“Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did. Lookin’ like a true survivor, feelin’ like a little kid.” – Bernie Taupin via Elton John
She wasn’t sure about all the words, but then again “Roy Cohn, Jaun Peron, Toscanini, Dancron” isn’t the catchiest lyric. Sarah Kallail improvised what she didn’t know from “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” dancing and singing in unison (kinda) with her friends while Billy Joel pounded a piano and chanted random cultural references 100-yards below.
It was pretty much what the girls had pictured when they …

As Carly Holmes so eloquently stated in her post about karaoke in Wichita, it’s a guaranteed good time. At the places she listed, you’ll likely hear country faves and past & present pop hits energetically performed by tipsy patrons. But there is one karaoke night in Wichita that is a bit different, where you’ll hear “Run to the Hills” and “Talk Dirty to Me.” It’s HEAVY METAL KARAOKE!
Kirby’s Beer Store (3227 E. 17th St.) is the locale for this metal mayhem. I attended HMK on Friday, Feb. …

This coming Final Friday, there is even more reason to celebrate the flourishing local music scene in ICT. True gentlemen about town, brothers James and John Beasley have been playing local venues for years, and have now produced their debut studio album, The Dust Covered Man.
Drawing off of the love of music instilled in them by their father, the brothers display harmonies that can only come from a lifetime of sharing rhymes, rhythms, and melodies. Presenting a unique blend of alternative acoustic folk music and old time country, Elliot …

Last Tuesday, my husband and I had a “date night.” We stopped after work at Byblos for some falafel and hummus, and then snuck off to a concert. But this wasn’t your usual concert. We didn’t pay $50 or more for each ticket, and parking was a piece of cake. We could sit anywhere and still claim to have the best seats in the house. At the end of the night, we went home excited and awestruck instead of deaf, hoarse, and irritable from the crowds.
How? We went to the …

Ever been at a local show and thought to yourself, “Isn’t that guy in another band?” He probably is.
There is an abundance of musical talent in Wichita – so much so that for some, it can’t be contained to only a solo act or one band. I asked several local musicians how and why they do it. Interviewed below are:

Dustin Arbuckle of Moreland & Arbuckle and Arbuckle & Page
Scott Allan Knost, solo musician and of Uche and the Crash
Wayne Gottstine of Split Lip Rayfield and The Sluggos
Doug Van Es …