Bears drummer Chris Arduser and veteran guitarist George Cunningham make up a "1.5 piece band" in this interview with WUKY's Mike Graves. Hear songs from The Bears' Eureka record and Arduser's solo album Hapless.
In his new memoir Born Standing Up, Steve Martin recounts his quest for comic originality. As Tonic's Tiffany Reisz finds out, the route the arrow took to lodge itself in Martin's head was a circuitous one.
Mark Helprin has been around the world, wined and dined with celebrities and politicians, and crafted critically acclaimed works of fiction. But, as Tonic's Greg Davis discovers, it's not always all it's cracked up to be.
Letters from Sinners & Strangers is Eilen Jewell's first record for a major label. Recorded in only a week, the album finds a group of musicians coming into their own. Rusty Sharp talked with Jewell during a recent stop in Lexington.
Looking for a break from all the goodwill and cheer? Tonic's Josh James reviews the Coen Brothers' western-noir No Country for Old Men and the latest film treatment of Stephen King.
Impossible to neatly categorize, singer/songwriter Erin McKeown's music borrows from pop, swing, folk, and electronic music. Mike Graves talks with McKeown about her latest release, Sing You Sinners.
Suzanne Vega's voice slides into a whisper on occasion, but the critically-acclaimed songwriter still has much to say. Mike Graves chats with Vega about her record Beauty and Crime, and her appearance at Lexington's Kentucky Theater.
