Jon Calderas's Profile

The blues is one of the factory’s oldest products, one of the few true American products being made. Like most products, it has benefited from being retooled by outside influences. 

After more than fifty years in the music business, George Clinton is taking one last touring lap before saying goodbye to the road. His sense of rhythm, funk and beats set the foundation for the explosion of rap and hip-hop and every band that has tried to blend the two in the last thirty-plus years

Girl Talk (aka Gregg Michael Gillis) may be only one man, but he’s guaranteed to have the most (virtual) artists on stage for Bunbury. Gillis specializes in mashing up and splicing dozens (hundreds at this point) of artists’ samples to create dynamic, intricate set pieces.  

Every ten years or so, rock and roll starts to wheeze and you wonder if the old boy has any life in him and maybe needs to be sent out to pasture. Then some youngsters come along and give it a welcome kick in the pants and make things exciting again.