Economic development initiative, Indy Music Strategy, is starting its second phase of planning to assess and improve Indianapolis music scene.

In 1998 The Arts Council of Indianapolis and the Lilly Endowment created a grant program to help artists and arts administrators stay engaged. It's called the Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship. Curious Mix contributor Sandy Roob introduces us to one of the recent fellows.

The Great American Songbook Foundation in Carmel received a $10,000 grant to digitize recordings of composer Meredith Willson.

Soulful musician Allison Victoria started making her own, original songs when she picked up a guitar and learned to play a few years ago.

Indianapolis based bassist Nick Tucker keeps busy as a professor at Ball State University while playing in two popular Indy bands.

In this edition of Making It, a mixed media artist combines music with making zines. A little over a year ago, she joined a band and incorporated her sketching talents into zine making.

In this edition of Making It, Melissa Davis talks with Sharlene Birdsong, an artist and sound designer who plays in two bands.

Eric Carmichael is a talented DIY musician who moved to Indianapolis to form a band.

On the first Friday of every month, the congregation at Temple Adath B'nai Israel in Evansville marks the start of Shabbat in a way few other synagogues do.