Ball State’s Emens Auditorium welcomes, “The Classical Mystery Tour.” By: Kevin Vickery  On Saturday, November 11th, I had the pleasure of witnessing an amazing performance of The Beatle’s most popular material, performed by cast members of the Broadway sensation, “Beatlemania” along with “Orchestra Indiana”, a 30-piece symphony conducted by Martin Herman. Honestly, I wasn’t sure […]

Hitchcock’s classic thriller, The Birds celebrates 60th anniversary with return to the big screen. By: Kevin Vickery As a Director, Producer, and Screenwriter, Alfred Hitchcock was known as a master of suspense and is regarded as being one of the most influential filmmakers of all time.  His 1963 thriller, “The Birds” was one of his […]

“Swifties” unite as Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert video hits movie theaters By: Kevin Vickery Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, or don’t have any tween-agers in your house, you’re probably familiar with Taylor Swift’s current “Eras” tour which is selling out stadiums across the world for shows over a […]

Rock N Recovery Concert event rocks downtown New Castle By: Kevin Vickery On Saturday, September 30th music fans united at 1400 Plaza on Broad Street in downtown New Castle for the “Rock N Recovery” charity concert. As September is awareness month for those in recovery, the event was designed to “Bring light to the resources that Henry […]

Farm Aid draws sellout crowd to Noblesville’s Ruoff Home Music Center By: Kevin Vickery Farm Aid 2023 brought a crowd of over 24,000 concert goers to Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, IN on Saturday, September 23rd with performances by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, Margo Price, as well as […]

Greenfield’s Depot Street Park Hosts Revel For A Cause By: Kevin Vickery  On Friday, September 22nd, I had the opportunity to attend, “Revel For a Cause”, in Greenfield, IN at Depot Street Park, a relatively new park, located in downtown Greenfield. The weather was perfect for a great show at this gem of a local […]

Today I’m saddened to hear of the passing of local Blues Legend, Governor Davis. He was always so cool, entertaining and genuinely a nice guy. I first met him about 30 years ago when I worked at Music Today in downtown Anderson, IN. Whenever Gov would come in, it was always like a rockstar was […]

The first cassette tape I ever bought with my own money was the Van Halen album, “1984” and I was hooked. I covered the walls of my room with posters and pictures of Eddie and the band and got a second hand, JC Penney guitar for my 13th Birthday. My friends and I spent countless […]

I am saddened to learn that we lost another one of the great ones today. Singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Hall of Famer, Opry Member, and Country Music Legend, Charlie Daniels has passed away at age 83. I’ll never forget this date as this legend who is famous for mega hits like, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” […]

I am saddened to hear of yesterday’s passing of singer/songwriter, Grand Ole Opry member and all around good guy, Joe Diffie and thought I would take a moment to share a memory of him here. In the Summer of 1996, as Field Marketing Manager for the Crown Royal County Music Series, I worked on tour […]