In honor of Star Wars Day – I.E. May the Fourth – The Faithful Sidekicks are giving away a free copy of their song – Han Solo For President – from their new CD – *.* And Other Star Things. Give it a listen! *.* And Other Star Things byContinue Reading
The Sidekicks went to FilkOntario 26 in Mississauga Ontario this past April and were honored to play a concert set! We got our good friend Devin Melanson to contribute his awesomeness to part of our set. We had an amazing time! We heard a ton of great music all weekendContinue Reading
Eric recently returned from ConFusion 42 in Novi, MI. (Unfortunately, due to health issues, Jen wasn’t able to go). Eric got to participate in some great panels, heard a lot of great music and even got to give a concert, even though he was ill for most of the con.Continue Reading
The Faithful Sidekicks just returned from The Ohio Valley Filk Festival – and boy was it a blast! We got to play music with and listen to a lot of fantastic musicians and hear a lot of awesome songs! We even got to play Han Solo For President for theContinue Reading
The Sidekicks played last weekend at Harmonic Convergence – part of Convergence Con – and had a blast. A huge thanks to everyone who came out and to the staff there who made it a great show. Convergence was amazing and we are definitely going back next year (and hopefullyContinue Reading
Jen and I returned from a greet weekend down in WI and IL. The Faithful Sidekicks got to hang out and make music with our friends from Two Johns and A Nancy. We even got a few publicity shots taken thanks to John’s partner Kris. (Thanks Kris!) Here’s one ofContinue Reading
Archaeology: The Card Game NOTE – THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF ARCHAEOLOGY THE CARD GAME – THERE IS A NEWER ADDITION WITH UPDATED ART AND A FEW ADDITIONAL GAME MECHANICS. THE BASE GAME PLAY REMAINS THE SAME Game Review: I love reading about and studying history. TheContinue Reading
Pandemic: The Cure Game Review: We (as in The Faithful Sidekicks) are big fans of Co-op games. If you are unfamiliar with Co-op games, they are games where all players are working together toward a single goal – either all players win together or all players lose together. Everyone combinesContinue Reading
We played a fun show last Friday at Dunn Brothers Coffee in Roseville. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a great night. We are adding a few more shows to the line up, including J. Arthur’s Coffee in June. Keep an eye on the Gigs page forContinue Reading
I (Eric) recently went to FilKOntario 25 in Toronto Canada and had a blast! (Jen couldn’t go because of passport issues… 🙁 ) It was a fantastic 4 days of music. I placed in both songwriting competitions for new songs written for the contests – Everything Will Be Silver andContinue Reading