At long last, we have updated our FAQ Page to reflect The Barn’s latest mission Prince: genius or madman? A guide to all the celebrity cameos in the Beastie’s new Fight For Your Right Revisited long form video. We lost Lynn Hauldren, the Empire Carpet Guy this week. Here is a link to our trip [...]
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Jay Stanek and Chris Meier are friends and bandmates. Emerging out of the fertile music scene of Champaign-Urbana in the mid-nineties, their muse has taken them to stages, studios and points beyond to achieve their goals. Filtering a ton of musical and personal influences through a shared vision and welcoming a revolving cast of talented [...]
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Before digital cable television and the Internet, there was UHF. In addition to rounding out our entertainment options and being the inspiration for a highly underrated “Weird” Al Yankovic movie, the television channels that occupied the numbers north of 13 on our dials (yes, youngsters… some sets even had a separate physical dial for the [...]
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We can crank up the amplifiers and layer on the production, but the acoustic guitar — natural and authentic — just isn’t going anywhere. Coupled with the high and lonesome sound of a fiddle or the lilting melody of expertly played mandolin, it is the foundation of traditional country, folk and bluegrass music. What’s more, [...]
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