Remember when 2001 seemed like it was a looong way off? Remember when rockets to mars existed only in the films of Ed Wood, had visible strings and were wrapped in what looked like tinfoil? Well,   

"In the beginning, Melissa and I would just sit and play acoustic guitars," remembers Jane McBrain, on the origin of her Fairmount Girls. "And then we'd look at catalogs!" On the eve of the  

Boston, Kansas, Alabama, Chicago, Europe, Idaho, Berlin, Enon. Enon? That's right, you can add John Schmersal's band to the list of those named for places, because apparently Enon is a small tow  

Do you wanna be a Rock & Roll star? Or do you want to be successful in the music business? Most featured in these pages would answer yes to both, or ask, "Aren't they the same thing?" But Ci  

My first exposure to Crazy Chester came this summer at the Mad Frog. Nursing what I thought was my last beer, an ex-bandmate and I were discussing future musical endeavors out on the patio. As a   

Locals Only Xposing One's Self BY JASON ARBENZNo doubt one of the greatest thrills in the life of any musician is hearing your own music on the radio for the first time. Whether your band is The B  

For 15 years, the best radio station that few of us can hear, Oxford's WOXY (97.7 FM), has hosted its 97xposure competition. Area modern rockers are invited to submit their original songs in the   

Locals Only"It was our seventh show before we had one that didn't feature at least the threat of the band breaking up!" The room laughs as Sam Womelsdorf chronicles the volatile history of his thre  

Esteemed local pianist Phil DeGreg plays a regular Tuesday gig at The Blue Wisp downtown. My partner and I arrive just in time (9:30 p.m.) to grab the last empty table in a room crawling with twen  

Under a tent in Greenhills, amid painted faces and funnel cakes, I take in my first Swarthy show. Tonight, the dark-complexioned one is backed by members of Crosley, as he looks out over the assem