Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, August 16,2012

More fair fun

I really like using the word “fair” when writing about the State Fair, but I’ve already done it a fair amount of times over the years, so to continue to do so now just wouldn’t

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, August 9,2012

Fair fun

By Tom Irwin

Hey everybody, welcome to State Fair time, that special 10 days in mid-August when Springfield transforms into a bustling metropolis bulging with extra residents of many kinds, including humans, anima

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, August 2,2012

Festival fun

By Tom Irwin

This first weekend of August 2012 qualifies as one of those wonderful and infrequent times where there are just too many good things to do.The Decatur Celebration, now celebrating its 26th year of pro

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, July 26,2012

Illinois Times radio arrives

By Tom Irwin

Yes, you read right. After 30 some years as a newspaper Illinois Times has it’s own radio program available directly from IT’s website. Never fear, the paper is still in print and online,

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, July 19,2012

Low end highs

By Tom Irwin

Several excellent goings on are going on this week and here are few of them. First a moment of silence, then a big hoot and holler, for Raoul Brotherman’s birth date on July 18. It’s perfe

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, July 12,2012

Prairie State Heartache makes a break

By Tom Irwin

As the old saying goes, “You never know until you try,” and how true it is. Prairie State Heartache, a Springfield rock band, just took the plunge, as they soon make the move to Savannah,

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, July 5,2012

Hot happenings

By Tom Irwin

As the undeniable Don Van Vliet performing as Captain Beefheart once said in his song Ice Cream for Crow, “It’s so hot it looks like you got three beaks crow,” and these days I think

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, June 28,2012

Patchwork 2012 arrives

By Tom Irwin

What a wonderful time it can be when wild notions become reality. For Robbie Kording and his idea for the Patchwork 2012 Springfield Music Compilation, now is that time. As I recently wrote in Now Pla

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, June 21,2012

Support your local artist

By Tom Irwin

If you dare say there’s nothing going on in Springfield these days, you just might be silly and wrong. Mid-June is one of the busiest times of the year for an intense and expansive variety of mu

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, June 14,2012

Mid-June bits and pieces

By Tom Irwin

I see lots of exciting things on board for this week in the capital city. Let’s get to it, so as not to miss a thing. The inimitable Don Williams performs next Tuesday, June 16, at the Sangamon