Glad to hear the latest news about my old friend and colleague Kevin Matthews in today's Robert Feder column...
Kevin Matthews, one of Chicago radio’s all-time greats, is one of the principals behind a new multimedia platform for music and performance artists. Now living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Matthews teamed up with Big Event Studios and partners Bob Neumann and Bob VanProyen to form Elevator a GoGo, a recording studio designed to “elevate the way the world discovers music.” (Videos are produced in an empty freight elevator inside an old Grand Rapids warehouse.) Matthews will host a Valentine’s Day Watch Party from Valentine, Texas, featuring live performances from six Texas-born musicians. The free event on Facebook starts at 4:45 p.m. Sunday. (Here is the link.) Matthews, 64, who enjoyed an 18-year run on Chicago radio (with alter ego Jim Shorts), was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008. Since then he’s hosted a podcast and written a book about his triumphs and challenges, Broken Mary: A Journey of Hope. Matthews talks about his new venture and a whole lot more in a wide-ranging interview with Steve Cochran today on Live From My Office, Cochran’s twice-weekly podcast series. (Here is the link.) “He’s had a career that spans from middle school with Madonna to becoming a legend,” Cochran said of Matthews. “And now he’s making freight elevators cool.
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