The blues takes me back to my childhood – my dad playing guitar with his friends on Saturday afternoons, the air filled with laughter, amps and classic blues lyrics. I was there in the middle of it all, blowing out my young eardrums, loving every minute of it.
The blues is roots music. As with finding the roots of a plant, you have to dig beneath the surface to find roots music in Wichita. Once you do a bit of digging, one band you will discover is Moreland …

I’m compelled to frame this review with a few disclaimers: I don’t own any of Jewel’s music; other than one or two songs, I am not very familiar with Jewel (what can I say? Her music isn’t exactly played in heavy rotation on KCRW and KMUW, the public radio stations I listen to); I have seen her in concert once before.
Therefore, I went to this concert almost blind. But blind was fine for this concert because my takeaway was, “What a voice!”
Jewel was well rested after a day off (during …

FACT: there are four types of people found at a bar while karaoke is happening.
The first group consists of the good singers. Usually these people were involved in choir during high school and/or have at least a general concept of rhythm and how to sing in tune.
The second group thinks they are good singers. These are the people who are convinced a talent scout will hear them and they will be on the next plane to Nashville. In general these people can’t carry a tune and should probably stick to …

If 120 Minutes still aired on MTV I believe we’d see a J.A.N.E.T. video there. Alas “music television” is a bit of a misnomer for the channel now, but fortunately there are a variety of bands that play original music right here in Wichita.
One such band is J.A.N.E.T. The band formed in 2005 and consists of 4 members: Jonathan Hicks (guitar/vocals), Darren Holland (bass/vocals), Jeret Schisler (guitar/vocals) and Rhea Sewell (drums/vocals).
I sat down with them to learn more about the band, recording an album and what’s next for …

Tucked away in one of Wichita’s quaint older neighborhoods is a charming home on a tree-lined street.  The house may be unassuming, but looks are deceiving, as this house reverberates with rock ‘n’ roll bombast.  This is the practice space for Black Gasoline.
Black Gasoline is a riff-ready, 70s-fantasy-psychedelia-influenced, shake-your-butt rock band.  How’s that for a label?  The band has been fully entrenched in the Wichita rock scene for quite a few years now.  So what’s left to learn about Black Gasoline? Plenty.
The band is Bryan Seely (lead vocals), Paul DeCeglie …