MUSIC 
Shinedown, Three Days Grace, and P.O.D. in Sioux City, IA
Shinedown, Three Days Grace, and P.O.D. had a couple of shows near the Omaha area within a couple days of each other. On Tuesday, March 26th, the show was in Lincoln, NE, and then on Thursday, March 28th, they were in Sioux City, IA. Backstage Entertainment made the trip to Sioux City to cover the show and interview P.O.D. before the show.
Before the show we caught Sonny Sandoval, lead singer...
entered on 04/02/13 at 12:17 PM | read more »
Match Made in Texas
Daniel Pujol first feels the need to apologize if he gets off track. He's sick and dosed up on Sudafed, he tells the Reader.
"Sorry i have the flu so i'm going to be really spacey," Pujol says. Later he adds that his over-the-counter remedy "puts me out in the clouds."
But there's plenty of clarity over the course of a 30 minute conversation that traces how Pujol met Omaha's own Saddle...
entered on 04/01/13 at 11:53 PM | read more »
Maha Music Festival to announce line-up in late April
* Maha Music Festival has moved one giant step closer to announcing its 2013 lineup. The all-day event will begin selling tickets Monday, April 15th at 10 a.m. The following Sunday, April 21st, Maha will reveal the line-up on the local stage. On the next Sunday, April 28th, they will announce the main stage line-up. The festival returns to Aksarben Village, 67th and Center streets, Saturday,...
entered on 04/01/13 at 09:52 PM | read more »
Harrah’s Stir Concert 2013 Schedule Announced
The first series of shows has been announced . . .
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
8:00 PM
Friday, May 24th, 2013
8:00 PM
Friday, May 31st, 2013
6:30 PM
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
8:00 PM
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
...entered on 03/30/13 at 09:48 AM | read more »
Carrying the Torch
Two tributes to longtime Lincoln resident and Chicago blues legend Magic Slim take place this week. Magic Slim, also known as Morris Holt, passed away Feb. 21 in a Pennsylvania hospital after a brief illness.
Magic’s son Shawn Holt is now fronting Slim’s legendary band The Teardrops. The younger Holt has brought another Lincoln musician, Levi William, on board with him as an official Teardrop....
entered on 03/27/13 at 07:53 AM | read more »
Rising Up North
The set-up for Hayes Carll's return to an Omaha stage is prefectly suited.
It's fitting that the Texas songwriter who wrote "She Left Me For Jesus", a too-good-to-be-a-novelty story song about a guy heartbroken by a born-again, would return to an Omaha stage on the night of Easter Sunday.
Carll says he hopes that the show will enter into the post-church plans of a good portion of Omaha's...
entered on 03/26/13 at 09:24 AM | read more »
Talk to focus on Omaha music history
by Chris Aponick
* Omaha's musical history will be the focus of a talk sponsored by the Douglas County Historical Society Sunday, June 9th at the Mule ... more »
Hear Nebraska to host 1200 Club show at the Holland Center
by Chris Aponick
* Local music website HearNebraska.org is taking over the Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St., Friday, June 7th with a unique show ... more »
Music, Music, Music
by B.J. Huchtemann
Summer Arts Fest in downtown Omaha has some great acts on tap Friday, June 7, including the Blues Society of Omaha’s recent Nebraska ... more »
McNally, Case, Suhler
by B.J. Huchtemann
Sunday Roadhouse hits the road for Lincoln, hosting their first show at the Zoo Bar Sunday, June 2, 5 p.m. Dean Dobmeier and Gary ... more »
Remembering Dave
by Tim McMahan
It began in November 1992. I was a few years out of college at UNO, already working full time at Union Pacific, but still writing ... more »
Totally Crushing on Millions of Boys
by Tim McMahan
Omaha power-pop punk band Millions of Boys’ new 10-inch record, Competing for Your Love, is a 180-gram slab of vinyl complete with ... more »
Future Tense: 2012 Music Predictions, Pt. 2
by Tim McMahan
And now, the conclusion of my annual music predictions columns, where I gaze into the glossy black finish of a Fender Squier and see ... more »
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