While many areas have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, few are feeling the effects harder than the performing arts industry.
Author: matt.wickstrom
Matt Wickstrom is a music journalist and photographer documenting Lexington and central Kentucky's thriving music, arts and entertainment scene and a 2017 graduate of the University of Kentucky's School of Journalism and Media. Wickstrom is a former editor at the Kentucky Kernel, the university's independent and student-run newspaper, and has had stories appear in the Lexington Herald-Leader and Chevy Chaser Magazine, The Jamwich and more in addition to Big Blue Tunes. Wickstrom also hosts a radio show Wednesdays from 9-10 a.m. on 93.9 WLXU Lexington Community Radio highlighting local music and events.
Burning down the Boulevard
Kentucky may be known far and wide as the home of bluegrass music, but lately Magnolia Boulevard has been showing an increasingly national audience that the state has more to offer.
Missing live music? More than 50 artist come together for week-long virtual festival
The seven-day streaming music festival is making sure the music never fades away even as the coronavirus pandemic puts a halt to touring musicians livelihood and traditional shows as we know it.
After 25 years, CD Central continues to keep up with the times
Despite an ever-changing marketplace that has seen its competition dwindle, the independently owned CD Central continues to innovate and serve its eclectic clientele of music aficionados after 25 years in business.
WoodSongs to air 1,000th episode with Riders in the Sky on March 20
WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour will share the world premiere of it’s landmark 1,000th broadcast featuring Riders in the Sky on Friday, March 20.
WICK’S PICKS 97: Zach Day (from NBC’s The Voice)
Zach Day, a Stearns, Ky., native and recent blind audition contestant on NBC’s The Voice, joined me this week during episode 97 of Wick’s Picks on RadioLEX.
Brothers Build a New Frontier
Two brothers in Morehead have turned a clothing business started out of their garage into a brand with international allure, all in barely over two years.
WICK’S PICKS 96: Short & Company and Bedford Band
Members of Short & Company and Bedford Band joined me this week for episode 96 of Wick’s Picks on RadioLEX.
Nicholas Jamerson, Short & Company lead over 30 new FloydFest 2020 acts
Nicholas Jamerson and Short & Company are among four Kentucky artists announced today as additions for FloydFest.
Beer with a beat: This Lexington brewery names brews for music that inspired its founders
A pre-Prohibition-era malt mill site on Lexington’s north side is back open and serving brews after over a century in the dark.
