This just in, courtesy Ruth Bigus, publicist for the Jewish Community Center's
CenterSeason:
Due to an illness of one of the performers, the concert at the Jewish Community Center featuring Richa... More >>
If you want to see some holiday lights kick on, and want to avoid the hell of the traffic, crowds, and general insanity that is the Plaza lighting ceremony on Thanksgiving, hit up the Zona Rosa Sh... More >>
Given that it's now in its seventh edition Donald S. Passman's All You Need to Know About the Music Business looks like a pretty safe investment, .
The music landscape has certainly changed since... More >>
Two things we love that are all too rare in this world: local zines and Murderbots.
Get both tomorrow night at Balanca's (1809 Grand) when Chrissy Murderbot returns home from Chicago to beatslap... More >>
Exene Cervenka is a tireless artist, in every sense of the word. She publishes books of her poetry and exhibits her collages and journals in art... More >>
Full of delightful idiosyncracies, Kansas City indie-rock band Capybara infuses its debut album Try Brother with a sparkling aura of childlike... More >>
Over the past half decade, the Runaway Sons have weathered changes in name and lineup that would have decimated most bands. Yet, here they are.... More >>
Rather than run the usual Critic's Choice for Party Rock Tour headliner LMFAO, we decided to reprint a text conversation, between two Plaza-based... More >>
There's a pure, unbridled joy to the music that Londoner Ben Jacobs creates as Max Tundra. Using a variety of synthesizers and gadgets, he crafts... More >>
This Detroit-based band's reputation as a comedy act was forever cemented with its video for a cover of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga," but that's not how... More >>
Jim Suptic of the Get Up Kids inadvertently caused a media firestorm back in July when he jokingly apologized for his band's role in creating emo... More >>
A couple of weeks ago, Jeremy Lillig, director of marketing and public relations for the local Friends of Chamber Music, contacted me to see if I... More >>
On The Way They Make Me Feel, Kansas City singer Angela Hagenbach puts her vocal burnish on the songs of legendary composers Michel Legrand,... More >>
It's not often that a hip-hop album begins with a tortured plea to a higher power. Yet such is the anomalous case on "Show Me a God," the first... More >>
If record stores were still thriving, the King Khan & BBQ Show would be about the hottest thing since the White Stripes. But this duo's primal,... More >>
When John Nolan's band, Straylight Run, plays in Lawrence, you can pretty much count on an enthusiastic young crowd, and many will know the words... More >>
The story of Sons of Great Dane began about four years ago, when guitarist Brent Windler got off a tour with the Kansas City band Scratch Track... More >>
Though it began as an afterthought, the gallery at 1819 Central has attracted some impressive artists in just four months of existence. Displayed... More >>