Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 22,2011

The Stone and Biscuit Band

As founder, bassist and self-titled “senior member,” Joe O’Neill relates the beginning of the band as “almost by accident.” The 55-year-old musician hadn’t played b

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 15,2011

John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives

By Tom Irwin

Raised outside of Knoxville, Tenn., John Paul Keith took the hard road to getting heard in the music business. His dad gave him a guitar at age 10 with lessons coming from studying records by the like

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 8,2011

Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-fonics

By Tom Irwin

Hailing from nearby Columbia, Mo., Deke Dickerson has toured the world as an entertaining guitarist and developed an international career as a journalist/historian in the arena of American roots music

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 1,2011

Fallen Angel

By Tom Irwin

When these four experienced musicians (nearly 100 years of combined playing time in area bands like Affliktion, Xavier, Passion, Kancelled, Destiny, Ariel, Blue Racer Rockhouse, Poetic Justice and fan

Band Spotlight | Thursday, August 25,2011

The Blues Expressions

By Tom Irwin

Four years ago Adrian Muex knew he wanted to start a blues band. His previous live music experience entailed mostly church performances as a choir director and gospel singer influenced and inspired by

Band Spotlight | Thursday, August 18,2011

The Graduate

By Tom Irwin

After six years as an up and coming band on the national music scene, The Graduate is done. The 20-something band, featuring Corey Warning (vocals), Matt Kennedy (guitar, keyboard, vocals), Max Sauer

Band Spotlight | Thursday, August 11,2011

Screamin’ Vatos

By Tom Irwin

Originally conceived by Billy Bacon in 1993 as a Latin percussion-oriented group focusing mainly on material from Carlos Santana with a few cool covers by the band War, the Screamin’ Vatos have

Band Spotlight | Thursday, August 4,2011

Hot Bag O' Donuts and Catalyst

By Tom Irwin

Bourbon Street Rhythm & Ribs, better known to old-timers as Bruce’s Tavern, recently began hosting rock bands every Friday and Saturday night. This Friday becomes more than a wild, rocking s

Band Spotlight | Thursday, July 21,2011

Brooke Thomas and the Blue Suns

By Tom Irwin

Only a few years ago Brooke Thomas sang plenty, but without performing in a traveling band. Now in 2011, after fronting the Blue Suns for about a year, she is releasing a CD, Live from the Capital Cit

Band Spotlight | Thursday, July 14,2011

Area 51

By Tom Irwin

As area bands go, Area 51 just keeps going. Now in their second decade of performance as a unit, Jeff Loftus (drums, vocals), Larry Dupont (vocals, sax, bass), Larry Crowley (bass, acoustic guitar, vo