Jim Holopter is one of the coolest cats around. An orbiter of Midwest music circles for many moons, Diamond Jim is the founding father of KC rockabilly heavies The Rumblejetts, for whom he plays gorgeous things on gorgeous guitars. Jim and the boys have been filling dance floors for more than a decade and have [...]

Is Steve Tulipana the Charlie Parker of post-everything electro-noise? Well, he is an established and uncompromising Kansas City musical force, having put in more than 20 years of playing, recording, and touring. And he’s a known innovator, a pillar of pioneering KC legends Season to Risk (“They don’t sound like any other band, and when [...]

Probably the best thing about assembling this column is hopefully the best thing about reading it: Getting to know a little more about the people you’ve seen and heard for maybe years. Keenan Nichols is a great example. You know he’s a hard working rocker, guitarist for the always moving Architects. But did you know [...]

Guitar heroes are alive and well and roaming the Midwest. For every niche and substrata of music, there are players who those in the know consider a cut above. In the surprisingly robust metal segment of Kansas City music, Patrick Renk is one of those guys. The poll-winning guitarist took KC juggernaut Moire to a [...]