Music
Hearing, Healing
Music helps lift up the isolated during covid times JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “And I’ll rise up, I’ll rise like the day “I’ll rise up, I’ll rise unafraid “I’ll rise up,
Long, Dry Summer
‘You Oughta Know,’ AMP shows unlikely until 2021 JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “It goes without saying that this is something that none of us have ever had to face, so it
Four Minutes, Four Questions Wolf Loescher
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Since the pandemic shut down live music, performers trying to make it without gigs have been reaching out to each other and to friends in the media
Six Minutes, Six Questions — Yakov Smirnoff
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Comic Yakov Smirnoff will help reopen Branson with a new show starting May 22. Titled “Laughter Rx FDA Approved,” it makes reference to the fact that Smirnoff
On A New Note
McCready kicks off new career at TempleLive concert LAURINDA JOENKS joenks@nwadg.com Editor’s Note: Since this story was written, Travis McCready’s concert at Temple Live has generated more than a little
A Show Of Respect
Two-Hawks plays for moms and Mother Earth BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com If quarantine is getting you down, and the isolation seems never ending, you need to spend some time with John
Five Minutes, Five Questions: Prince Ivan
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Brydon Brett has been making music all his life as part of a family show in Branson. But a new project has him collaborating with college friend
The More The Merrier
Symphony offers all sorts of music in new season BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “If you think of things that are traditional — and tradition is great; it’s church, family gatherings, lots
Taking Time For No. 1
Musician Kory Montgomery releases self-titled EP BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com A critic once described Kory Montgomery’s music as ““a backwoods orgy of blues, funk [and] jazz fusion that leaves the listener
Pandemic Changes Plans
Musician catches one of last flights out of UK JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com On Thursday, March 19, violinist Er-Gene Kahng and I connected over email. We were discussing scheduling an interview