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Dan and Letha Melchior Maintain Creative Resolve in the Face of Sickness

By Chris Toenes

INDY Week | April 7, 2011

Serious illness pushes everyone into the health care tangle, but artists -- especially musicians -- are often hit hardest. Holding a job with decent health care in the U.S. often serves as an impediment to touring, recording or proper practicing.

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Tags: health care, cancer, Dan Melchior, Letha Melchior, Ruby Falls

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Found: Betty Davis' Lost Masterpiecenew

Davis railed against the male-dominated industry, while playing the come-hither, power-wielding goddess who stirs libidos everywhere. Far ahead of the social norms, Davis presented herself unflinchingly as a complex black woman who could not be held down.

INDY Week | Chris Toenes | 12-02-2009 | Reviews

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Lois Deloatch Educates with Her Tribute to Oscar Petersonnew

Deloatch is more than a jazz singer. Her fluid interpretation of a vocalist's role transcends being only a medium for the music. She often becomes a caretaker of the music's history, an advocate of its redemptive power.

INDY Week | Chris Toenes | 08-25-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Hymn to Freedom: Homage to Oscar Peterson, Lois Deloatch

Extreme Animals Recreates Itself with Old Soundsnew

Extreme Animals acts like the kids we were warned we might become from playing too much Galaga, but that's not entirely why it's embraced making new music with old MIDI technology.

INDY Week | Chris Toenes | 07-31-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Extreme Animals, MIDI technology

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Monumentour: My Rock, My Salvationnew

How this summer's Monumentour testifies to the resilient role of rock 'n' roll.

INDY Week | Maura Johnston | 07-18-2014 | Music

Tags: Fallout Boy, Monumentour

The strangely similar career paths of Vampire Weekend and Blur's Damon Albarnnew

During a concert last fall at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Vampire Weekend diverged from their own material exactly once, covering Blur's Dadaist jock jam "Song 2." The choice was a surprisingly big, crunchy move for a band whose sound typically veers toward the airy and nuanced...

INDY Week | Jeff Klingman | 06-12-2014 | Music

Tags: Vampire Weekend, Damon Albarn

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Since an appearance on David Letterman, the band’s rise has been meteoric.

INDY Week | Corbie Hill | 03-26-2014 | Music

Tags: Future Islands

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