It’s not a secret that musicians lead difficult lives with soaring ups and, as the songs featured on this blog indicate, mostly downs. Kilzer’s life story will sound familiar — phenomenal success in the ’90s followed by years of picking…

First and foremost (before I forgot), there’s an amazing concert happening this Saturday in Lexington, KY. Cory Hanks, bassist for Those Crosstown Rivals, and Michelle Evans, writer for this blog’s inspiration Ninebullets.net, are having a post-wedding party with their favorite…

There was a stunned silence when Christopher Paul Stelling unstrapped his guitar after his set at the Campfire Music Festival. As he walked off the stage, the grizzled sound engineer — who was great at his job but had clearly…

I’ll keep this short and sweet, much like the Standards’ debut EP. This EP is a helluva lot of fun. I had a good feeling about the band when their e-mail had a hyperlink to their album that read like…

You Me & Apollo was another excellent band I saw at Campfire this past summer. Their joy was simply infectious — YMAA’s special brand of neo-soul is simultaneously joyful and sorrowful. These are party songs about wayward women and breakups.…