Curtis Salgado has enjoyed a long relationship with Nebraska. His first shows in Lincoln and Omaha served as the foundation for his fanbase. It was his first adventure on his own, he said, on the road with his band in the 1990s, when he first arrived at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln. “That place has […]
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Common Ground
Brenton Gomez (left) and Adam Haug (right). Photo by Harrison Martin. M34N STR33T is the brainchild of Brenton Gomez (alias Conny Franko) and Adam Haug (alias Haunted Gauntlet). The name anchors them to the place where they created the music: 34th and 33rd streets in Gifford Park, running north to south through midtown Omaha. Haug […]
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Finding Healing and Joy
To get some context on creative life and challenges during the pandemic, I reached out to a few local and national folks. I started with Scott Scholz, who is the librarian at the Polley Music Library in Lincoln. Polley is a public music library on the second floor of the Bennett Martin Public Library in […]
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‘We Are a Refuge’: River City Mixed Chorus Sings In Defiance of Nebraska’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
The River City Mixed Chorus (RCMC) took the stage for its annual concert on June 10, and the audience at the Holland Center broke into cheers and applause. The music took us back to the ’70s, and the love emanating throughout the room was palpable. A room full of LGBTQIA+ people and allies gathered to […]
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Aussie Songwriter Julia Jacklin Brings Pre-Pleasure Tour to The Slowdown
If You Go Who-Julia Jacklin with Macie Stewart Where-The Slowdown When-Tuesday July 25th 8PM Tickets- TheSlowdown.com Just under a year ago, Australian musician and songwriter Julia Jacklin released her third album Pre-Pleasure. This follows 2019’s album Crushing, that really established her internationally as one of the premier young artists in the industry today. On Pre-Pleasure she […]
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Saddle Creek Artist Indigo De Souza Talks Touring, New Music and Maha Music Festival
The Reader sat down with indie rock songstress Indigo De Souza to discuss her international tour, upcoming third album and imminent Maha Music Festival performance.
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Maha Fills Stinson Park With Music, People for Two-Night Return
On Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30, the smell of wood-fired pizza and fresh gyros plumed into the air as people walked (and in some cases rollerbladed) through the crowd for the Maha Music Festival’s return to Stinson Park. Car Seat Headrest made their Maha return Friday, sending beams of red, green and blue […]
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Ready for Live Music
Notable high-profile June shows include Cajun blues-rocker Tab Benoit at Slowdown Thursday, June 10, 8 p.m. Featured with Benoit is the Whiskey Bayou Revue with rising guitar star Alastair Greene. Greene has had stints with The Alan Parsons Live Project and recently as part of Sugaray Rayford’s band. Remaining general admission tickets will only be […]
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Not Like Anybody Else
If the triumph of pop stardom is universal name recognition, then those who only need a first name, whether given or invented, are the royalty amongst royalty. Beyoncé, Elvis, Madonna, Prince. Perhaps even Adele, Kanye, Rihanna, Bono and Björk. Each of these singular names generates a face so burned into our collective consciousness that it […]
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Music Visions for 2021
It’s time to gaze into my crystal Peavey Amp and tell you what’s going to happen in the music world in 2021, but before I do (as I do every year), I’ll first look back at last year’s predictions. Only a stark-raving lunatic could have foreseen the rise of COVID-19 and its dreadful impact on […]
