Industry expert to host music workshops

by Chris Aponick

* Musicpage.com founder David Codr will be hosting three workshops centered on helping bands improve their promotion skills May 14 - 17. Codr gives his Guerrila Promotion seminars across the country, drawing on his experience booking shows, managing bands and running the Musicpage.com website and its predecessor, the Music Phone Book publication. Musicpage.com, which launched a year ago,...

Hed2Head 3 Tour Interviews with Backstage Entertainment

by Jeremy Lafrentz

On Sunday, May 6, 2012, the Hed2Head 3 Tour came to Sokol Auditorium in Omaha, NE. Performing that night were the headlining bands, Hed PE and Mushroomhead, and along with them American Head Charge, Corvus, Tenafly Viper, Dead Horse Trauma, and September. With an overcast night and at some points in the night, pouring down rain, it didn’t stop the fans from coming out and supporting this tour.

Americana, Funk & Blues

by B.J. Huchtemann

The early Thursday 5:30 p.m. shows at The 21st Saloon feature the return of Anthony Gomes Thursday, May 3, and soulful blues from The Kinsey Report Thursday, May 10. Chicago’s Americana-blues band Sarah & The Tall Boys is scheduled May 17. Looking ahead to Thursday, May 31, guitar star Debbie Davies plugs in.

Nebraska Blues Challenge
Lincoln’s Levi William band garnered the most points from...

Need To Know: The Drums

by Chris Aponick

May 1
The Drums w/ Craft Spells, Part Time
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $8, onepercentproductions.com

When guitarist Jacob Graham and singer Jonathan Pierce began to work on the Drums, they first decided they needed to get away.

So the two convened down in Florida, basically leaving where anything was happening so they could have a little peace and quiet. That’s when...

Hullabaloo Festival announces initial line-up

by Chris Aponick

* Hullabaloo Music & Camping Festival will return to River West Park, 23101 West Maple Road, starting Friday, August 3rd and running through Sunday, August 5th. The weekend-long festival is hosted by the Kris Lager Band and will include performances by national acts That 1 Guy, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band and Curtis Salgado. Scheduled local performers include Funk Trek, The Show Is the...

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

by B.J. Huchtemann

Music fans familiar with the 1980s and ‘90s scene likely remember The Rainmakers, a K.C. band that first hit local Midwest bars as Bob, Steve and Rich, and was a favorite at places like the Howard Street Tavern and The Ranch Bowl. A major label signed the Rainmakers back when that carried a little more weight and support.Newsweek called their 1986 national debut disc “The most auspicious debut...