From Chaos to Perspective: Jon Strahl Amid the Pandemic
Before the pandemic, Jon Strahl was bouncing back from personal tragedy and gearing up for a big summer on the stage. Then the pandemic struck.
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An Ode to Jennie DeVoe
Of all the folks Donovan Wheeler has talked to and written about, Jennie DeVoe is the one who is a star. by Donovan Wheeler photos courtesy of Jennie DeVoe Jennie DeVoe had been on the Indy music scene for more than a decade before I heard about her. Such is the nature of those slower-moving …
Vignettes: Rebekah Meldrum & Paul Holdman
copy by Donovan Wheeler featured image by Tasha Ramey Photography The first time I heard Rebekah Meldrum sing she stood atop a flatbed trailer on the downhill end of Greencastle’s Franklin Street. Belting out the lyrics to “Coattails,” and anchored by Paul Holdman’s masterful fret work on blues guitar, Meldrum’s vocals climbed over Wasser Brewing …
Cole Woodruff: His Own Sound, His Own Voice
by Donovan Wheelerphotos by James Ramosand Tim McLaughlin Cole Woodruff and I have one important thing in common: we both grew up a good bit away from the pavement. The farm Woodruff grew up on sits an hour northwest of Indy. My grandaddy’s farm, where I cut my way through my formative years, was an …