Songwriters Ken Pomeroy and Loudon Wainwright III played at the James Thater for ICSF 2025. Seeing songwriters encouraging people to start and showing them how to begin is what makes art happen.
A celebration took place in Chicago this September. The 20th edition of Riot Fest has come and passed, and while still covered in a layer of dirt and sweat, next year’s edition can’t come soon enough.
Soldier Field finally had something to celebrate again, as the Chicago Bears snapped their eight-game losing streak to the New Orleans Saints with a 26-14 win. Powered by a dominant defense and resurgent run game, the Bears overcame offensive struggles to notch their fourth straight win and move to 4-2 on the season.
On October 1, 2025, I journeyed to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines to see a performance from Father John Misty, and left with a disappointment most bitter and foul, great show though!
Iowa education’s system has embraced the arrival of artificial cal intelligence with no signs of slowing down. However, some have raised concerns that it may lead to its downfall while others see it as a successor to the internet and printing press.
This weekend, Las Vegas will host the fourth edition of When We Were Young. A festival celebrating the scene out in the desert holds more than you’ve bargained for as 53 bands take on 4 stages in 1 day. A whirlwind for every pair of vans and fishnets in the pit, it’s Christmas in October for many. Here is your stage by stage preview of When We Were Young 2025.
Read about the fifth best-selling album of the 1950’s, “Merry Christmas!” by Johnny Mathis, here! (image via The Odyssey Online)
Read about the sixth best selling album of the 1950’s, “Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs” by Marty Robbins here!
Read about “Heavenly” by Johnny Mathis here! (Image via: ultratop.be)
Read about the eighth best selling album of the 1950’s, Nat King Cole’s “Love is the Thing” here. (Image via: youtube.com)
Read about Jen Kirkman’s stand-up at the Englert Theatre here. (Image via: jenkirkman.com)
Read about Night Stories. NE-HI, and White Lung’s performances for Witching Hour here! (Image of White Lung via: witchinghourfestival.com)
Read my comparison of Christian music from the 50’s and from the 80’s here! (Image via: Elaine Irvine)
Read the first installment of my new column here! I explain what I’m writing about in “Variety Show” and talk about The Music Man Original Broadway Soundtrack. (Image via: www.adonisamerica.com)
Read about The Veils newest album, “Total Depravity” here.
Read about “The Bride,” a concept album recently released by Bat For Lashes here.
