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The phrase Yacht Rock encompasses certain soft rock, jazz-rock and blue-eyed soul hits of the 1970s and ’80s. It is often employed pejoratively, but proud Yacht Rocker Michael McDonald is […]

There are two ways to interview Here Come the Mummies. One way involves challenging their subterfuge. The other involves embracing it. I chose to embrace it. Here Come the Mummies […]

Where guitarists for heavy metal bands are concerned, Halestorm’s Joe Hottinger is atypical. Most of the heavy metal guitarists that feature writers encounter are gravely voiced guys who tell profanity-laden […]

When former CBS talk show host Craig Ferguson visits the Honeywell Center in Wabash on November 25, he will come equipped with some Wabash-specific jokes. Ferguson is doing research on […]

For a dozen years now, Dweezil Zappa has been recreating his father Frank’s music in concert. When he visits the Clyde Theatre on November 15, patrons will see something they’ve […]

Ricky Skaggs knows how blessed he is, even when facing a musical injury. He won’t be able to play his mandolin because he tore a bicep tendon in July and […]

Saxophonist David Sanborn is sometimes described as one of the most successful crossover artists in popular music history. It may be that the phrase “crossover artist” has lost all meaning […]

Roger Lewis, longtime baritone saxophonist with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, said his first “horns” were fashioned from newspaper. “My cousin played alto saxophone. His name was Alvin Bailey,” Lewis […]

Since the release of her first album, Blue, in 1996, LeAnn Rimes has been a tabloid magnet. Asked what she’d say to the 14-year-old version of herself if she could […]