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May 23, 2024
Seattle, Washington is ground zero for a great many important things in the American zeitgeist. From grunge music to Microsoft, Starbucks to Boeing, the Pacific Northwest's Emerald City has helped spawn some of history's most important musicians and moments in culture. And one of those, too, is the career of Ray Charles.
May 3, 2024
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April 2, 2024
John Sinclair, the former manager of rock band MC5 and a radical Detroit activist, died at age 82 on Tuesday (April 2).
March 11, 2024
The owners of the nightclub KJ's Hideaway, which opened in September 2021, announced the venue's abrupt closure Monday.
February 19, 2024
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February 7, 2024
Indiana Public Media is your source for news and information, music, arts and community events from WFIU Public Radio and WTIU Public Television
January 10, 2024
The Blues Foundation honors The Blues Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024 (44th class) with an Induction Ceremony taking place at The Canon Center For The Performing Arts, 255 N. Main St., Wednesday, May 8. A Cocktail Reception honoring the BHOF Inductees and Blues Music Awards nominees will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the formal inductions commencing at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, including the Ceremony and Reception, are $75 each and available with Blues Music Awards tickets.
December 28, 2023
Willie Ruff, an influential and erudite jazz musician and scholar who connected the Yale and New Haven communities to "America's musical art form," died on Dec. 24 in Killen, Alabama. He was 92.