It is said not everyone grows up to be a professional athlete, astronaut, or rock star, but the guys from The Artificial Red aim to prove that wrong (the rock star thing, not the astronaut). Four guys raised in the Topeka area are on the verge of becoming professional musicians, and Bri Kraemer, Jay Deever, [...]

Another in a series of reviews of recordings by a musician, non-local. The only reason for its inclusion on this website is ‘cuz reviewer Robin Cremer has a backdoor key to the website and can pretty much get away with posting anything he wants. My entry into the world of album rock occurred in 1970 when my friend Randy [...]

From the aggressive acoustic intro of Undecided; all the way through to the Clapton-esque electric fade out of Leave Behind, Nate Dingman has presented us with a CD of some of the tastiest rock music to hit the Topeka streets in some time.

The traditional chamber music repertoire will be complemented with an infusion of jazz at the Sunflower Music Festival set for June 8 to 16 at White Concert Hall on the Washburn University campus. All concerts are free and open to the public. Trumpet player Sean Jones will be the featured performer at the first jazz [...]

As part of seveneightfive’s ongoing quest to keep you up to date on all the fresh tunes originating from the Topeka area, we’d like to bring to your attention the latest CD release from Dream Killer University member Nick Patterson AKA Anthemous. Entitled Illuminated, this is only the latest of several musical endeavors Anthemous has brought forth over the years. And make [...]

The Washburn Review presents the 2012 Jayhawk Theatre Revival Concert in the Regency Ballroom of the Capital Plaza Hotel,  1717 SW Topeka Boulevard on Friday, April 13 from 7:00pm to 12:00am. Admission is $15 and includes a t-shirt, a ticket to vote for your favorite band, and the cover charge for the after party, to [...]

Tailgators’s Pub and Grub has teamed up with Breakthrough House to host a Battle of the Bands competition. The top two winners will open for Vandelyn Kross at Topeka Performing Arts Center on May 5.  All proceeds benefit Breakthrough House, a local organization that assists adults with mental illness. Look for a full article, “Bars [...]

If you’re a fan of the Great American Songbook, or just appreciate the standards from the thirties and forties, you are going to flip over the latest offering from Paul McCartney. The recently released Kisses On The Bottom is a brilliant and lovingly crafted homage to the post-War music of his parents’ generation. Sir Paul, who could sit [...]

Make a date at the Kansan Grill Friday night, February 24 at 8p for a musical pairing as delicious as a rice crispy treat dipped into the Golden Corral chocolate fountain. Okay, not tempting you with that one? How about Bordeaux and Roquefort. Too bourgeois? As delicious as candy corn mixed with salted nuts. That’s [...]

Slow Ya Roll is the go-to band for variety. Justin Fowler, keyboard/vocals, and Brian Schmutz, guitar, prowled around from open mike night to open mike night looking for a bass player and a drummer. Destiny soon gave them Sean Walker, bass guitar, and David Hysten, drummer. Eventually, Elvin Graves, vocals/hand-percussion, “snuck into the band” and [...]