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Music - Tom Irwin
Music - Tom Irwin

The Graduate goes to work

By Tom Irwin

In these days of rampant ungainful employment, what a pleasant surprise to see someone get work, especially if they’ve strived long and hard for it and are well suited to the task. The recently

Music - Tom Irwin

Cicero Slim again

By Tom Irwin

If you were around town in 1978 and liked live music in a bar, chances are Cicero Slim and the World War III Blues Band made it onto your favorite band radar. This Friday night Mr. Slim and a good bun

Music - Tom Irwin

To the fair and beyond

By Tom Irwin

One might think all the goings-on at the Illinois State Fair would be enough excitement for one town, but quite a few entertainment extravaganzas occur beyond the barbed-wire fencing that surrounds th

Music - Tom Irwin

State Fair, the musical

By Tom Irwin

Yes, fair citizens of central Illinois and other creatures making a beeline for the Illinois State Fair, the time is upon us. Once again Springfield buzzes with underlined excitement, all the hotels f

Music - Tom Irwin

Zydeco a-go-go

By Tom Irwin

Few types of American folk music are as full of zest and zing as the Louisiana-based sounds of Zydeco. Built around the accordion with often just a rub board or washboard accompaniment, the simple cho

Sep / 02
Cookn' Karaoke
Every Wednesday.
Address: 2315 N. Dirksen Parkway
Sep / 02
Acoustic Open Mic
Every Thursday, Sam from Royal Pain and Kortney from Sleepwalker host an acoustic open mic. All styl
Address: 3211 Sangamon Ave
Sep / 02
Dave Littrell
Address: 310 N. Main Plaza
Sep / 02
Hi-Tek Redneck Karaoke
Every Thursday.
Address: 2211 Old Jacksonville Road
Sep / 02
DJ Damn Joe
Playing all requests, old and new.
Address: 731 S. Durkin Drive
Sep / 02
Moonlight Bay Karaoke
Moonlight Bay Karaoke with Steve C. Karaoke every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Address: 3045 E. Sangamon Ave
Sep / 02
Greg's Karaoke/DJ
Karaoke every Thursday and Saturday.
Address: AMF Strike and Spare, 2660 W. Lawrence Ave
Sep / 02
Open Jam w/ Hipbone Sam
Open Jam every Thursday.
Address: 6111 Mechanicsburg Road
Sep / 02
Accoustic Open Mic with Antone
Every Thursday night
Address: Off the Square, Taylorville
Sep / 02
Karaoke By Cynthia
Every Thursday.
Address: 1800 S. Sixth St
Sep / 02
Karaoke
Open dance floor.
Address: 306 E. Washington St
Band Spotlight

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

Kung Fu Dynamite

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