Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 21,2010

Peggy Lowder and Harry Lounsberry

These two seasoned veterans of the local music scene recently collaborated on a CD of original tunes and intend to perform them at the CD release show. Conceived by Lounsberry (vocals, keyboards), Low

Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 14,2010

The ReJuvenilz

By Tom Irwin

Not so long ago, vocalist Rod Grant, guitarist Johnny Johnson and bass player Doug Antonacci, all former members of Late Arrival (a previous winner in IT’s Best of Springfield for band duties, b

Band Spotlight | Thursday, October 7,2010

Jodyboss

By Tom Irwin

Jessica Jolly and Nate Blesse started an acoustic duo a few years back to get experience playing out and give the world a chance to experience Jessica’s original songs. Drummer Robert Burtnett j

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 30,2010

Nonpoint

By Tom Irwin

With a new album produced by Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne out in May of 2010 and fresh from a sweet spot on the main stage of OzzFest tour, the South Florida hard rock quartet Nonpoint is o

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 23,2010

Tret Fure

By Tom Irwin

In an amazing career that spans four decades, Tret Fure began singing professionally at 16, worked with Spencer Davis at 19, soon after signed with MCA/UNI Records and released her major label debut i

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 16,2010

Alabaster Brown

By Tom Irwin

St. Louis-based band Alabaster Brown spent a good deal of 2010 traveling the country, especially in the Midwest and up and down the East Coast with festival stops at Springjam at Camp Zoe in Salem, Mo

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 9,2010

Alejandro Escovedo

By Tom Irwin

Considered one of the most prolific and profound artists in the Americana genre, Alejandro Escovedo quite simply is legendary. From his early days with punk/country/rockers Rank & File in the 1980

Band Spotlight | Thursday, September 2,2010

Tom Irwin and the Notorious Hired Hands

By Tom Irwin

The Hired Hands moniker originated from an offhand comment by local music guy Sean Burns about the shifting musicians in Tom Irwin’s groups of the early 2000s. With the added descriptive adjecti

Band Spotlight | Thursday, August 26,2010

KFD

By Tom Irwin

About five months ago, Mike Williams, former guitarist in the Lost Boys and Misspent Youth, devised a strategy to form a band. He invited fellow central Illinois music “vets” Kortney Leath

Band Spotlight | Thursday, August 19,2010

Greg Ginn & Gary Piazza

By Tom Irwin

Look who’s coming to Norb Andy’s. It’s none other than Greg Ginn, founder of Black Flag, one of the most influential and important American punk bands. Ginn, chief songwriter and org