Music | Thursday, October 7,2004

music notes 10-7-04

• The Springfield Classical Guitar Society, now in its seventh year of presenting some of the world's best classical guitarists in the capital city, submits for your approval composer and perfo

Music | Thursday, September 30,2004

sound patrol 9-30-04

Nelly Lite: Less genius, more idiot

By René Spencer Saller

Nelly Sweat (Fo Reel/Universal) Nelly is all things to all people -- there are no multiplatinum weirdoes -- and therein lies his charm. Beloved by all races, the photogenic St. Louis rapper

Music | Thursday, September 30,2004

music notes 9-30-04

By Tom Irwin

• Got a craving for that crazy Dixieland sound, but finding a trip to New Orleans a bit difficult right now? Rest easy, my friend, and slip down to Robbie's (4 Old State Capitol Plaza, 528-1901)

Music | Thursday, September 23,2004

sound patrol 9-23-04

No beating around the Bush here

By René Spencer Saller

Various Artists Future Soundtrack for America (Barsuk) Pity the young Republican who aspires to hipness. The nation might be evenly polarized, but the rock community, particularly the indie fac

Music | Thursday, September 23,2004

music notes 9-23-04

By Tom Irwin

• Good golly, Miss Molly, it's the ol' Tutti-Frutti king himself, whooping it up at Millikin University's Kirkland Fine Arts Center in Decatur at 2 p.m. Sunday. Yes, it's Little Richard still o

Music | Thursday, September 16,2004

sound patrol 9-16-04

Safety first

By René Spencer Saller

Ricky FantéRewind (Virgin) Ricky Fanté makes soul music, nothing "neo" about it: just sweet, buttery, Stax-sounding soul that's wholesome as a plate of hotcakes. No hip-hop flourishes, no Pr

Music | Thursday, September 16,2004

music notes 9-16-04

By Tom Irwin

• A hearty congratulations to Sharon Graf, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois at Springfield, on capturing first prize at the Illinois State Old-Time Fiddle Cha

Music | Thursday, September 9,2004

sound patrol 9-9-04

The San Francisco treats

By René Spencer Saller

Doug Hilsinger and Caroleen Beatty Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (DBK Works) Thirty years after Brian Eno released his second solo album, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), m

Music | Thursday, September 2,2004

Barnfest moves to newer, permanent digs

By Kevin Wasmer

This weekend, 16 bands and more than 1,000 people are expected to travel to a field outside the small town of Beecher City to enjoy some of the area's finest rock music. It's the sixth year for

Music | Thursday, August 26,2004

sound patrol 8-26-04

On the line between safe and sorry

By René Spencer Saller

Various Artists Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo (Or) Tribute compilations are tricky bastards. Given the regrettably narrow and highly specialized tastes of most music fa