Barnes […]
Reanimating the downtown zombies
Almost one year ago, the unthinkable happened. Fright Night’s Zombie Walk was canceled because of high winds and related weather. “We battled winds in the 45 mph to 55 mph […]
Improvisation masters come with comedy and gratitude
If you’ve seen Jeff B. Davis on Whose Line Is It Anyway? you know him as a dapper lad with a quick wit and a perpetual twinkle in his eye. […]
Striving for excellence, not popularity
In the mid-1990s, jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis tried to record the John Coltrane song, “Resolution,” from the monumental album, A Love Supreme. Marsalis is not one to blow smoke. He […]
Unclassifiable songwriter stays humble
Lyle Lovett is known for his “Large Band.” You can hardly say “Lyle Lovett” without adding “and his Large Band.” When Lyle Lovett comes to the Clyde Theatre on Oct. […]