Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, April 22,2009

April shows into May flows

I hope you’re keeping up with the long list of festivals, concerts, gigs, dates, shindigs, and whatever else you care to call them, happening all around us. I’m not sure what d

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, April 15,2009

And all that (free) jazz

By Tom Irwin

Heads up out there, music fans, the Springfield Freejazz and Creative Music Forum presents BoxDeserter Trio, an innovative ensemble of major players from the avant-garde music landscape,

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, April 8,2009

The adventures of Marina V

By Tom Irwin

For the last several years Russian-born singer-songwriter Marina V always scheduled a stop in Springfield for a visit and a show right around the Christmas holiday. During her 2007 yuleti

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, April 1,2009

Ten years of The Station

By Tom Irwin

Please join me in offering hearty congratulations to The Station as they commemorate 10 years together as a working band in 2009. Over the last decade, the Chatham-based group spent about

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, March 25,2009

Millikin’s Bluegrass Weekend

By Tom Irwin

When I saw the famous and fantastic band Asleep at the Wheel scheduled to perform at the Kirkland Fine Arts Center of Millikin University in Decatur, that alone seemed to be enough for a

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, March 18,2009

You don’t have to have the blues to enjoy the music

By Tom Irwin

Oh man, you just got to love the blues. From this music based on things not being so good, seems to come good things, or at least most folks claim to feel better and act happier after hea

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, March 11,2009

Middle of march brings entertainment in abundance

By Tom Irwin

Looks like we’re in for a varied and diverse selection of live music adventures this week in the good, old, capital city. Maybe it’s because a Friday the 13th, the Ides of March and St. P

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, March 4,2009

Blues club birthday bash

By Tom Irwin

Rejoice all you fans of the blues and join in a celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Illinois Central Blues Club. Our arts community is truly blessed to have a privately f

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, February 25,2009

A pair of songbirds

By Tom Irwin

The second 2009 presentation of the WUIS-sponsored concert series, Bedrock 66 Live! could hardly be more opposite than the first. Sarah Borges rocked the Hoogland in January, with reports

Music - Tom Irwin | Wednesday, February 18,2009

Downtown celebrates Mardi Gras

By Tom Irwin

For those of you who were wondering, the French words Mardi Gras actually translate into “Fat Tuesday,” a reference to the day before Ash Wednesday which signifies the beginnin