Honeyboy’s New CD, Blues Challenge

by B.J. Huchtemann

Lincoln’s Honeyboy Turner Band has an Omaha CD release party at Havana Garage Friday, April 19, 9 p.m. for their new disc Billiard Playin’ Mama. This is a free, 21 and over show. The band is fresh from a CD release event at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar last week that featured guest appearances by Chicago players in town for the Jammin’ Away the Blues concert last Saturday at Lincoln’s Bourbon Theatre....

Matt Whipkey meets Kickstarter goal

by Chris Aponick

* With less than a week to go, Matt Whipkey has met his fundraising goal on the crowdfunding webiste Kickstarter.com. The more than $4,000 raised will go towards production and manufacturing cost on Whipkey's new ambitious double-album vinyl release of Penny Park: Omaha, NE: Summer 1989, Whipkey's ode to love, summer and Omaha's most famous defunct amusement park, Peony Park.

* The best cover...

From Side to Frontman

by Chris Aponick

The mystery of just where Johnny Marr might surface next has brought the English guitarist into the line-ups of a host of bands, including The The, The Pretenders, Modest Mouse and most recently, the Cribs.

It was only a matter of time that the English guitar gunslinger would end up on stage with another band, exciting fans with the collaborative possibilities.

Marr says that his M.O. had...

Sound & Color

by Chris Aponick

Alex Maas and his Black Angels hunted for Council Bluffs' black angel the last time the Texas psychedelic rock band was in Omaha for a show.

The middle of the night search for the sculpture, created by Lincoln Memorial artist Daniel Chester French, came after the band heard about the statue at their show.

"We never did find it," Maas says.

If the chance arises again though, Maas may just...

Awolnation, Mother Mother, and Blondfire at Sokol Auditorium

by Jeremy Lafrentz

For months now, many Awolnation fans have been anticipating the show that was in Omaha at Sokol Auditorium on April 8th. The band came to town to a sold out venue with support from Mother Mother and Blondfire. All of the bands were thrilled at how well the tour has been going and it was no different that Monday night in Omaha.

The night before Q98.5 hosted Awolnation in their Q Lounge for a...

Rockin’ Johnny’s Chicago Blues

by B.J. Huchtemann

The fifth Annual Jammin’ Away the Blues concert is this Saturday, April 13, at Lincoln’s Bourbon Theatre. The event is a benefit for the Mental Health Association of Nebraska. This year’s featured artists are Rockin’ Johnny & his Chicago Blues Revue. Rockin’ Johnny Burgin has been recognized on the Chicago blues scene for nearly 20 years. He began his career by playing in the West Side clubs,...