Band Spotlight | Thursday, May 31,2012

The Sun and The Sea

From the ashes, rise again, goes the old saying, and with the 2011 demise of The Graduate, a local band done good, comes another group called The Sun and The Sea. Members Tim Moore (drums), Matt Kenne

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, May 24,2012

Memorable Memorial Day weekend

By Tom Irwin

Ah yes, here we are at the official kickoff of the summertime season. Once known as Decoration Day, we now have Memorial Day and it’s become a weekend. So as it sits, we are off to enjoy and ind

Band Spotlight | Thursday, May 24,2012

Bobby Conn

By Tom Irwin

Based out of Chicago, Bobby Conn considers music to be a vehicle for entertainment and puts on a wild and woolly show to prove it. Along with this valuable contribution to stage antics, he backs it up

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, May 17,2012

Curfew canceled. SOHO saved. For now.

By Tom Irwin

Amid the many calamities occurring everywhere all the time, the Springfield music scene recently had our very own crisis to overcome. Mayor Michael Houston announced last Thursday morning on the Jim L

Band Spotlight | Wednesday, May 16,2012

Reverend Raven & the Chain Smoking Altar Boys

By Tom Irwin

Considered one of the finest traditional sounding, electric Chicago blues bands working the Midwest, the group, featuring the right Reverend on guitar and vocals, P.T. Pedersen SC on bass, Bobby Lee S

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, May 10,2012

The month of Maybes

By Tom Irwin

I once received a gift from the brilliant guitarist and songwriter Jim Schniepp, co-founder of the local, lovely band Backwards Day with Illinois Times contributor Scott Faingold. The present was a ho

Band Spotlight | Thursday, May 10,2012

Javier Mendoza and Reis Kloeckener

By Tom Irwin

These St. Louis performers are making a splash in the music business as young and ready up and comers. Reis made a quick transition from singing in church and school choirs to becoming a 2012 American

Band Spotlight | Thursday, May 3,2012

7Horse

By Tom Irwin

Rock veterans Joie Calio and Phil Leavitt decided one day to wander from their successful venture known as dada, a group responsible for popularly known songs like “Dizz Knee Land” and &ld

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, May 3,2012

Johnny Owens sings

By Tom Irwin

What started out as a quick bit on an upcoming three-hour gig for Johnny Owens at Gallagher’s evolved into a conversation covering the singer’s life in music. From beginnings in the church

Band Spotlight | Thursday, April 26,2012

Two Trick Pony

By Tom Irwin

Using Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Crystals and Buddy Holly from days of yore, plus a mishmash of more modern cuts from the Ramones and the Misfits, Two Trick