Category Archives: people

After hearing Mary Lou O’Brien’s performance of “Merry Christmas Baby” on the new Made in Aurora holiday album, I usually get the same questions: “Where did she come from – and why am I just now hearing her?” Possibly, it’s … Continue reading →

Recording your own music is one thing – but what does it take to interpret a song you didn’t write? And if the person who wrote it is known around town as “Mr. Mayor”- would that make a difference? I … Continue reading →

I’m writing this on Jeremy Keen’s laptop. I borrow it all the time to do demoing for my new album, due out early 2012. I met Jeremy at Community Christian Church in 2008, and he told me about this gathering … Continue reading →

Steve Wick has made music his career since the late ‘80s, working by varying turns as a live network board engineer and announcer for radio, a program producer, a staff composer, a Foley artist, a sound designer and session guitar … Continue reading →

Aurora native Noah Gabriel has spent more than a decade as a regular in the Fox Valley music scene. His fifth album, Mercy Street, releases on September 30 at Two Brothers Roundhouse. “I’ve grown up listening to and studying all … Continue reading →

This Saturday and Sunday, Anonapalooza comes to Good Templar Park in Geneva for the third year. Festival head Dave Maday (at right in the photo, with fest co-founder Lee Veinot) calls the gathering “a family-friendly music festival that also offers … Continue reading →

Fortunate Sons founder and drummer Jeff Philippe calls his band “an ‘accurate’ tribute to Credence Clearwater Revival.” They perform in character, with costuming and vintage instruments, and try to capture both the sound and look of the ‘60s-era southern rock … Continue reading →

Jeff Weber doesn’t just build instruments – he births them. The creator of custom guitars with names like “Payton,” “Revolution” and “Katie” (pictured here), Weber spends a lot of time holed up in the North Aurora studio he calls the … Continue reading →