Local Scene is a weekly column highlighting musical happenings around the Region.
Local guitar virtuoso Marco Villarreal will be performing two sets of live Jazz, Spanish and Flamenco music during the March 1 grand opening celebration of Wiseguys Marketing Solutions, 5150 U.S. 30 in Hobart.
During the 1960s and 1970s in the neighborhoods and housing projects of Chicago to the steel city of Gary, some of the greatest soul music in America was composed, performed and recorded by such artists as Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, The Dells, The Chi-lites, The Five Stairsteps, Chaka Ka…
On Saturday there is an event akin to the “Superbowl” for dedicated lovers of vinyl all across the land. It's a day perfect for music aficionados who cherish the experience of flipping through racks and dropping a stylus into the grooves of a 12-inch platter of plastic.
Another respected and beloved member of the local Northwest Indiana music community - Mike Severance - original drummer for Southern Rock group Eat A Peach, passed away March 31 following a long illness. The 1990 Hobart High School graduate became a major part of the region's music scene for…
Front Porch serves up what might be best described as "a world music smoothie" on Friday with the presentation of Four Shillings Short, a musical duo at the forefront of a current creative genre that blends Celtic, East Indian and American Folk music with Medieval and Renaissance styles.
County Line Orchard, 200 South County Line Road, in Hobart, will again be the site for The Humane Society of Northwest Indiana's annual PET ROCK fundraiser on Saturday. The event features live entertainment, silent and live auctions, food options, a cash bar and more.
Fresh faced country music star RaeLynn, now 21, began her journey to fame four years ago as a teenager competing on Season Two of the hit television series, "The Voice," making it to the semi-finals for "Team Blake."
It is with much sadness that I write about Mike Dykes, age 57, a beloved member of the regional music community who passed away Feb. 25. Very involved in the local music scene for many years, Mike was the dedicated manager and promoter for The Highway Band, a blues-rock group who under Mike’…
Although it may seem like only “yesterday” that The Beatles wanted to “hold your hand,” The Searchers had us on “needles and pins,” and Peter & Gordon refused to live in “a world without love,” five decades have passed since The British Invasion.
Musical storyteller Ellis Paul brings his acoustic sound to Front Porch Music (505 East Lincolnway) in Valparaiso for an 8 p.m. all ages concert on March 7 (tickets, $18).
Travel back to the magical 1960s, a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!
It may be cold and snowy outside, but things will be sizzling at The 14th annual Chicago International Salsa Congress - 4 groovy nights and 3 jam-packed days of outstanding Latin culture, music and dance. The event begins today and runs the entire weekend at the Westin O'Hare (6100 N. River …
Pamela Moore may be best known worldwide to fans of heavy metal as Queensryche’s “Sister Mary” from the “Operation Mindcrime I & II” albums, DVDs and tours but Moore is a world class vocalist who has recorded and toured behind a variety of her own projects over the years.
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