A vision of Wichita as a ‘Somewhere’: Eclectic music and arts festival returns for second year
After debuting last year as Elsewhere Fest, the two-day festival and conference is back this weekend with a new name, fewer stages, same ambition.
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Derby man has the kind of voice that turns heads — and chairs
Jaelen Johnston is back in Kansas in between appearances on NBC's "The Voice." He performs at the Rusty Nail on Friday.
Wayne Gottstine is 'back in the fight'
The longtime Kansas musician has tackled cancer head-on, and he's tentatively planning to play shows for Split Lip Rayfield’s 30th anniversary. But 18 years after losing bandmate Kirk Rundstrom to the disease, he knows nothing is guaranteed.
Old punks on the block
A new podcast warmly remembers a Wichita punk era nearly forgotten (even by its own members)
Old songs, new sound: Dani Echo releases latest collection of lovably weird folk tunes
Released under the moniker Old Man Creaky Bones, "Cold Commodities and Knowing Pains" is a collection of 14 songs written over the past 10 years but only now fully realized and recorded. Echo will perform tracks from the album for the first time this Friday at Harvester Arts.