Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, March 29,2012

Marching on to April

No themes this week, just several items worth mentioning to our illustrious readers as March moves on and April comes to pass.Kick off your party week with a visit to the Trading Post on Thursday to h

Band Spotlight | Thursday, March 29,2012

SOMA

By Tom Irwin

What happens when you take a batch of well-seasoned local musicians and combine them into a brand new concoction? Go see for yourself as SOMA breaks into the Springfield scene with its first full-on p

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, March 22,2012

Metal, math, mandalas and Mini O’Beirne

By Tom Irwin

I couldn’t quite settle on one act this week, so look out. As the calls came in, the list grew until several shows reached the Now Playing field. Let’s take them in headline order.Chris Hu

Band Spotlight | Thursday, March 22,2012

Lady Carole & Her Knights

By Tom Irwin

On March 26, 2010, when Bruce Clark, proprietor of Bourbon Street, hosted Lady Carole & Her Knights, the official band began. But the seeds were sown years before when Carole sang and played keybo

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, March 15,2012

Under the Irish influence

By Tom Irwin

In Springfield our Celtic heritage runs deep, with St. Patrick’s Day as one of our most anticipated holidays, celebrated with the long-running marching band parade on the nearest Saturday to Mar

Band Spotlight | Thursday, March 15,2012

Jason & the Haymakers

By Tom Irwin

Now a Nashville recording artist, Jason Bertrand originally came from a small, rural town in Illinois and attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. There he spent time working on a cover cou

Band Spotlight | Thursday, March 8,2012

The Rockin’ Johnny Band

By Tom Irwin

Originally from South Carolina, a young John Burgin went to the Windy City to study at the prestigious University of Chicago in the early 90s and ending up learning at the equally important reality sc

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, March 8,2012

Blues news

By Tom Irwin

Who knows how these things happen – and frankly, my dear, who cares – but this weekend, the blues make an impressive showing in Springfield. For those of you who just returned from a time

Band Spotlight | Thursday, March 1,2012

Guitar Town

By Tom Irwin

The first Guitar Town event held in 2008 featured 13 of central Illinois’ favorite guitar players playing, songs they liked for fellow guitarists. With a backline of Mark LeVault on bass and Bob

Music - Tom Irwin | Thursday, March 1,2012

Skibbereen mixes in the green

By Tom Irwin

In Springfield, our recent Celtic legacy has a vibrant history, including bands The Emerald Underground, Exorna and Fake McCoys, groups like St. Andrew’s Society and Ogilvy Studio, plus events s