Five Questions with Kristin Pluhacek

Artist Kristin Pluhacek’s work is represented in numerous public and private collections, such as Lauritzen Gardens, Museum of Nebraska Art, Wayne State College, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Creighton University, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and the list goes on and on. Kristin is a BFA graduate of Creighton University, a roster artist for the […]

Five Questions with Rachel Tomlinson Dick

Omaha has no shortage of artists who are women. There are plenty of places to play/show, and many supporters to bolster a young artist’s hopes and dreams. Rachel Tomlinson Dick is one young woman who is striving, and succeeding at getting her voice heard. I first became aware of Tomlinson Dick years ago, while booking a series of […]

Five Questions with Mark Sullivan

During the late 80’s my husband and I were sitting-in at Kilgore’s most weeks, trying to learn how to play jazz. The legendary Omaha sandwich shop was owned by trumpeter/lawyer Chuck Kilgore. He hosted a jam session on Tuesday nights at the little storefront, located where the Shelterbelt Theater is today at 33rd & California. I met a […]

Five Questions with Jordan Elsberry

Johnny Depp played The Libertine. Jordan Elsberry IS The Libertine. Yeah, pretty much. (See that movie!) You know of Jordan if you live in Omaha. You’ve seen him if you’ve been to House of Loom, or Side Door, or J Coco, or the Old Market. The thing you may not know about the man-bun wearing […]

Five Questions plus one with Dereck Higgins *updated

This past Sunday night I played a gig with Dereck Higgins. It was a groovy thing. His happy countenance lit the whole scene. As a bass player, he is more of a rocker than a blues/jazz man. This is surprising to some who know that he comes from deep jazz roots. His late father, Red […]

Five Questions with Denver Dalley *updated

Denver Dalley is one of our own who has actually ‘made it.’ Having collaborated with the great Conor Oberst back in the day with the band Desaparecidos, (DD wrote the music, Oberst, lyrics) which released one album on Saddle Creek before breaking up in 2003, Dalley has successfully moved to other projects; Statistics, an electronic-tinged […]

Five Questions with Ellen Caroline Struve

Cooler than most musicians. Ellen Struve As a woman and a musician you know lots of guys. Some of them have wives. Most of the wives are not musicians, and that can pose problems because they don’t understand the lifestyle. Practice, performing, networking, the business end. And music is usually a sideline, not the main […]

Five Questions with Brent Crampton

Omaha’s own Brent Crampton Brent Crampton is a man about Omaha, literally, and figuratively. The 25 year old can be found any night of the week on the town, either DJ-ing, or supporting Omaha music and musicians by making the scene, and by giving artists a handshake and a smile. He is an event planner, […]

Five Questions with Wayne Brekke

I don’t miss lugging my drums around. Basically the Worlds of Wayne Podcast has taken its place as far as my musically creative outlet.

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